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Qatar:
World's Safest Country By Ola Diab Qatar has been named the safest country in the world, according to the Crime Index by Country 2022 report by Numbeo, the world's largest user-contributed database on cities and countries.
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atar has maintained its position as the ‘Safest Country’ in the world according to Numbeo Crime Index by Country 2022 out of 142 surveyed nations. For crime, Qatar scored a low 13.78, while for safety, it scored a high 86.22.
according to the laws of those countries as it considers that there are acts that constitute crimes in some countries dissimilar to other countries, which gives an objective measure of the rate of crime in countries following applicable laws.
Numbeo’s crime index calculations approximate the overall degree of crime in the city or country in question, while the safety index is an approximation of the general safety levels.
Doha: Second Safest City In addition, Qatar's capital city, Doha, has also been declared the second safest city in the world by Numbeo’s Crime Index by City 2022 report. Scoring 86.17% in the safety index and 13.83% in the crime index, Doha is ranked as the second safest city in the world, following its same position (with different index numbers) in 2021, according to Numbeo’s Crime Index by City 2022 report.
In addition to Qatar, the safest countries are the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Taiwan, Isle of Man, Oman, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, Armenia, and Slovenia making up the list. Venezuela recorded the highest crime rate at 83.58 and lowest safety rate at 16.42, ranking as the least safe country. Three Gulf countries ranked in the top 10: Qatar, the UAE and Oman. Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of living database. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life information including housing indicators, perceived crime rates, and quality of healthcare, among many other statistics. Numbeo has published its annual reports since 2009, based on measurement of the crime rate worldwide. The index of crimes in countries is measured 12
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