“Safety” is a term too broad to take lightly. When a person seeks safety, what kind do they mean? Physical, economic, emotional? Can it be found by changing environments? What would be the “safest place” for that person? If we take the entire planet Earth as a base, combining various statistics it is possible to create (to a certain extent) a list of the countries that provide the most safety, and that supposedly would be the most tempting...
If we look at the most up-to-date lists on life expectancy, Japan occupies the first or second place depending on the source, with an average comfortably above 83 years. Lifestyle, diet, low crime, and easy access to excellent health services are some of the factors that contribute to that high level, but at the same time, the risk of dying from natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis is statistically much higher than in other regions.
So... how safe is Japan? If we extend that exercise to each country, finding the safest place on Earth is much more complicated than it seems, but we can always try.
Iceland, the safest place on Earth
The latest RealLifeLore video starts precisely with life expectancy, and its source (the CIA World Factbook) has the Principality of Monaco in first place, at 89.5 years. However, as we noted above, when we move to homicide statistics, the country with the lowest number of incidents is Japan.
What about suicides? In that case, the arrow points toward the Caribbean, where the lowest rates are recorded. If natural disasters concern you, a good option to escape them are the Arab countries such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Now, those who associate safety with their personal happiness need to look more closely at all of Scandinavia.
With that information in our favor, we arrive at the key question: Which country generally has the most favorable indices for a person's safety? If we pay attention, the name that repeats the most in the lists is Iceland.
Third happiest country in the world, the lowest probability of death from disease, the sixth lowest natural disaster risk, the eighth highest life expectancy, one of the countries with the most press freedom, and absolute leader in the Global Peace Index. When do we pack our bags...?
