Global ranking: Azerbaijan - one of safest countries in the world

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan entered the Top 20 safest countries in the world in terms of crime rate.

The ranking was prepared by the website Numbeo, which is the world's largest statistical database on cities and countries around the world.

The study shows that Azerbaijan is the 18th safest country among 125 states included in the ranking.

Azerbaijan is also one of the most secure countries in the post-Soviet area. The country left behind such states as Latvia (40th), Lithuania (50), Moldova (64), Russia (67), Kazakhstan (72) and Ukraine (85).

As for the neighbors of Azerbaijan, Georgia was mentioned as the 7th safest country, while other neighbors – Armenia, Turkey, Russia and Iran are less secure than Azerbaijan.

The ranking shows that the risk to get subjected to physical attack because of a person’s skin color, ethnicity or religion is very low in Azerbaijan. In addition, there is a low probability of getting robbed, and the level of crime is also low.

As for the capital Baku, the ranking shows that it is very safe both in the daytime and at night.

The Top 10 of the ranking included such countries as Qatar, Singapore, Austria, UAE, Hong Kong, Georgia, Japan, Denmark and Belarus.

Some Latin American and African countries were placed at the bottom of the ranking as the most criminal states. They are Venezuela, Honduras, South Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Brazil and El Salvador.