Philippines among top 50 safest countries in the world for 2019 – study

A global law and order index reported that the Philippines is among the top 50 safest countries in the world in 2019.

According to the 2020 Gallup Global Law and Order report, the Philippines had an index of 84, just below the United States (85) in the rankings, and on the same level as Australia (84) and New Zealand (84) in terms of how effective law and order is maintained.

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“The latest report offers a baseline for the world’s security in the post-pandemic world and how the world moves forward amid global civil unrest related to law enforcement,” the report said.

The higher the score, the higher the proportion of its population reported feeling safe in their country. The poll body measured the results using the following questions answered by the nearly 175,000 adults in 144 countries and areas in 2019:

  • In the city or area where you live, do you have confidence in the local police force?
  • Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you live?
  • Within the last 12 months, have you had money or property stolen from you or
    another household member?
  • Within the past 12 months, have you been assaulted or mugged?

Gallup conducted face-to-face interviews with 2,090 Filipinos, aged 15 and older, between Oct. 8 and 24, 2019. The research for the Philippines had a 2.6 margin of error.

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“Some areas were excluded from the sampling frame, due to security concerns — such as barangays considered as war zones in Marawi — and areas that are remote or inaccessible. The excluded population from these areas represent less than 1 percent of the population,” Gallup said.

Philippines among top 50 safest countries in the world for 2019 – study

Meanwhile, here are the top 10 countries considered the safest in the world:

  • Singapore-97
  • Turkmenistan-97
  • China-94
  • Iceland-93
  • Kuwait-93
  • Norway-92
  • Austria-92
  • Switzerland-92
  • Uzbekistan-92
  • United Arab Emirates-92

Meanwhile, Afghanistan remained at the bottom of the safest countries with the lowest Law and Order index of 43.

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“Notably, Afghans did not feel any safer (12%) walking alone at night, nor were they any more confident in their police (24%) in 2019 than in 2018. In fact, no other country posted worse scores on these two measures. However, the country’s overall score improved because Afghans were less likely to have been victims of property crime (40%) in 2019 or to have been assaulted or mugged (22%) than they had been the previous year when 50% had money or property stolen and 29% had been assaulted,” it said.