UAE among the safest countries in the world and this is the rank

UAE among the safest countries in the world and this is the rank…

According to the 2017 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report, the UAE is among of the world’s safest countries in being protected from terrorism, reinforcing the country’s status as a safe haven not just regionally but globally.

Rated 115 out of 134 countries, the UAE was ahead of some of the world’s most developed Western countries including Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US, among others.

In the Mena region, the UAE was rated among the safest countries along with Morocco and Qatar.

Regionally, Bahrain was rated 55, Kuwait 50 and Saudi Arabia 26, says the GTI report, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace on Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) rated the UAE as the second safest country in the world, only behind Finland. “It is also one of the most secure destinations (at second place), and has a well-developed hospitality and entertainment infrastructure (27th),” WEF said.

The US was ranked 32nd as it witnessed increased terrorist activity over the last few years.

According to GTI 2017, deaths caused by terrorism decreased by 13 per cent from 2015 to 2016. There were 25,673 deaths in 2016. This is the second consecutive year that the number of deaths from terrorism have decreased. Deaths have now fallen by 22 per cent since the peak in 2014.

European countries and other developed nations continued to record a negative trend, with Daesh’s activities the primary driver. Excluding the September 11 attacks, 2016 was the deadliest year for terrorism in OECD countries since 1988.

Iraq was the worst hit, getting the lowest rating followed by Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, India, Turkey and Libya made up the top-10 worst hit countries by terrorism, revealed the GTI report.

The top 10 countries getting the best, or safest, rating are Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Croatia, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Montenegro, Serbia, and Uzbekistan.