The new rankings are helping travellers get a better understanding of which countries are safest before planning their next trip.
Insurance company HelloSafe recently released the first-ever Travel Safety Index, which provides an overview of the safety situation in countries around the world.
The rankings are based on a 0-100 rating scale, with 100 being assigned to the least safe country and 0 being the safest.
HelloSafe used 35 criteria divided into main categories: occurrence of natural disasters, violence in society, involvement in armed conflict (domestic or foreign), health infrastructure, and militarization. Each of these categories was weighted differently and assigned different points.
“These indicators provide a detailed picture of each country's security situation, taking into account multiple dimensions essential to understanding the threats and challenges that each country may face,” the insurer said.
According to HelloSafe, Iceland is currently the safest country in the world, scoring 18.23 out of 100.
Singapore followed with 19.99 points, and Denmark came in third with 20.05 points.
For more tools, check out HelloSafe Canada.
HelloSafe noted that the majority of the safest countries (12 out of 15) are in Europe, including Switzerland, which came in fifth place with 20.51 points, the Czech Republic (21.19 points) and Slovenia (21.44 points).
The ranking highlights that the most dangerous countries face many threats, including natural disasters and violence.
The Philippines had the highest safety score with 82.32 out of 100, followed by Colombia (79.21) and Mexico (78.42).
For more tools, check out HelloSafe Canada.
India and Russia rounded out the top five most dangerous countries with scores of 77.86 and 75.65 respectively.
The United States ranked 14th as the least safe country with a score of 59.47.
Canada received 40.03 points, making it the safest country in North America.
For more tools, check out HelloSafe Canada.
To put this into perspective, Canada is slightly safer than Japan, which received a score of 41.64, but still lower than France's 36.
HelloSafe also provides a more detailed breakdown of safety rankings by region on its website.
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