What do you think about this DANGEROUS COUNTRIES MAP?

[AviatorTom]

This map shows how dangerous a country is considered to be.

Green indicates the safest while dark brown indicates the least safe. Yellow to tan to red indicate increasing levels of being considered unsafe.

Is this map accurate? What do you think?

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The map was published in an article in The Independent newspaper. Its source was not mentioned in the article.

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From my knowledge of world politics, the map is reasonable. As many have pointed out, the yellow and orange countries (and maybe others too) generally should have pockets of green and red.

[MisterWack]

There is an issue though, China keeps everything sealed which is why we weren’t shown the true Covid19 case count there or vaccine rate. It is even not reported or talked about the amount of women who are sexually assaulted & harassed & raped. China keeps everything locked up, just like how they control Google Search results in China keeping out Tiananmen Square Massacre of Peaceful Pro Democracy Protests that led to the killings & injuries of thousands of Chinese citizens… There is even few surviving evidence of such atrocities. I wouldn’t call a country that locks up Muslims in Concentration Camps then forcing them into free labor in manufacturing.

The Country of Ukraine is in the red when it is the Russians who unlawfully entered the land provoking attacks of soldiers (North Korean & Russian), missiles (Iranian), drone attacks (Chinese), etc.

These are just some inconsistencies I’ve noticed, definitely could be missing more so I wouldn’t go by this map alone and would need varied sources & how they reached their conclusions.

[Lynx122]

I think the categories seem very broad because most of the map is orange or yellow and only very few places are green or dark red so that makes it seem like someone wanted to kinda gloss over the details and just show a very general picture.

If you take out Iceland and Greenland because I don't wanna live there tbh, there's only 5 countries that are green:

Slovenia, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Switzerland

and I live in one of them so that's nice :)

It's surprising to me that Korea and Japan are not green, because they seem very safe I'd say they're on the level of Switzerland just from my experience of being in Korea and what I've seen of Japan. But there are a few things that might have hurt them like for Korea North Korea of course and also that there's a lot of sexual crime there like hidden cameras and things like that. But just walking around I feel like it was extremely safe and clean.

[purplepoppy]

These type of maps often pop up in British tabloids to show where its dangerous to live in the UK. What crimes are included/omitted can skew the picture somewhat, as can the fact regional police forces don't always match county lines. That said certain areas always seem to be highlighted.

So is it really fair to paint a large country like the USA with the same brush? I'm guessing danger level varies a lot within each state never mind across the whole country. I doubt each country is even recording crime the same way so can we even compare?

But what constitutes a danger? Is it just your chance of being a victim of violent crime or does it included being eaten by a crocodile, natural disasters, catching a STD, choking on the local cuisine.

[RichA322]

Or getting a heart attack, because an American breakfast contains enough sugar and fat that could feed an entire city.

[oldpigg]

None of that nonsense is included in the global peace index.

[Screenwriter]

Looks like I'm moving to Greenland!

Any country where there's armed conflict going on is likely to be considered "unsafe". And I see a few of those offhand. Ukraine, Sudan...

I think it's odd that Mexico, with all the drug gang issues I regularly hear about, isn't at a higher level of unsafety... But maybe there are "pockets" of dangerous areas that people are warned against.

And remember, these maps are still opinions. I don't know who this paper is, or what their political stance is... That may affect what countries they consider "dangerous."

[oldpigg]

Greenland is not a country, genius, it is green because it is considered part of Denmark, which is also green. And in Mejico there are no wars.

[JesseP1nk]

No need to move. Trump bring Greenland under USA :)
Lets make Greenland great again :D

[juliammm]

Dangerous for whom?

Not sure it is yellow for black people in the US. Not sure it is a good color for kids given all the killings in schools.

If you are gay or Atheist in Egypt or Algeria you face an imminent death!

So this map may be only for a white male, heterosexual, catholic, or Christian...

Many US citizens are going to Saudi Arabia to feel safe, for themselves and their kids.

[Bklynbadboy12]

That's not true I'm American and that's definitely not true where did you get that info from

[RichA322]

Actually the US should be red. If you add police brutality, the fentanyl crisis, mass shootings, school shootings, the low solvation rates for crimes, people just randomly disappearing and police refusing to investigate, the toxic stuff that is allowed in US food and the toxic chemical waste that large US cooperations just dump into the American countryside while the bribes congress looks away... almost like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons would do (but in real life)

[Bklynbadboy12]

And yet everybody still want to come here

[oldpigg]

Hahaha, keep dreaming, Saudi Arabia is involved in the Yemeni civil war.

[Bklynbadboy12]

You sound like a hater!!!

[beefcakebradybatson]

@RichA322 In short, America is in terminal decline, except dumba** Yanks can't see it.

[KostasKouvalis]

This map is a joke. Most of the yellow countries are much safer than the US.

Turkey and Saudi Arabia ORANGE? Those countries are safer than the US, and some of the other orange countries.

What bozo made this map?

[GuyfromCyprus]

Totally agree.
The US is way more dangerous than most of the countries on there.

[oldpigg]

Hahaha, never, Türkiye is involved in four wars at the same time (Iraq, Libya, Nagorno-Karabaj, Syria)

[sage2021]

Am I seeing things or not because the tail end of Florida is red?

[jamesgoldman]

Zooming in I believe that is Haiti

[sage2021]

@jamesgoldman
Hey - thanks for zooming in 🙂

[msc545]

This is not accurate. The most dangerous country in the world is the United states based on the number of wars it has started and people it has killed and governments it has overthrown. The people that made this map forgot to color it red as they should have.

[Dargil]

The USA should have red spots for big Democrat cities.

[Levin]

I suppose I'd be curious why Sweden isn't a 'green' country. Nothing to do with the gang violence that is apparently afflicting certain towns and cities.

[lightbulb27]

not so sure china is yellow, but never been there. Not so sure the whole of the ameria is yellow. I'd think alaska, and indian areas seem to be higher risk.

in general, seems to be.

[HungTexan]

It’s more nuanced than the map suggests. I’ve been to most of the so called dangerous countries on business. You just have to be aware of potential danger, and be careful not to stand out.

[Cubus]

Why is Finland green, if it's bordering Russia?

[juliaanita]

I don't have an answer for you, Aviator, but it was fun to read all of the answers! Your question must have been pretty provocative!

[Pohjolan]

I think Japan and NZ should be green as well.

[Knightwatch27]

Doesn't seem professionally made. Given all the terrorism and war in Israel it ought to be at least red. Saudi Arabia, albeit certainly not a country I am a fan of, is quite stable and safe and I do not see why it would be orange.

[oldpigg]

Hahahaha "the source is not mentioned in the article." Genius, that's the global peace index, everyone knows it.

[oldpigg]

Sometimes I feel proud that most people are so ignorant and I am so intelligent.

[DryGermanGuy]

Showing the United States and Germany in the same category is a dumb joke. 🤦‍♂️

[jshm2]

Yeah, places America has "helped" in the past. Doesn't look like help to me...

[robocop666]

I would never go to Africa or the middle east anyway

[exitseven]

Yes, it shows that the world is a dangerous place.

[SotiCoto]

Obviously wrong since Saudi Arabia and North Korea aren't the darkest shade of red there.

[GuyfromCyprus]

not totally accurate, no

[Vivaldi]

I think Turkey is more dangerious than USA

Too many violence for the amount of the population

[GuyfromCyprus]

@Vivaldi Definitely, I agree. There are other countries, though, that may appear more dangerous than they appear (like Bulgaria, too (with all the scamming and kidnapping)). And ones that are less dangerous than they appear (like Egypt or Morocco)

[KostasKouvalis]

I felt safer in Turkey than I do in the US

[grega239]

My county is in the top 10 last i saw. Why isn't it green?

[beefcakebradybatson]

With two-fifths-of-a-BILLION guns, America is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS !!!

[NathanDavis]

couldn't be more vague... lol

[DrPepper12]

Largely accurate

[TonyMetal___86]

Nope it ain't accurate...

[Dongie]

Note the Viking lands. Hehe...

[LiamS95]

Who knows for sure?

[UnwantedScorpio]

Greenland has people didn’t know that

[Ladsin2]

Homicide per capita maybe?

[mahadeshwara]

Cumskins need to be eradicated

[theTrashcanMan]

Looks right

[theTrashcanMan]

But I don't think North Korea is dangerous, there are no crimes in North Korea.