Philippines ranks last at 134 on the Global Finance 2021 unsafe country list

[ASEAN NOW News]

The Philippines has come last out of 134 countries around the world as the most unsafe place to life in 2021.

 

Global Finance business magazine's safety index factors in risks of natural disaster with crime, terrorism, and war to present a more rounded analysis of the world's safest countries. 

 

 

In the Global Finance World’s Most Unsafe Countries 2021, the Philippines ranked dead last at 134th out of 134 countries by having the lowest score.

 

This is now the second time that the Philippines placed last in the list after the 2019 rankings which listed 128 countries.

 

With the world turned upside-down and inside-out by a global pandemic that began in 2020, determining the relative safety of each country is now more important than ever. 

 

Global Finance's safest countries in the world rankings features updated data and sources, a new time frame, and incorporates each country’s experience and risk from Covid-19.

 

Deaths per capita is a direct measure of how well or poorly a given country responded to the spread of Covid-19 which in turn is based on the country's healthcare infrastructure, government capabilities, political leadership and culture in face of a major, unexpected crisis.

 

Vaccinations per capita on the other hand reflects a country’s financial power and future performance via preventative measures stemming further outbreaks.

 

The New York-based business publication evaluated 134 countries’ “safety scores” based on war and peace, personal security, and natural disaster risk including the “unique risk factors stemming from COVID-19.”

 

The study also analyzed 2020 reports and COVID-19 data retrieved on May 30, 2021, among others. The deaths per capita are used to measure a country’s overall response to the pandemic.

 

According to the global index, the Philippines is described as a country with a “serious civil conflict that has high risks from a natural disaster.”

 

“The Philippines, Nigeria, Yemen, and El Salvador all reported relatively low death tolls from COVID-19, yet performed poorly in terms of safety overall... While the fundamental factors rely on concise reports produced by NGOs and international organizations, the COVID-19 death tolls and the vaccination rates are largely based on self-reporting by governments," Global Finance said in an official statement.

 

 

Meanwhile, Iceland has topped the global rankings with a score of 3.9724.

 

To sum up, Covid-19 has upended many of the pre-pandemic assumptions regarding which countries are safest and why. While the core factors that ordinarily make up our safety rankings are largely unchanged, Covid-19 presented a new challenge for governments across the world. And as the world's vaccination numbers steadily rise, we are left with a sobering question: How would the world cope with a future pandemic?

 

To read the full report click https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/safest-countries-world

[GeorgeEboy]

When you rank below Nigeria it’s time to look inwards.