00:00Which is the safest country in Europe?
00:06A politician in Spain's ruling party
00:08recently claimed that the country
00:10is one of the safest in the world
00:12during a plenary session
00:13in the lower house of the Spanish parliament.
00:15No se da cuenta usted que el fondo su discurso
00:18hablando de un problema de seguridad ciudadana
00:20en nuestro país, que es uno de los países
00:22con los ratios de seguridad ciudadana mayores del mundo.
00:25No se da cuenta que ese discurso
00:27lo único que hace es engordar a la ultraderecha.
00:29To see how valid his claims about the safety of Spain are
00:32and how the rest of Europe compares,
00:34we can take a look at different indices.
00:36The Global Peace Index measures the levels
00:39of societal safety and security,
00:41the extent of domestic and international conflict,
00:44and the degree of militarisation in a given country.
00:47This year it ranked Spain
00:48as the 25th safest country in the world
00:51out of 163.
00:53In fact, Europe dominated the top of the table.
00:56Four of the top five safest countries in the world were European.
00:59Iceland, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland
01:02and eight European countries made the top ten.
01:05Eurostat can also shed light
01:07on which EU countries are considered the safest.
01:10One of the quality of life indicators that it records
01:12its physical safety covering rates of homicide,
01:15violence and vandalism.
01:17In the most recent data set,
01:18Luxembourg had the lowest number of recorded homicides
01:21relative to its population size
01:23and per 100,000 people.
01:25Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Austria came next,
01:29with Spain coming in as the sixth lowest.
01:31Our colleagues at Europe in Motion also recently reported
01:34on perceived crime, violence and vandalism
01:37in citizens' neighbourhoods, based on Eurostat data.
01:40Here, Croatia, Lithuania and Poland
01:43are seen as the safest countries based on citizens' experiences.
01:47And while Spain does have some of the worst rates in this index,
01:51it's still true that it's generally among the safest countries in the world.
01:56and while Spain is around the world in Melbourne.
01:58While Spain and Germany are not the safest part,
01:59the rest of its population we are able to achieve.
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