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The world’s most dangerous countries for 2020 have been revealed in a new interactive map.
Libya, Somalia, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, all in Africa, are the riskiest countries, according to the Travel Risk Map.
Created by global risk experts, International SOS, the map ranks countries’ safety across three different criteria: medical, security and road safety.
For the first two categories, countries are given a rating out of five, while road safety is rated out of four based on the mortality rate per 100,000 people.
Only the four countries mentioned scored the lowest safety band in each category: “very high” for travel medical risk; “extreme” for travel security risk; and more than 25 (deaths per 100,000) for road safety risk.
At the other end of the spectrum, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Andorra and Svalbard all achieved the highest safety marking for all three criteria.
The UK scored “low” for medical risk and the lowest mortality rating for road safety, but was ranked as “low” rather than “insignificant” in the travel security risk category.
Other countries graded “extreme” for security risk include Mali in northwest Africa and Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan in the Middle East.
1/30 30. Teresina, Brazil
Teresina had 42.64 homicides per 100,000 residents.
According to the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security’s annual ranking of the world’s most violent cities in 2015)
2/30 29. Goiânia y Aparecida de Goiânia, Brazil
Goiânia has 43.38 homicides per 100,000 residents
3/30 28. Detroit, Michigan, USA
Detroit had 43.89 homicides per 100,000 residents
4/30 27. Feira de Santana, Brazil
Feira de Santana had 45.5 homicides per 100,000 residents.
5/30 26. Belém, Brazil
Belém had 45.83 homicides per 100,000 residents
6/30 25. Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala had 47.17 homicides per 100,000 residents.
7/30 24. Cumaná, Venezuela
Cumaná had 47.77 homicides per 100,000 residents
8/30 23. Manaus, Brazil
Manaus had 47.87 homicides per 100,000 residents
9/30 22. Cuiabá, Brazil
Cuiabá had 48.52 homicides per 100,000 residents
10/30 21. São Luís, Brazil
São Luís had 53.05 homicides per 100,000 residents
11/30 20. Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Barquisimeto had 54.96 homicides per 100,000 residents
12/30 19. Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Baltimore had 54.98 homicides per 100,000 residents
13/30 18. Maceio, Brazil
Maceio had 55.63 homicides per 100,000 residents.
14/30 17. Culiacan, Mexico
Culiacan had 56.09 homicides per 100,000 residents
15/30 16. João Pessoa, Brazil
João Pessoa had 58.40 homicides per 100,000 residents
16/30 15. St. Louis, Missouri, USA
St. Louis had 59.23 homicides per 100,000 residents
17/30 14. Salvador, Brazil
Salvador had 60.63 homicides per 100,000 residents
18/30 13. Natal, Brazil
Natal had 60.66 homicides per 100,000 residents
19/30 12. Fortaleza, Brazil
Fortaleza had 60.77 homicides per 100,000 residents
20/30 11. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Ciudad Guayana had 62.33 homicides per 100,000 residents
21/30 10. Cali, Colombia
Cali had 64.27 homicides per 100,000 residents
22/30 9. Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town had 65.53 homicides per 100,000 residents
23/30 8. Palmira, Colombia
Palmira had 70.88 homicides per 100,000 residents
24/30 7. Valencia, Venezuela
Valencia had 72.31 homicides per 100,000 residents
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25/30 6. Distrito Central, Honduras
Distrito Central had 73.51 homicides per 100,000 residents.
26/30 5. Maturin, Venezuela
Maturin had 86.45 homicides per 100,000 residents
27/30 4. Acapulco, Mexico
Acapulco had 104.73 homicides per 100,000 resident
28/30 3. San Salvador, El Salvador
San Salvador had 108.54 homicides per 100,000 residents
29/30 2. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
San Pedro Sula had 111.03 homicides per 100,000 residents
30/30 1. Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas had 119.87 homicides per 100,000 residents
1/30 30. Teresina, Brazil
Teresina had 42.64 homicides per 100,000 residents.
According to the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security’s annual ranking of the world’s most violent cities in 2015)
2/30 29. Goiânia y Aparecida de Goiânia, Brazil
Goiânia has 43.38 homicides per 100,000 residents
3/30 28. Detroit, Michigan, USA
Detroit had 43.89 homicides per 100,000 residents
4/30 27. Feira de Santana, Brazil
Feira de Santana had 45.5 homicides per 100,000 residents.
5/30 26. Belém, Brazil
Belém had 45.83 homicides per 100,000 residents
6/30 25. Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala had 47.17 homicides per 100,000 residents.
7/30 24. Cumaná, Venezuela
Cumaná had 47.77 homicides per 100,000 residents
8/30 23. Manaus, Brazil
Manaus had 47.87 homicides per 100,000 residents
9/30 22. Cuiabá, Brazil
Cuiabá had 48.52 homicides per 100,000 residents
10/30 21. São Luís, Brazil
São Luís had 53.05 homicides per 100,000 residents
11/30 20. Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Barquisimeto had 54.96 homicides per 100,000 residents
12/30 19. Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Baltimore had 54.98 homicides per 100,000 residents
13/30 18. Maceio, Brazil
Maceio had 55.63 homicides per 100,000 residents.
14/30 17. Culiacan, Mexico
Culiacan had 56.09 homicides per 100,000 residents
15/30 16. João Pessoa, Brazil
João Pessoa had 58.40 homicides per 100,000 residents
16/30 15. St. Louis, Missouri, USA
St. Louis had 59.23 homicides per 100,000 residents
17/30 14. Salvador, Brazil
Salvador had 60.63 homicides per 100,000 residents
18/30 13. Natal, Brazil
Natal had 60.66 homicides per 100,000 residents
19/30 12. Fortaleza, Brazil
Fortaleza had 60.77 homicides per 100,000 residents
20/30 11. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Ciudad Guayana had 62.33 homicides per 100,000 residents
21/30 10. Cali, Colombia
Cali had 64.27 homicides per 100,000 residents
22/30 9. Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town had 65.53 homicides per 100,000 residents
23/30 8. Palmira, Colombia
Palmira had 70.88 homicides per 100,000 residents
24/30 7. Valencia, Venezuela
Valencia had 72.31 homicides per 100,000 residents
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25/30 6. Distrito Central, Honduras
Distrito Central had 73.51 homicides per 100,000 residents.
26/30 5. Maturin, Venezuela
Maturin had 86.45 homicides per 100,000 residents
27/30 4. Acapulco, Mexico
Acapulco had 104.73 homicides per 100,000 resident
28/30 3. San Salvador, El Salvador
San Salvador had 108.54 homicides per 100,000 residents
29/30 2. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
San Pedro Sula had 111.03 homicides per 100,000 residents
30/30 1. Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas had 119.87 homicides per 100,000 residents
Venezuela, Haiti, North Korea, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Eritrea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Burundi all scored “very high” for travel medical risk.
International SOS says it assigns its travel medical risk ratings by assessing a range of health risks, including: infectious disease burden, environmental factors, medical evacuation data, road trauma data, standard of emergency medical services, outpatient and inpatient medical care, access to quality pharmaceutical supplies, and cultural, language or administrative barriers.
The travel security risk rating evaluates the threat posed to travellers by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war); social unrest; and violent and petty crime.
Other factors, such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the effectiveness of the security and emergency services and the country’s susceptibility to natural disasters are also considered.
The Travel Risk Map was published alongside the Ipsos MORI Business Resilience Trend Watch survey of more than 1,300 business travel decision-makers.
Some 51 per cent of respondents believed that health and security risks had increased in the past year, while 47 per cent anticipated risks – including security threats, civil unrest and geopolitical unrest – would rise in the year ahead.
Highest security risk countries
Libya
Somalia
South Sudan
Central African Republic
Mali
Syria
Iraq
Yemen
Afghanistan
Lowest security risk countries
Iceland
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Andorra
Svalbard
Greenland
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