{"id":30579,"date":"2025-03-26T09:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=30579"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:14:23","slug":"uae-named-second-in-2025-global-safety-index-after-a-small-european-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-named-second-in-2025-global-safety-index-after-a-small-european-country\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Named Second in 2025 Global Safety Index after a Small European Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>United Arab Emirates has been recognized as one of the world\u2019s safest countries<\/strong>, ranking second <strong>in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/crime\/rankings_by_country.jsp?displayColumn=1\">Numbeo\u2019s 2025 Global Safety Index<\/a><\/strong>. With a score of 84.5, the UAE closely follows Andorra, a small European country, which secured the top spot with a score of 84.7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29900\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2256784807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2256784807.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2256784807-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2256784807-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2256784807-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/cost-of-living\/\">Numbeo<\/a>, a platform that tracks global living conditions, calculates <strong>safety scores based on surveys from website visitors<\/strong>. The index takes into account the following factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General perception of <strong>crime levels<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Safety when <strong>walking alone at night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Concerns about <strong>violent crime<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Risk of <strong>burglary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discrimination<\/strong> levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UAE is not the only Gulf nation in the top five. Here\u2019s how <span lang=\"en-US\">other<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">GCC <\/span>countries performed in the ranking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qatar<\/strong> \u2013 3rd place (84.2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oman<\/strong> \u2013 5th place (81.7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26105\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2577763313-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other countries in the top ten include the <span lang=\"en-US\">Taiwan (4th), <\/span>Isle of Man <span lang=\"en-US\">(6th)<\/span>, Hong Kong <span lang=\"en-US\">(7th)<\/span>, Armenia <span lang=\"en-US\">(8th)<\/span>, Singapore <span lang=\"en-US\">(9th)<\/span>, and Japan <span lang=\"en-US\">(10th)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in 2025, <strong>Numbeo also ranked Dubai as the second safest city<\/strong> in the world, just behind <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/abu-dhabi-named-safest-city-in-the-world-for-2025-ninth-year-running\/\"><strong>Abu Dhabi, which has held the number one position<\/strong><\/a> for nine years. Sharjah secured third place, followed by Ras Al Khaimah in fourth. <span lang=\"en-US\">The capital of Taiwan \u2013 Taipei \u2013<\/span> rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>These rankings highlight the UAE\u2019s strong focus on security, low crime rates, and high quality of life, making it a top choice for residents, businesses, and tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates has been recognized as one of the world\u2019s safest countries, ranking second in Numbeo\u2019s 2025 Global Safety Index. With a score of 84.5, the UAE closely follows Andorra, a small European country, which secured the top spot with a score of 84.7. Numbeo, a platform that tracks global living conditions, calculates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}