Travel dangers by country (2002)
Editor: Piero Scaruffi
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| COUNTRY | THEFT | MURDER | DISEASE | ACCIDENT | KIDNAP |
|
ARGENTINA
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
|
AUSTRIA
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
BENIN
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
|
BRAZIL
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
|
BRITAIN
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
BURKINA FASO
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
|
BURMA
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
|
KAREN BURMA
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
|
CAMBODIA
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
|
CANADA
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
CHINA
|
8
|
0
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
|
COLOMBIA
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
9
|
|
CZECK
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
EGYPT
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
|
EL SALVADOR
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
|
FRANCE
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
| COUNTRY |
THEFT |
MURDER |
DISEASE |
ACCIDENT |
KIDNAP |
|
GAMBIA
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
|
GERMANY
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
GHANA
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
|
GREECE
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
GUATEMALA
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
|
GUINEA BISSAU
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
|
HOLLAND
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
HUNGARY
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
INDIA/NORTH
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
|
INDIA/SOUTH
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
|
INDONESIA
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
|
IRAN
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
|
ISRAEL
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
ITALY
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
JAPAN
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| COUNTRY |
THEFT |
MURDER |
DISEASE |
ACCIDENT |
KIDNAP |
|
JORDAN
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
KAZAKHSTAN
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
|
KENYA
|
7
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
|
KOREA
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
KUWAIT
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
KYRGYZSTAN
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
|
LAOS
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
|
LEBANON
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
MALAYSIA
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
|
MALI
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
|
MEXICO
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
| COUNTRY |
THEFT |
MURDER |
DISEASE |
ACCIDENT |
KIDNAP |
|
MONGOLIA
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
|
MOROCCO
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
|
NICARAGUA
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
|
OMAN
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
|
PERU
|
9
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
|
POLAND
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
PORTUGAL
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
RUSSIA
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
|
SENEGAL
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
|
SINGAPORE
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
|
SPAIN
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
| COUNTRY |
THEFT |
MURDER |
DISEASE |
ACCIDENT |
KIDNAP |
|
SWITZERLAND
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
SYRIA
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
|
TANZANIA
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
8
|
1
|
|
THAILAND
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
TIBET
|
5
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
|
TOGO
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
|
TURKEY
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
|
TURKMENISTAN
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
UGANDA
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
|
USA (countryside)
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
USA (main cities)
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
UZBEKISTAN
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
VIETNAM
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
|
YEMEN
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
| COUNTRY |
THEFT |
MURDER |
DISEASE |
ACCIDENT |
KIDNAP |
Generally speaking, this is my "pyramid of safety", from the least dangerous
region to the most dangerous:
- Middle East
- Far East
- Scandinavia/Canada
- West Africa
- India
- North Africa
- China/Southern Europe/Indonesia/Eastern Europe
- USA/ Russia
- Latin America