--- title: "Snippets: Top 3 safest countries in the world" url: https://seamusphan.com/snippets-top-3-safest-countries-world-taiwan/ date: 2020-09-29 modified: 2024-12-19 lang: en author: "Dr Seamus Phan" description: "Surprising to see one Asian country in the Top 3 Safest Countries in the world, and NOT the usual suspects. The top 3 safest countries in the Presscave list went..." categories: - "Snippets" - "Thoughts" image: https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/remi-yuan-JMB3Efb8yoQ-unsplash.jpg word_count: 95 --- # Snippets: Top 3 safest countries in the world Surprising to see one Asian country in the Top 3 Safest Countries in the world, and NOT the usual suspects. The top 3 safest countries in the Presscave list went to: ## 1) Iceland 2) Taiwan 3) Denmark Japan came in 8th and Singapore came in 10th. The criteria from the Presscave list was said to be: > "The rating was based on the annual Global Peace Index compiled by Australia-based nonprofit research organization Institute for Economics and Peace, as well as criteria including corruption, culture, economic crisis, natural disaster and terrorism.". Read the news at: [https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10&post=21375](https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10&post=21375)