While Bangkok often tops lists as a desirable destination, it ranked 14th in The Economist’s Safe Cities Index 2015 released yesterday.
Based on expert assessments of digital security, health security, infrastructure and personal safety, The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Bangkok 39th worldwide among the 50 cities selected and 14th in the Asia-Pacific region.
“The top half of the Index is generally occupied by rich cities from Europe, East Asia and North America. Meanwhile, the likes of Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City join Jakarta in the bottom half,” the report said.
That’s a pretty harsh way to put it.
Meanwhile the city with the world’s highest population, Tokyo, is also the world’s safest, according to the report. Singapore ranks second regionally and globally, while Jakarta sits at the bottom of the bottom in 50th place.
The ranking was based on wide-ranging research and in-depth interviews with several experts in the field, and the 50 cities were selected based on regional representation and availability of data.
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