No. 2 Qatar
According to the latest government figures, Qatar's homicide rate of 0.5 per 100,000 people make it one of the safest countries in the world - an assessment that's seconded by the U.S. State Department, which deemed the country's overall crime rate as "generally low." That's a welcome trend in any context, but perhaps more so for tiny Qatar, whose population of a little over 833,000 is both overwhelmingly urban (some 96 percent) and quite wealthy, enjoying the second highest per-capita income in the world. Global Top 5s is a monthly feature by RealClearWorld.com powered by Gallup's worldwide research. Learn more at Gallup.com.
