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Regionally, it looks like it's the tropics of the Americas and Southern Africa that are continuously the roughest with a long rough patch for parts of the ex-Soviet Union up until the last decade.
It's crazy how a country with an insane crime rate like Brazil, or Venezuela is close to extremely safe countries like Chile and Argentina. Shows how ****ty the government can be in some places.
I feel like there are a number of factors that contribute. However, I feel it's hard to gauge certain countries (Syria, Afghanistan, and many central/eastern African nations in particular. I have a sense there's might in actuality be off the charts even compared to the high end here.
I feel like there are a number of factors that contribute. However, I feel it's hard to gauge certain countries (Syria, Afghanistan, and many central/eastern African nations in particular. I have a sense there's might in actuality be off the charts even compared to the high end here.
Well, you listed some warzones which probably won't be counted. Iraq and Syria would be chart-toppers if that weren't the case. Most middle eastern countries actually have very low homicide rates.
It's crazy how a country with an insane crime rate like Brazil, or Venezuela is close to extremely safe countries like Chile and Argentina. Shows how ****ty the government can be in some places.
the OP's video is about homicide rate only. Chile and, especially, Argentina, actually have very high crime rates, for other crimes like robbery, theft, burglary etc.
Yeah, I agree that they are no oasis, and have real problems of their own, like any country. But I'd rather have those crimes any day than straight up horrific homicide rates that countries like Belize, Honduras, Brazil, Venezuela have. The safety difference between Bueno Aires and Rio is quite striking to say the least.
Rio de Janiero homicides 3995 with a homicide rate of 39 deaths per 100,000
Bueno Aires homicides 137 with a homicide rate of 4.7 per 100,000
Not saying that Chile and Argentina have no crime, but the crime in other South American countries are equivalent to literal warzones, while Chile is comparable to Canada with homicide rate, and Argentina is comparable to America with homicide rate
Of course for petty crime though, Argentina and Chile top anywhere in North America, although America has 3 times the rape that Argentina has, and more assaults/ murder with gun rate too.
the OP's video is about homicide rate only. Chile and, especially, Argentina, actually have very high crime rates, for other crimes like robbery, theft, burglary etc.
I'm going to make a wild suggestion that Brazil and Venezuela might also not do too well when it comes to robbery, theft, burglary etc.
I'm going to make a wild suggestion that Brazil and Venezuela might also not do too well when it comes to robbery, theft, burglary etc.
not much worse than Argentina or Chile.
From the Latinobarómetro poll 2018. "Have you of your family been a victim of a crime?", "how often do you fear of being assaulted?":
Crime victimization rate from Latinobarómetro 2017. "Victimization" meaning the % of people who answered "yes" to the question "have you been victim of a crime in the past year"?:
From the Latinobarómetro poll 2018. "Have you of your family been a victim of a crime?", "how often do you fear of being assaulted?":
Crime victimization rate from Latinobarómetro 2017. "Victimization" meaning the % of people who answered "yes" to the question "have you been victim of a crime in the past year"?:
I feel like the type of crime weighs heavily into what Country is perceived as safer.
Poverty is very real in Argentina and even Chile, which will inevitable bring a bit of crime, but the difference is that drug cartels will take over entire neighborhoods or sections of a city in Mexico, and in Brazil more competitive, smaller gangs will fight to take over a favela. Compared to Argentina and Chile which have issues, but more similar to their North American counterparts.
I believe a lot of the reason for the bigger violence is due to how corrupt some of the governments, especially in Brazil and Mexico are, the police are bought out, the schools are underfunded, the police will only come to slums and Favelas for raids.
The corruption factor and the isolation from a lot of social services makes these shantytowns/favelas hotbeds for criminal organizations, Rio is pretty much at war in some sides of town, so is Tijuana (most dangerous city in the world).
Honestly I'd rather live in Bueno Aires any day, it's homicide rate and most crime rate is similar to Winnipeg, Canada. That's much more bearable then Mexico and Brazil which have enough homicides for it to be considered a war, not to mention there are about 80,000 people reported missing in Brazil, 40,000 in Mexico.
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