Morocco Ranks Among Safest Travel Destinations for 2020, Study Finds

The security index calculated by Numbeo ranks the countries of the world on a scale of 0 to 100, based on criteria such as the level of crime, safety in walking alone on the street day and night, car thefts and home burglaries, violent crimes, etc.

The results are based on surveys of visitors to this website. Among the general trends, the first six places in terms of safety are occupied by the small countries of Asia, namely: Qatar with 88.1 points, Taiwan (84.7), the United Arab Emirates (84.5), Georgia (79.5), Oman (79.3) and Hong Kong (79).

Europe stands out for its homogeneity in terms of security. All European countries, without exception, are above the global average in terms of security. Among the best, we find Slovenia with 79.0 points, being the safest country in the world outside of Asia. It is followed by the Isle of Man (a British Crown dependency) with 78.6 points and Switzerland in third place with 78.4 points. Spain is in 37th position with 67.6 points. The European list is closed by Ukraine (51.1), Sweden (52.5) and France (52.6).