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Safety – the freedom from harm, injury or loss – is one of the most basic human needs. Unintentional injury, and the pain, disability and death that associated with it, is a global health issue, and it is estimated that more than 3.7 million people die each year from its effects. Improving safety is a complex challenge, incorporating elements of science, behavior, culture, policy, and public health. The resources, policies and priorities for improving safety become more difficult to discern. There are few factors to identify country as a safe country. These factors usually are Crime Rate, to what extent that place is prone to disasters and natural calamities, corruption, economy etc. In 2014 2015, Georgia was among the 10 safest countries. In 2017, country took 7th place with crime index 20.83 and safety index – 79.17 among 125 countries.
Crime index is an estimation of overall level of crime in a given country. Crime levels lower than 20 are considered as very low, crime levels between 20 and 40 as being low, between 40 and 60 as being moderate and up to 60 is higher. Safety index is, on the other way, quite opposite of crime index and if the country has a high safety index, it is considered very safe. According to this explanation and Georgia’s safety and crime indexes (79.17 and 20.83 accordingly), Georgia represents one of the safe countries in the world in 2017. There is another safety index – the UL Safety Index (index is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.). The UL Safety Index is a data science initiative intended to increase the global awareness of health, security, sustainability and safety through information. Dialog and collaboration. The vision is to advance safe living and working environments for people everywhere by providing better data and metrics to guide decision making and investments. The UL Safety Index is a data science initiative that seeks to address gaps in knowledge and information about health and safety by providing a country safety index for 187 nations. This Index can be used to support efforts by governments, safety professionals, policy makers, the private sector and non-governmental organizations to understand and prioritize actions to improve safety around the world. The main drivers of the UL Safety Index are: Institutions & Resources, Safety Frameworks and Safety Outcomes. Each of them has own indicators, for example, indicators of Institutions & Resources are wealth, education, government effectiveness and technology (overall 16 indicators of all three drivers). The UL Safety index of Georgia is 54.70 in which Institutions & Resources has 57.36 points, Safety Frameworks has 35.02 and Safety Outcomes has 81.47.
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The article is based on the information of The World Economic Forum.
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