International. The 2019 Safe Cities Index (SCI) of The Economist's Intelligence Unit ranked 60 destinations worldwide in terms of digital security, health, infrastructure and personal safety.
Tokyo again ranked first overall, with Cities in Asia and the Pacific accounting for six of the top ten. As it did in the previous SCI, Tokyo has the highest overall score on the index. Other cities in the top 10 are Singapore, Osaka, Sydney, Seoul and Melbourne. Two European cities are in the group, Amsterdam and Copenhagen, while two from America complete it, Toronto and Washington, DC.
Latin America has several cities within the Top 60 such as Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Lima, Quito, Bogotá, among others.
The safest cities in the world for 2019, according to SCI:
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Singapore
3. Osaka, Japan
4. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
5. Sydney, Australia
6. Toronto, Canada
7. Washington DC, USA
8. Copenhagen, Denmark
9. Seoul, South Korea
10. Melbourne, Australia
33. Santiago de Chile
34. Buenos Aires
40. Mexico City
41. Rio de Janeiro
42. Sao Paulo
45. Lima
50. Quito
51. Bogota
59. Caracas
As for the categories of digital security, health, infrastructure and personal security. The leading cities were as follows:
Digital Security
Tokyo, Singapore, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Health security
The leaders in health security are: Osaka, Tokyo, Seoul, Amsterdam and Stockholm.
Infrastructure security
Sinagproe, Osaka, Barcelona, Tokyo, Madrid
Personal safety
Singapore, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Wellington
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