Finland is the safest country on The Earth, According to Global Travel and Terrorism Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). India meanwhile comes down at the 11th most unsafe countries in the world. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates follow Finland in the ranking.
- Their high position is bound to surprise some, given their location in the troubled Middle East. Iceland and Austria complete the top five.
- Bottom of its survey is Nigeria, followed by Colombia, Yemen, Pakistan and Venezuela.
- It should be noted, however, that a number of countries, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya, and North Korea.
DO YOU KNOW?
FINLAND
- Finland, officially the Republic of Finland is a Northern European nation bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia.
- Its capital, Helsinki, occupies a peninsula and surrounding islands in the Baltic Sea.
- The Northern Lights can be seen from the country’s Arctic Lapland province, a vast wilderness with national parks and ski resorts.
- Capital: Helsinki
- Currency: Euro
- Official languages: Finnish, Swedish
- President: Sauli Niinistö
- Prime Minister: Juha Sipilä
NIGERIA
- The Federal Republic of Nigeria commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
- It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located.
- Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.
- Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970.
- It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential elections considered the first to be reasonably free and fair.
- Capital: Abuja
- Currency: Nigerian naira
- President: Muhammadu Buhari
- Official language: English
