Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Plus: Safety in Ecuador, El Salvador and Isreal, and advanced analysis
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 | The voice of the world in numbers | | | Sept. 24, 2024 | | | Welcome to Front Page, where we break down Gallup's latest insights on our constantly evolving world. Here are the five insights you shouldn't miss this week: | | | | | 1. How Safe Does the World Feel? | | | | The Data: In 2023, 70% of adults worldwide said they feel safe walking alone at night where they live. The Trend: This is considerably higher than it was a decade ago and at most points in Gallup's nearly 20-year trend. However, progress has stalled on this measure in the past several years, and slightly fewer people today feel safe than in 2020, when a record-high 72% felt safe. Full Report | 2. El Salvador Ranks Among 'Most Safe' for First Time | | | | The Data: For the first time, El Salvador ranks among the countries where the most people feel safe, with 88% of residents feeling secure. Country Context: Feelings of safety hit a record high in El Salvador, once known as the murder capital of the world. El Salvador currently boasts one of the lowest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere. The government's recent crackdown on gangs has incarcerated approximately 2% of the country's population. New Story | 3. Ecuadorians Least Likely in the World to Feel Safe | | | | The Data: In 2023, just 27% of Ecuadorians said they feel safe walking alone at night where they live, which is a new record low for the country, the lowest in Latin America, and numerically the lowest in the entire world (South Africa and Liberia are statistically on par at 30%). Security in Guayas: Just 11% of residents in Ecuador's most populous province, Guayas, said they feel safe walking alone in their area at night — which is the lowest of any region of the world, not including active war zones. Full Story | 4. Fewer Israelis Feel Safe | | | | The Data: Before the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Israelis were more likely to say they feel safe than their OECD peers in Japan, Germany and the U.S. In the aftermath of the attacks, 68% of Israelis said they felt safe. OECD Comparison: This figure is now lower than other OECD member states such as Japan (77%), Germany (74%) and the U.S. (72%). Download Report | 5. Local Foundations for Global Safety | | | | Safety Around the World: Regionally, at least seven in 10 people feel safe in Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Northern America (U.S. and Canada), and post-Soviet Eurasia. People continue to feel the least safe in sub-Saharan Africa (51%) and in Latin America and the Caribbean (47%). Correlations to Safety: A new analysis of people's feelings of safety by country-income group suggests that strategies to help people feel safer may find more success if they start at the local level. Across all countries, regardless of country-income group, two things matter most to people's perceptions of safety: people's trust in their local police and people's satisfaction with their communities as places to live. Explore Global Safety Data | | | |
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