Portugal Has Been Declared As The 15th Safest Country For Travelling

Portugal has been ranked 15^th place for the safest country for traveling. It has also been ranked at 12^th place among all countries in Europe. This will benefit the tourism industry in the country. Many people around the world choose Portugal as their destination for short-term vacations or even long holidays.

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Portugal Has Been Placed At 15th Position For Safest Country Score Of Portugal Amongst All The Ranking

Portugal Has Been Placed At 15^th Position For Safest Country

The ranking has been released by Hellosafe, an organization that decides the safety factor for a country. It took 35 factors into consideration for ranking countries in the list. These factors were chosen very carefully.

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HelloSafe website has published the list on the “HelloSafe Index” for the very first time. This list decides the ranking for every country using some factors. The organization has further divided the countries according to the categories. It has taken 5 categories as the key deciding factors. These categories can be read as follows:

Any kind of risk for a natural disaster within the country.
The amount of violence within the society.
The country’s involvement in any kind of armed conflict.
One of the most important categories is health infrastructure and services.
Any presence of militarization within the country

Score Of Portugal Amongst All The Ranking

Portugal has been placed at the 15^th Spot in the ranking for safest countries to travel. It scored a total point of 25.01. This has also led it to take 12^th place in Europe. The complete list for top 35 countries is as follows:

Iceland 23 points
Denmark with 20.05 points
Austria with 20.31 points
Switzerland with 20.51 points
Czech Republic with 21.49 points
Slovenia with 21.44 points
Finland with 21.81 points
Ireland with 22.49 points
Hungary with 22.87 points
Slovakia with 23.90 points
Estonia with 24.63 points
Portugal with 25.01 points
Norway with 25.56 points
Germany with 25.70 points
Latvia with 25.86 points
Croatia with 26.12 points
Netherlands with 26.22 points
Northern Macedonia with 26.23 points
Bulgaria with 26.39 points
Sweden with 26.47 points
Lithuania with 26.70 points
Romania with 27.47 points
Poland with 28.20 points
Belgium with 28.31 points
Moldova with 28.58 points
Montenegro with 29.04 points
Serbia with 29.72 points
Bosnia-Herzegovina with 30.24 points
United Kingdom with 30.59 points
Cyprus with 31.41 points
Albania with 31.95 points
Spain with 34.20 points
Italy with 34.74 points
France with 36.00 points
Greece with 36.56 points

Portugal Ranked 15th safest country after scoring 25.01 points

Iceland is declared as the safest country in the world to travel. It has a total of 18.23 points which took it to the first spot. The points are given on the basis of the criteria mentioned above. The lower the points for a country, the higher it will be ranked. This is why Iceland took first place as it has the lowest points. The points are awarded on the safety situations within the country.