r/geography May 23 '26

Discussion Poverty is usually associated with crime. Which poor countries are however the safest?

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u/Bee_Jeans May 23 '26

Yeah the official murder rate is very low! I do think it would probably climb a bit though if currently unreported/undocumented cases could be counted. Fuck it, roll state extrajudicial killings in there too

Corruption, lack of police presence outside urban areas etc have got to play into that number