I was always feel like traveling is so important. If you are traveling abroad, it is important to make sure you research and know about the area.  A study recently found the safest countries in america and the United States failed to crack the top 100.

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The Institute for Economics & Peace ranked countries based on their “safety and peacefulness,". The Global Peace Index has a lot of stuff in it, countries rising and falling in the numbers and why. Unfortunately a lot of Russian and that area countries are ranked at the bottom.

Here are the top countries as far as safety. Iceland is considered the happiest and most peaceful.

Iceland
Denmark
Austria
New Zealand
Portugal
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Canada
Japan
Slovenia

The United States came in at # 103.

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