In the “Global Peace Index (GPI), international ranking of the safest countries, the country comes in 3rd place, behind only Iceland and New Zealand. It ranks first among European Union countries, stresses the Ministry of Internal Affairs In a statement sent to the newsrooms, the Ministry of Internal Administration, under the tutelage of Eduardo Cabrita, points out that in the report of the Institute for Economics & Peace, with around 100 pages and released today, Portugal appears in the third position “just behind Iceland and New Zealand ”.
Portugal ranks first among European Union countries. “The significant steps that the country took in recent years in terms of security have allowed the reduction of crime and, consequently, the gradual and consolidated rise in this‘ ranking ‘”, reinforces the note. In 2014, Portugal occupied the eighteenth place in the Global Peace Indez, having reached the third position in 2019.
