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Qatar is among the safest countries in the world as it ranked first in the Middle East in low crime rates, an official outlined. Qatar has the seventh-lowest crime rate globally according to the latest annual Global Crime Index by Numbeo, said Mohammed Al Muhannadi, Director of Population and Social Statistics Department at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS), addressing a workshop yesterday.
In his presentation at the Crime Statistics Workshop organised by MDPS at Marriott Marquis City Center Doha, Al Muhannadi said Qatar’s high safety ranking is in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030 that aims at creating a society of security, justice, and economic prosperity.
Crime Statistics 2017 Workshop at Marriott Marquis Hotel yesterday. Pics: Baher Amin / The Peninsula
The Director of Population and Social Statistics Department at the Ministry pointed out that Qatar has topped the list of the Middle East and North Africa in the Global Peace Index for the ninth year in a row, and has ranked 30th among 163 countries included in the report of the London Institute for Economics and Peace.
He mentioned that Qatar has maintained its first ranking in the Middle East and North Africa since 2009 and it has also achieved high ranks globally in the same period by achieving high assessment rates that surpassed many developed countries.
He pointed out that Qatar had ranked second on the list of the safest 24 countries in the world, according to the annual report issued by the Swiss golden visa organisation in 2016, expressing the Ministry’s appreciation for the performance of officials and components of civil society in the field of security.
Al Muhannadi added that the Ministry is working in coordination with the data sources in order to standardise the concepts and terminology of the crime statistics data between the concerned parties, so that each term is defined by the clients of those data.
Sultan Al Kuwari, Assistant Under-Secretary of Statistics
Sultan Al Kuwari, Assistant Undersecretary of Statistics Affairs at the Ministry, stressed on the importance of crime statistics and security information and their role in the development of security plans and strategies that help to protect society and maintain order and public safety.
Al Kuwari pointed out that the workshop will be a starting point for the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSD) in accordance with the crime statistics manual adopted in that field.
Experts and technicians in the field of crime statistics attended the workshop along with representatives of the main stakeholders responsible for crime statistics in the country and specialists interested in this field.
The workshop aims at identifying sources of crime statistics, their importance and how to develop them, identifying indicators of sustainable development of crime statistics, as well as informing the participants about the international classification of crime for statistical purposes of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
