TOP 10 SAFEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 2014

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To be in peace and to live with safety
is the priority of any individual while
selecting a place to live or to visit.
Residing or traveling somewhere may
seem both exciting and scaring at the
same time, so it is extremely
important to know whether that place
or country is safe to visit or live.
Safest countries have highest quality
of life and offer the peace of mind and
calmness which are the greatest
blessings in this world. People living
in peace with no danger of crime or
terrorism are tending to have better
mental state than those residing in
corrupted and dangerous countries. In
peaceful or safest countries
individuals can fully enjoy the beauty
of nature and it is the wish or dream
of every person to live in a safe
country. So, here we have the list of
top 10 safest countries in the world
2014, which are perfect places to
visit or to live and where you can
enjoy the nature fully without any
fear.
10. Canada
Canada is one of the safest
destinations in the world to travel or
to reside. It is a developed country
and also one of the world’s
wealthiest countries where law and
order is very rigid, crime rates are
very low and risk of terrorism is also
comparatively low. In terms of human
rights and tolerance, it gains a high
score than most of the other countries
in the list.
9. Singapore
It is deliberated as one of the cleanest
places on the planet and also one of
the best and safest countries of Asia.
It is a fascinating and vibrant place
that offers great tourist attractions.
Singapore is a country where rules
and regulations are extremely strict
and therefore crime rates are
extremely low. It places highly in
international rankings with regard to
government transparency, healthcare,
education and economic
competitiveness. Acute poverty is
also rare in this country.
8. Sweden
Sweden is a calm and peaceful place
with scenic beauty and attractions.
Lush forests, beautiful lakes and
bustling cities are the famous
attractions in the country. This
country is renowned for high level of
respect to human rights, political
participation, low crime rates, low
homicide rates and civil liberties.
According to United Nations, Sweden
has third lowest mortality rate of
infants in the world. It was ranked as
the second most reputable county in
the Reputation Institute’s 2013
rankings.
7. New Zealand
It is an island country located in the
southwestern Pacific Ocean and here
you can enjoy icy glaciers, green
pastures and majestic mountains.
Beauty lovers like its scenic beauty
but it is a safest country that has
great foreign policies, political
stability, low conflicts, low crime
rates and high respect is given to
human values. It has contemporary
lifestyle and is also home to
contemporary and multicultural cities
like Auckland and Wellington. It is
identified as one of the most stable
and well governed nations of the
world.
6. Switzerland
Switzerland is a beautiful country that
is not only renowned because of its
stylish watches and delicious
chocolates but also because of its
incredible natural beauty and high
quality of living. It is a country that
has good law and order and is also a
home to the five safest metropolitan
areas in the world including Zurich,
Geneva and Bern. It has a peaceful
land and various world widely
renowned attractions. Switzerland
has a prosperous, stable and high
tech economy and it was ranked as
the world’s wealthiest country in per
capital terms in 2011.
5. Austria
It is a federal republic that is located
in central Europe. Austria is one of the
countries that offer high level of
securities and has low crime rates. It
is also one of the world’s most
attractive countries where lush green
territories and snow capped hills offer
breathtaking views. It is also
renowned as the land of music and
has produced various great
composers of all the time. It is clean
country with fascinating sites and
also offers best quality of life to its
residents as it has a high standard of
living.
4. Finland
Finland is a Nordic country and offers
great safety standards. Here
democracy and human rights are
extremely valuable and top most
priority is given to civil liberty. It is a
country that has inspiring structures
and landscapes as compared to its
neighboring countries and is quite
well in terms of political, military,
social and economical factors. This
is an outstanding country and is a top
entertainer in various metrics of
national performance, including
economic competitiveness, civil
liberties, education, human
development and quality of life. In
2010, it was ranked as the world’s
best country by Newsweek magazine
after adding numerous factors.
3. Denmark
Denmark is a sovereign state in
Northern Europe and has enforced
numerous new policies to make it a
secure and peaceful place to visit and
to live. It is a small country and
possess low population figure. In the
past this country had to face various
crimes and terrorism issues but with
their intense effort and fight they
make it a place that is safest and
secure as now it has extremely
minimal crime rates. This country
maintains a sense of equality among
its people, there is no discrimination
in terms of gender and race. Human
rights are extremely important in this
country and their violation is never
tolerated.
2. Norway
Norway is a European and
Scandinavian nation and also holds a
spot in this list. This attractive and
beautiful country is no doubt a safe
place for its residents as well as for
the foreigners. It has continuously
ranked high for many years, in better
life index, human development index
and democracy index. It is a safe,
wealthy and prosperous country and
offers high level of respect to human
rights and personal freedom. The
Government of this country plays a
vital role in making it safe and secure
by emphasizing on the education of
its residents and therefore has high
literacy rate. The high educations of
the citizens leads to low
unemployment rate and therefore
minimizes the street crimes. This
country offers spectacular fishing
villages, mountain brooks, and
peaceful living conditions away from
violence.
1. Iceland
The most safest country in the world
is the beautiful Iceland. Iceland is not
only the land of Hot Springs, snow
peaks, frosty mountains and beautiful
glaciers where people are attracted
towards the scenic views and
flawless beauty of the nature but it is
also the land of cool minded
individuals where calmness and
prosperity are seem to be at its top. It
is the most suitable place to live or to
enjoy the holidays. Kidnappings,
harassment, murders and other
crimes are seem to be eradicated
from this country or do not exist here.
It has impressive beauty and offers a
level of safety to locals and
foreigners. It is a developed country
that ranks high in social, economic
and political stability and equality.
Iceland was ranked at number one
position in the Global Peace Index of
2013 and score top marks for freedom
of press, weapons control and
democratic governance and therefore
deserves to be at top most position.

TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST LITERACY RATE IN 2014

Today will be looking at 10 most Literate countries of the world. I know by now most of you will be thinking may be your country is the most literate or not, don't worry just stay tune you will see the list below.

Literacy is a human right and it is important for each
and every person to get education as it teaches you the
way to live, how to behave and how to treat others.
Being able to read and write empowers you personally
and it’s a big necessity in today’s technological world.
Education sector is highly important in every country as
the literacy and education is directly related to the
overall good or bad performance of the country. If you
have a look at the list of most developed countries of the
world you will see a marked difference in their literacy
rate and literacy rate of developing or underdeveloped
countries. It’s an important need of the country to spend
the good portion of their Gross Domestic Product on
education sector to cope with fast changing world.
If country has high illiteracy rate than no one can save
the nation from destructive downfall that’s almost
impossible to recover. UNESCO has been celebrating the
International Literacy Day on 8th September for more
than 40 years and they always conduct seminars to
highlight the role and importance of literacy and
education in terms of gender equality, eradicating the
poverty, peace, population control, democracy, reducing
the child mortality rate and most importantly the
sustainable development in the country. Here is the list
of Top 10 Countries With Highest Literacy Rate In 2014
showing that literacy is the measure of the development
of the nation.
10. Russia
Russia had the literacy rate of 53% according to the data
collected in 2010-2011. The country spends 4.9% of the
GDP in education sector, with almost every adult with
the tertiary and career based education. The country has
high development rate and low poverty rate as they
realize the importance of education for the successful
nation. It’s a strong country since its existence as
independent state due to high literacy rate.
9. Australia
Australia is regarded as the hotspot the international
students from almost all around the world. The literacy
rate is almost 38% and country spends 6% of its Annual
GDP in education. 25% of the Australian population is
the international students, which clearly indicate the
quality education of the Australian educational institutes
at every level. The institutes provide different
scholarships to the bright students to decorate their
country with the most literate people in the world. It’s a
key behind the success and development of the country.
8. Finland
The literacy rate in Finland is almost 39% and country
spends 7% of GDP in education. It’s well-known for the
free education and many of the Asians and natives do
their post graduations from Finland. There are many
colleges and universities that provide the career based
education to the students so they may work for their
country in future. The education system is very effective
in Finland. The technology connected areas have much
advancement and most of the teachers are related to
this field.
7. United Kingdom
40% of the individuals in UK have tertiary education. The
country spends 7% of the GDP in education sector.
Asians students prefer to go to United Kingdom get
education. There are student visa policies that support
the students to continue their education to higher level.
The country is stuffed with universities, schools, colleges
and students but has maintained the satisfactory level of
development with high literacy rate.
6. South Korea
The literacy rate is almost 40% and 8%of the GDP is
spent in education sector in South Korea. The country
has advanced in every field of science and technology.
Engineering and health sciences have attained its peak
through the research resources and abilities in South
Korea. It has the power of emerging future scientists in
the country. The public funds are spent on the education
in South Korea. The country is also developing with the
increasing rate of literacy.
5. New Zealand
More than 15% of the adult population in New Zealand
goes for the college education. The country spends more
than 7% of its GDP in education sector and has the
literacy rate as high as 39%. Country not only provides
the quality education to its people but also the
opportunity to foreigners and other students to do their
Masters or Ph.D. degree from their universities. Literacy
rate in New Zealand is flourishing day by day with the
advancement in science and technology.
4. United State of America
Everyone knows that America is ruling the today’s world
through its strongest economy. There is a criterion that
makes the country to be listed up among the most
literate countries of the world and USA almost fulfills all
of them. There are institutes that are famous all over the
world and are regarded as the best universities all
around the globe. Though there is a gradual increase in
the population in USA but the government has managed
to provide the secondary and tertiary education to its
people. The rate is about 43% and the expenditure in
education sector is almost 7% of the total GDP.
3. Japan
Japan is among the countries with highest population
but it has managed to maintain sustainability and
development through education and made its place
among the top 3 countries with high literacy rate in the
world. The percentage of literate population is about
45.98%. Japan also spends about 5% of its GDP in
education sector. Over and at the age of 15 every
Japanese individual is able to read and write. It is worth
mentioning Japan is among most developed country in
Asia due to its literacy rate.
2. Israel
Israeli individual has the ability to read and write at and
above the age of 15 years. Israel is well aware of the
importance of education so spends almost 7.5% of its
GDP in education sector. The literacy rate is almost 46%
. The government provides the opportunity to the youth
to join the military at the age of 18-21 both male and
female. Israel is the country with continually increasing
literacy rate as the colleges and universities are
accredited by their country’s higher education
commission. The government provides the students with
scholarships so they may pursue their higher education.
With the increasing literacy rate the development rate is
also increasing in Israel.
1. Canada
Canada is the country with highest literacy rate in the
world that is almost 51.3%. This rate made it the most
educated nation of the current era. Canadian government
spends a sufficient amount of their GDP almost 6.6% in
education sector and still has a very strong economy.
There are many well-known institutes in Canada that
provides the quality education whether it’s primary,
secondary or tertiary. The government tries to provide
the career and skill based education to its people so that
no one remains jobless to be the burden on family,
society or even country. This clearly indicates the reason
of low poverty rate and high development rate in
Canada. At the age of 6 its people have the ability to read and write.

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TOP 10 MOST ILLITERATE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

Literacy is the capability to read and write one’s own
name and more for knowledge and interest, write
comprehensibly and think critically about the word that
is written and the inefficiency to do such is known as
illiteracy. Now a day, all over the world literacy
statistics represents a sad picture of people having the
capability to read and write. In fact, the illiteracy has
dominated more than 750 millions. The worldwide
literacy data shows harmful effects on the people all
around the world. The illiteracy rate is high for females
as two out of every three illiterate people are females.
The most annoying fact about illiteracy is that many
people do not take this issue seriously. The inability to
read and write and to understand the basic
fundamentals of life have made their life extremely
difficult. However they still deny the importance of
literacy. Highly industrialized countries such as Japan,
North Korea, Australia, the progressive countries of
Europe and North America have almost zero literacy
rates. The highest illiteracy rates are present in less
metropolitanized countries of Africa, Asia and South
America but mostly in Africa. Here is the list of top 10
most illiterate countries in the world . Have a look at
these and think still in this modern era such illiteracy
rate is present.
10. Mauritania
Mauritania has very high illiteracy rate of about 60.1%.
In the mid 80s, the literacy rate was estimated to be in
between of 18% and 25%.There are no programs at all to
teach the adults. As by law, to attend the school is
mandatory for kids and it is absolutely free of cost.
However the poor children face so much hindrance, the
price of food and other comforts keep them away from
educational facilities offered by the Government. Lack of
transport is another challenge for those living in
countryside. Many children never go to school at all and
cause literacy rate low year after year.
9. Ethiopia
The World Bank disclosed the literacy rate in Ethiopia
through its study about five years ago. According to this
study, the literacy rate in Ethiopia was at 29.82%. This
was based on the number of individuals who were
capable of reading and writing even straightforward
sentences that were used in daily conversation. Now
days, the illiteracy rate of Ethiopia is fixed at 61.3%, one
of the highest rate in that entire area. Non government
organizations have set up a lot of learning institutes and
colleges in the country. Ethiopian government is doing
efforts to improve the educational system, however the
programs for development are implemented at very slow
speed.
8. Benin
Benin is one of the poorest countries in Africa,
irrespective of the fact that it is rich in natural resources
that can increase the country’s income. It has a total
population of 9.05 million and has an illiteracy rate of
62.5%. A huge number of the population is unable to
read and write. The country is doing substantial work to
increase the education.
7. Senegal
It is located in West Africa having an illiteracy rate of
62.7%. It receives international donation every year as it
had undergone economy depreciation in past few years.
Instead of excessive investments for last three decades
on educational programs, development is still very slow.
Millions of children are unable to go to schools. The
speedy population growth makes the job of educating
everyone extremely difficult. Almost 50% of adult
population is illiterate.
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6. Guinea-Bissau
The illiteracy rate of this country is 63.2% which is a
huge percentage of the total population, even though
education is compulsory for children of 7 to 13 years of
age. But because of the uncontrolled child labor, an
appreciable portion of the population does not know
even the basics of reading and writing. Internal conflicts
have affected a lot of people, caused a lot of damage to
schools and restricted many people from going to
school even for a long period. The huge number of
uneducated people is due to lack of educational
opportunities.
5. The Gambia
It is a smaller West African country having an illiteracy
rate of 63.5%. The free education is mandatory for
everyone by the Gambia Government but the deficiency
of resources and educational infrastructure is a huge
hindrance in implementation of this law. This is an
agricultural country having literacy rate of 77.1% two
decades ago, at that time 8 out of 10 people go to
school but high school fees and other expenses lead to
decline in literacy rate. Now better rules are applied for
education but still the illiteracy rate stays at 63.5%.
4. Sierra Leone
This country with a population of above six million,
depends on its mining industry for the annually income.
It has very low literacy rate like other West African
countries, an illiteracy rate of 63.7%. The law makes the
children to attend at least six years in the primary and
three years in the secondary. However the lack of
resources, the schools and the teachers made it
impossible to act. Two third amount of population is
illiterate. The Civil War caused a wide destruction of
schools. Now days, the school registration has doubled
and new schools are developed to replace the older
ones. Primary education is compulsory and is free of any
charges.
3. Afghanistan
Afghanistan is ranked at number three in this list having
the illiteracy rate of 63.7%. Almost 75% of the
population of Afghanistan lives in rural areas and having
worse educational opportunities. 70% of the men and
almost all the women are illiterate. It faces a lot of
problems in developing literacy the number one problem
is violence. It is one of the most badly affected countries
by violence against schools and education. Other
challenges include lack of sufficient teacher’s education,
infrastructure, extremist curriculum and child labor.
2. Burkina Faso
The second most illiterate country in the world is
Burkina Faso having an illiteracy rate of 77% with
inadequate school registration percentage of only 39.1%
. Majority off illiterate people are adults comprising of
more than 70% of adult population and therefore this
country is suffering from tremendous deficiency of
school teachers even at primary level. School years
interruptions and large class sizes of more than 120
students in a class are common factors making the
individuals uneducated.
1. Niger with 84.3%
The country on the top of this list with highest illiteracy
rate is Niger. More than 80% of the adults of this country
are uneducated and the illiteracy rate of this country is
84.3%. Such huge amount of population is unable to
read, write and understand.
The primary education is mandatory in this country for
six years, school enrollment and attendance are
extremely low especially in case of women. Child labor
is the major challenge this country facing in
development of education. A lot of people are forced to
work in this developing country.

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