Philippines lags in new Safety Perceptions Index
The Philippines lagged behind its East and Southeast Asia peers after placing 128th out of 141 countries in the inaugural (SPI). The index, produced by think tank using data from the , ranked countries based on the respondents鈥 levels of worry, likelihood, and experience of risk across 铿乿e domains: health, personal, violence, environment, and workplace. In a scale between 0 (no risk, no concerns about safety) to 1 (high risk, high concerns about safety), the Philippines got an overall SPI score of 0.37. It was also above the global average SPI score of 0.22.
