Dhaka ranked 54th among 60 in Safe Cities Index 2021

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Dhaka has emerged 54th out of 60 major cities on a global Safe Cities Index 2021 carried out by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), improving slightly from the 56th position it occupied in 2019.

The Bangladesh capital had an overall score of 48.9 this time round, or well below average, compared to 44.6 two years ago, reports bdnews24.com.

Copenhagen came out top followed by Toronto, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Wellington, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Stockholm.

Yangon is at the bottom with 39.5.

Dhaka has done better in environmental security, having been ranked 47th. But its performance put it in the 56th position in terms of digital security. The city’s ranking in health, infrastructure, and personal security is 52nd, 55th, and 54th.

Sponsored by NEC Corporation, the Safe Cities Index is a global, policy benchmarking tool developed to measure urban safety measured by 76 distinct factors across five broad pillars.

These are personal, infrastructure, health, digital and environmental security.

Overall in South Asia, Karachi is behind Dhaka, just ahead of Yangon, where recent protests against Myanmar military junta’s takeover saw hundreds of demonstrators killed.

Mumbai has been placed 50th, two notches behind New Delhi.