Georgian officials highlight country’s safety for locals, visitors
Georgia has been ranked fourth in Europe in terms of perceived safety when walking alone at night, the global database Numbeo said in its latest update of 2023 figures. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
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Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze on Tuesday said official statistics produced in the country as well as evaluations of authoritative international organisations confirmed the quality of safety and security in the country was “high”.
He said the number of crimes reported across the country was decreasing, with the latest figures published by the Ministry showing 64.87 percent of registered crimes had been solved by investigative agencies in 2023.
Germany included Georgia in the list of safe countries last year. In the Global Index of Law and Order, published by an important authoritative research organisation [Gallup], Georgia is ahead of such successful European countries as France, Italy and others”, Darakhvelidze said.
The official added law enforcement agencies were “constantly working” to ensure both citizens of the country and foreign visitors “feel safe”.
A World of Statistics post on X on Sunday showed Georgia ranked fourth in Europe in terms of perceived safety when walking alone at night, based on the data of the global database Numbeo.
Croatia claimed the highest position, followed by Slovenia, while France ranked at the bottom of the list, alongside Belarus.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said “such specific central indicators” by international organisations and statistics agencies meant indicators of the country's “success”.
When the modern, civilised world considers that Georgia is in the top five in this ranking in terms of security, it means the greatest success of the country [...] This is the result of development, reforms [and] progress”, Mdinaradze said.
Aleksandre Tabatadze, the First Deputy Chair of the Defence and Security Committee of the Georgian Parliament, said “all conditions” had been created in Georgia for the safety of locals and visitors.
He named openness of the law enforcement system in combating crime, “unprecedented” increased rate of solved cases and their “effective” prevention among factors contributing to the outcome.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Monday said the country had received “record” revenue last year from international tourism thanks to “correct strategy” and action plan of the Government.
The number of crimes reported across Georgia is decreasing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in its latest update of the figures, adding 64.87 percent of registered crimes had been solved by investigative agencies in 2023.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday told the World Government Summit in Dubai his Government had succeeded in making Georgia "one of the best places in the world to do business" over the past decade.
Georgia has scored 88 out of total 100 points in Gallup’s 2021 Law and Order Index.
Numbeo, the world’s largest cost of living database, has released its Crime Index by Country 2020 mid-year in which Georgia is the world’s fourth safest country and the safest country of Europe.
fDi Intelligence, a publication on foreign direct investments, on Thursday published its flagship European Cities and Regions of the Future ranking, where the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi was included in the top 10 in two categories.