safety

Chernobyl. Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Nuclear energy carries an enormous psychological weight — but when you look at the actual data on deaths per unit of energy produced, the numbers are surprising.

Iceland, New Zealand, Singapore, and Hungary report 100 percent of people using safely managed drinking water, and much of Europe is above 99 percent. Yet 2.1 billion people still lack it, and lead pipes and PFAS challenge even high scorers. Here is what the data show and what it cannot.

Honduras has a murder rate of 35 per 100,000 — among the world's highest. But Jamaica, South Africa, and Venezuela top many lists. El Salvador's dramatic drop shows murder rates can change fast with policy. Here's the complete global homicide ranking and what actually drives lethal violence.

Iceland has had years with no recorded homicide, yet Singapore, Japan, and several Gulf states report even lower rates. Here is how the lowest-crime countries rank on UN-sourced homicide data, the Global Peace Index, and Gallup's safety survey, and why the lists disagree.

Nuclear power has the lowest death rate per kWh of any major energy source. It's also the most feared. Here's what the data actually says — beyond Chernobyl, beyond Fukushima.