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I lived and worked both in US (Boston) and in Germany (Munich), and to me and my hb, both in IT, we definitely prefer Germany. In fact, we moved to US after being in Germany for 4 years, and after a year in US we said - it was not worth it, so we came back.The salary: As I was coming from the academic environment, moving into industry upon returning to Germany, my salary actually increased significantly (about 20%). My husband, however, took on about 20% salary cut. I was making about 70k a year, he was making about 80k a year. That resulted in about 3200 EUR per month landing on my bank account (and about 3600 for my hb).Savings/spendings: In the first year we managed to save over 30k. Every month we would put 3000 EUR for every day expenditures, and everything else would go to savings/vacation/family visits.Cost/quality of living:Housing: Despite his salary cut, and given that his salary was still bigger than mine, we had a HUGE improvement in quality of life. We rented an apartment of 85 m2 (915 ft2), 2 bedrooms, 1,5 baths, fully furnished (with all appliances, washer and dryer (rather unusual for Europe), dishwasher, a huge TV), with a small terrace (ground floor), a parking and a storage unit in the basement. We live 2 minutes walk from a subway station and a train station. We pay 1820 EUR for everything (about 2k USD). In Boston, our apartment was about 60 m2 (645 ft2), 2 small bedrooms, one bath, no furniture (but kitchen included), we didn’t have parking, we did have a small backyard and a basement that was shared with other tenants living in 2-household house. We paid 2300 USD (about 2100 EUR) per month. However, one thing that strikes me most is the quality of housing. We changed two houses in US, both of them had leveling issues, our first house was plain tilted. If you were to put a ball in the middle of the room, it would roll to one side. The isolation was really bad, in our second house we literally could see through the floor into a basement in some places. In Germany, the houses are SOLID! You can probably withstand bombing in our cellar, our house (even being on the ground floor) is so well isolated we barely use any heating in winter, and I walk around barefoot and in a t-shirt (we have no floor heating).Food: We didn’t notice much difference in price of food, but the QUALITY and CHOICE. In US I always struggled to find decent fruits and veggies, I would only be able to find the diversity I needed in WholeFoods, which is notorious for their ridiculous pricing. We used to call it WholePaycheck as a joke at work. Though in Germany I mostly shop at Rewe, which is not the cheapest, but it is still cheaper than WholeFoods, with at least as good variety and quality.Vacation: Oh, don’t even get me started there. In Germany, in addition to our savings, we were able to go for 8-day vacation in 5* hotel in Greece in July (mid-high season), travel to Mexico to visit my husbands family twice (once for 2 weeks in May, once for 2 weeks during Christmas, each ticket about 800 EUR per person, and spend few days in an all-inclusive in Riviera Maya), visit my family in Belarus twice for a prolonged weekend (300EUR ticket for 1 person), and make a number of weekend trips all over Europe. When we moved to USA we thought that we would be able to visit Mexico more often, but the flights were ridiculously inconvenient and very expensive. It was just as expensive to fly from Boston as it was to fly from Europe at times. And it was not possible to go anywhere over a weekend other than USA itself. Both my hb and I had just as much vacation as we have here in Germany, but using those days was expensive pain-in-the-ass.Healthcare: Whether you like German healthcare of hate it will probably be defined by your luck on the doctor you get. Don’t be discouraged, I changed 3 general practitioners before I found the one I am absolutely happy with. You health insurance is charged directly from your salary, half of it is paid by your employer. I have a public insurance (most people do). At some point it might be cheaper to have a private one, but we have been advised against it by other Germans, especially if you have a family. Unlike in US, you don’t have a deductible, you don’t have to pay for every doctors visit, you get every necessary service absolutely free. The important word here is “necessary”. Say, if you are hypochondriac and want an ultrasound every 3 months, you would have to pay for it yourself. In US, even with health insurance, I still had to keep track on the spendings for healthcare (a visit here and a visit there), especially dental care. Here I don’t have that problem. I do however pay extra for a higher quality materials at my dentist, but these costs have never hit as high as they were in US (several hundred (DE) vs several thousands (US)). My GP speaks perfect english, I get an appointment with her within a day or two when I need it. It can take a long time to see a specialist, but if you have an urgent matter, you will get an appointment right away. I had to have a (non-urgent) surgery, and from the point of referral from my GP to an actual surgery it took 3 weeks. To see a specialist to follow up on my surgery was not a problem - they always found time (though without such matter you might end up waiting for 2 months). I would say the quality to me is overall comparable in US and here in Germany, but the costs are definitely lower here.Immigration: The question is asking about an American moving to Germany, which neither me nor my hb are, but I think its am important aspect, so I will mention it anyway. Those talking about bureaucracy of Germany just didn’t have to apply for residency in US. It took me several months to get my residency permit, I had to sign a variety of papers stating that I will never ever use any social benefits of US for either me or my family members, and if I ever try to use it I would be denied my visa. I would only get a visa for 1 year, and would have to re-apply every year, but I could only re-apply from outside of USA, so I either would have to stay in USA as long as I wanted to work there, or travel to my home country, apply for a visa, wait for several days to several weeks (we never know). The inability to have visa for longer has prevented me several times from traveling anywhere outside, because I wouldn’t be able to come back to US. Passing US border is just as discouraging. You can get a nice officer, who even once thanked me for taking care of their people (I worked for a hospital, which is stated in my visa), to a jerk who would ask me where I live, and I would tell him: I live in US, and he would reply: “You only live here because we allow you. Where would you live if we didn’t allow you?” I told him I would probably go to Germany - they are very friendly to working immigrants there. To get a visa to Germany I had to wait 2 weeks. We got visas as qualified workers, and everyone was very friendly to us along the way. We received nothing but welcomes.Social system: After working for about 1 year I lost my job. As it is Germany, I got a very generous compensation equivalent to 6 months salary. I registered in the unemployment office, and I was offered to attend an intensive German course. The costs are covered by the government (4 months, every weekday for 4 hours). You also get a personal adviser, who help you choose the best course of action if you don’t have a job - they will suggest you career events in the area, post your resume in their portal and even send you job offers that match your profile. If you have other aspirations, they can offer you trainings in different areas that improve your “employability”. All for free. I decided to start my own business - I found a variety of free courses by the city on how to start a business in Germany, in English, with lists of resources on where to get a free advice. You can go to a local chamber of commerce, and you will get a personal adviser who will help you with your strategy, with your business plan, with events and meeting investors. As I mentioned, in US I was threatened to be deported if I ever used any social benefits.Social life: Well, I have to say here US wins :)))) One of the mentalities in US I enjoyed was making friends at work. My co-workers were my best friends, we often did trips together, we would go for dinner together, we would go party together. It was mostly an academic environment, so you can imagine its very dynamic, always changing. Work is inseparable from social life, which is great for a working immigrant, because you don’t need to spend extra energy building your social life elsewhere. In Germany that is unlikely to happen. Germans don’t hangout much with their colleagues. Any colleagues that became my friends are foreigners (Munich in that sense is great - its just as international as Boston). And of course, the language is a barrier, so be prepared.Having a dog: It might seem like a small thing, but to us it is quite significant. We have a dog - she is our family member. She crossed the ocean with us both times, and experienced life in US and here. In US it was a pain to find a place to walk her. We lived in the city, and there was not a single patch of grass within 15 minutes walk from our house. Closest dogs park was 30 minutes walking. Going on a road trip with her had issues too - the dogs are not allowed in the restaurants, so what do you do when you need to stop for lunch and its a hot summer outside? We always had to search for parking spot in the shadow, eat as fast as we could and check on our dog every 10 minutes to make sure it was not too hot in the car. Here is Germany dogs are welcome. First of all, European cities are very green. I come out of the house right onto the pedestrian sidewalk that is surrounded by huge green lanes of grass on both sides, and trees and bushes separating the road from the pedestrian/residential sidewalk, in the back of our housing complex is a small park. In the restaurants the waiter will often bring a water bowl for your 4-legged friend. All the dogs here are very educated, seeing the dog on the street without a leash is really common, and we never had any issues. Having a dog here in Germany has definitely been much easier and pleasant than it was in US.Conclusion:Of course, moving to a new country where you don’t speak the language is hard, especially if you have never moved before. You have to be prepared to challenges, you need to know that it will be hard. I highly recommend finding a local international friend (someone who went through the same move but is already settled), they can put your mind at ease regarding all the formalities that need to be filled in. I have moved many times by now (I lived in Norway, Sweden, France and Austria in addition), I had to go though paperwork for every country, so I judge from a point of comparison to other countries, and not through the particular hardships of the process. Germany is a great country for living, and we are very happy we moved. That is not to say we don’t miss US at times, but then - every country has a little something that we miss :)))

I think I’m as qualified to answer this as one can be…I currently live in Orsha, Belarus. It is on the eastern side of the country about 3 hours from Minsk.I can say it is both good and not so good. At times it down right sucks and other times it is quite wonderful. It really depends on what you want out of life.Cost of LivingThe cost of living in this particular city is quite different from Minsk. I rent a fairly large house for $400 per month. Utilities run another $150–$200 depending on how cold it is. It’s less than $100 during the summer since we don’t need AC. The house is out on the edge of town and not in the city center so that does play a big factor, but it is still considerably cheaper than living in Minsk. I can’t even find a comparable house for rent in Minsk so I can’t say for sure. I have yet to find a reliable source of rental information in the country. Most people don’t rent so there isn’t as much of a market for it.Cost of food averages 75% the cost of equivalent for the same in my hometown of Minneapolis, MN. It could be made much less, but we like a few things that aren’t cheap… Seafood and BBQ!PeopleThis one is very dependent upon where you live. When I first arrived I lived in a little town about 20 minutes from where I am now. When I say little town I mean it takes 10 minutes to walk from one end of town to the other. There is very little in the way of shops other than the daily necessities and a few trinket shops. It’s a bare bones little place.The people in that town were mostly indifferent. I got a lot of stares for the first few months, but mostly I was just ignored.Unfortunately, there were the few that were not exactly happy to have me living in their quaint little shit box of a town. It was these few people that really ruined the entire experience for me. It is my wife’s home town and it turns out there are enough people there that are extremely anti-American.I was assaulted, harassed, threatened and more on a regular basis. At one point someone vandalized my daughter’s stroller while we were in the grocery store. Deliberate cigarette burns. On one occasion someone emptied their waste water during the night right in the seat. That took a few hours of cleaning to remove the smell of spoiled soup and whatnot. We lived about 6 blocks from the grocery store and on several occasions people would yell at me to “Go home fucking American!” and that was one of the nicer examples.During one of the town festivals a child of approximately 5 or 6 ran up and kicked me in the leg, spit at me and ran back to his parents who were laughing the entire time.I’ve had people try and shove me into the river. That did not end well for that poor bastard. I’m sure he’s healed by now, but I know he didn’t walk right for a while.I’ve had drunk people demand money from me, food thrown at me from apartment windows above, stores close and lock the door so I can not enter when they see me coming and I’ve even been asked to leave the park because my kind was not welcome.I tolerated it as long as it didn’t not affect my family. I never felt in fear of my safety. It was just people behaving poorly… Until the stroller vandalism incident. That’s when I began the plan to get my family out of that little town.Since arriving in Orsha we have not experienced anything even remotely close to that. Quite the contrary. It is extremely difficult to make friends in this culture, but most people are very friendly. On rare occasions, when people learn that I am a native English speaker they will show off the few words they know and try to make me feel welcome. I am not fluent in Russian by any stretch of the word, but I know enough to be polite and most people are very patient. I do make it a point to ask if I can use my translation program on my phone. Most people find it very entertaining. Only once did I have someone refuse.WorkAs others have stated, you’re better off if you do not need to work locally. Jobs here are difficult to come by and they don’t pay well. The economy here is struggling and most people barely scrape by. I do have a couple of friends who are unemployed more often than employed. Work is difficult to find and it doesn’t often last long.I’m lucky and work remotely as a software engineer.I don’t know what the job market is like for skilled labor so I can’t really speak about that.LanguageSome people have mentioned that you will struggle if you don’t learn Russian. That may have been accurate in years past, but it is improving. I live in a city with very few foreigners and I’m still amazed at the number of people who can speak a little English and don’t mind when I trip over the basic Russian phrases. Technology has really bridged the gap and made things a lot easier, but I have made it a point to learn as much of the language to get by with some of the basic things. Thankfully, my wife is the one who does most of the talking so I get to sit back and listen to people talk.TransportationBus… they are plentiful in this city, but the routing is complicated and getting anywhere takes a lot longer than you would expect. It is such a hassle where we live that it is not an option for most of what we do.Taxi… In the little village we could walk everywhere. In Orsha we take a taxi. They are cheap, available and very helpful.Car… Do you have an international drivers license? Big deal. Don’t bother. Some of the local cops won’t honor it and harass the crap out of you. It can become a serious problem. I couldn’t even get insurance unless I had a Belarus license so my wife did most of the driving until our car broke down… we take taxi almost everywhere now and the cost is less than owning a car.Why?Automotive services are complete shit here. My wife had a car before I arrived. It was on it’s last legs and she sold it. Not a big deal living in her home town. But when we moved to Orsha we knew we would need a car. We bought one… BIG MISTAKE! $3500 to buy a 20 year old car that appeared to run excellent. No car fax. No inspections. No legal recourse… we got screwed. The breaks failed during the first week. Multiple trips to the local service shop. If you need replacement parts you have to find them yourself. The shop will only install them. $900 in repairs and the breaks work again… 2 days later the transmission explodes. More than 1 month of searching for a replacement and more $$$ for replacement… We were sold the wrong one. It installs, but the gearing is wrong. The fuel system is shot and the electrical started playing pinball music when inserting the key. The engine starts when it feels like it and sometimes refuses to shut off even after removing the key. We parked it and went back to taxis.It’s a completely buyer beware environment and service shops don’t seem to have any regulation. Any jack ass with a couple of tools can be a mechanic. You better know what you are doing or you could get screwed.Government ServicesGetting married was a scavenger hunt to find all the necessary documents we needed. I actually had to return home to get some additional documents because the original list of what we needed was only for the first government office. We were not made aware of the additional requirements until after we submitted the first set of documents… yeah, that was not fun.The visa process was actually fairly simple. Lots of documents, but nothing too difficult.The staff at the immigration office are wonderful. They have been very accommodating and helpful.Most of our experiences with government services have been time consuming, but pleasant. We haven’t been met with any difficulties other than one office needs A,B and C. To get B we needed to go to another office which requires C and D. D is obtained at a third office and requires B… Huh? After explaining the circular dependencies one of the offices was able to give us a temporary document that allowed the other office to finish everything and all was well. That took a few weeks to accomplish, but nothing as absurd and hostile as the DMV in Orlando, FL (nearly 20 years ago now, so I hope the staff has improved)FoodIf you like potatoes, tomatoes and other assorted starchy, bland foods then you’ll have nothing to complain about.If you like food with a more sophisticated palette then I would suggest you stay clear of Belarus. I’ve been Minsk on quite a few occasions and they do have a few more things to offer, but the local gas station in my home town has about the same variety as the local grocery store here.I will say that the farmers market here is a blessing, but there is much that I miss about my home town.I’ve been here for 2 years and I’m slowly finding ingredients to make some of my favorite foods at home.OverallThere is a lot less to do here than in my home town. Very few restaurants. A couple of parks, a movie theater (which never seems to be open) and a couple of odd little entertainment shops.The people are mostly pleasant and helpful, but don’t expect to make friends easily. 2 years in and I spend 99% of my time with my wife and kids.Transportation is going to be very dependent upon where you live. Where I am it’s a major hassle unless you can afford the luxury of taxi services.Work… bring your own or prepare to struggle big time.Food… you won’t be reading about it in any food magazines. Could someone send me some Frank’s Red Hot? PLEASE!!!!In general… It’s not bad here, but it’s not good either. It just exists. That is neither bad nor good. It depends on what you want out of life. I much prefer a little more adventure and entertainment. After 2 years of living here I’m ready to return home… All I’m going to say about that is this: I feel like a circus monkey performing trick after trick trying to appease all the requirements of both governments in order to legally immigrate my family to America. You want my opinion on immigration? IT IS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED!Anyway… After 2 years of living here I can honestly say that it is not my preferred choice. But this is where my wife and kids live and so I make it my home while we work towards arriving in America.Thanks for reading. I hope it provided some insight.

100 things you did not know about the world around youEducationThere are 22 countries in the world where over half of the population is illiterate. 15 of them are in Africa.In Mali, children spend on average only two years at school. Most of them start working between the ages of 10 and 14.The highest salaries offered to teachers are granted in Switzerland. Here, a professor's salary starts at $ 33,000 a year.Students in Japan and South Korea are considered the best in the world in math and other exact sciences.Icelandic teachers account for 7.8% of the total workforce in the country. Here we add that they only work 38 weeks a year.Interesting statistics show that in Central Europe women occupy an overwhelming proportion among teachers. In Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, over 75% of teachers are women.In Indonesia, over half of teachers have not yet reached the age of 30.In Iceland, only a third of college graduates are men.Do you want to know the country where most geniuses are born? Try Iceland. There are 3 Nobel Prize winners for every 1 million people.Economy and Army41% of the world's poorest people live in India.72% of Mali citizens earn less than $ 1 a day.8 of the most developed European states (out of a total of 10) speak Germanic languages ​​(Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Luxembourg and Denmark).The top 10 tourist destinations in the world are: France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, Great Britain, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada. Together, the 10 countries gather 49.6% of all tourists around the world.Only France adds 11% of the world tourists.The number of tourists in San Marino exceeds 19 times the number of people in this country.Among the most generous 15 countries in the world (in terms of donations), only 5 are not found on the European continent: USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Korea.Canada has only 9,000 employees in the naval forces and this despite being the country with the largest coastal area in the world.Bolivia, on the other hand, enjoyed 4,500 troops among the naval forces. A large figure if we think that this country has no outpost and is one with a predominantly mountainous relief.In a top of the most investing countries in the military, the United States is leading detached. The amount invested is higher than the top 12 top countries taken together.Almost half of the arms exported to developing countries come from the US.PopulationAndorra citizens live on average four years longer than their neighbors in France and Spain.China's labor force amounts to 706 million people ... three times more than all the countries in Europe taken together and twice as many as North and South America taken together.Luxembourgers are considered the richest citizens of the world - and the most generous, at the same time.If you like kids, visit Uganda. Half of the country's population is under 15 years of age.Do you like to live in cities? Try Guadeloupe, Nauru, Monaco, Singapore, Bermuda or Gibraltar. These are the only 100% urbanized countries.25% of Monaco citizens are over 65 years old.Sri Lanka is the country with the lowest divorce rate around the world. Incidentally or not, the same country has the highest worldwide suicide rate among women.There are 11 countries where a woman gives birth to at least 6 children on average. 10 of these countries are in Africa. The exception is Afghanistan.The highest marriage rate is registered in the United States. The US also holds the record for the highest divorce rate.If you are Swedish or Dutch, you are most likely to get into a nursing home in old age. If you are a Japanese, you have a great chance to spend your old house in the same house with your own children.China is still holding the record for the largest population. However, there are 71 countries where the agglomeration is larger than in China.Most homes in Europe and North America live less than 3 people. In the same way, Americans seem to prefer to stand alone.The United States holds the world record for the number of homes where a single person lives.Kazakhstan is the largest country with no ocean exit (2,717,300 sq. Km).Kazakhstan is also the world's ninth largest country after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Australia, India and Argentina.WealIn the top 15 countries with the most unfortunate populations, absolutely all countries are found in Eastern Europe.On the same top, Bulgaria occupies the first place, with 62% of citizens declaring unhappy or unhappy with their living conditions. Second and third places are Moldova and Belarus respectively.Australians on the other hand are the most optimistic when it comes to enrolling in charities, environmental groups, sports or unions. However, only 3% of Australians are members of a political party.Interesting statistics show that the top five coffee-consuming countries in the world are the same as countries where people's trust is the highest. Here we are referring to Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.Another study shows that in all countries of the world household chores are mostly met by women.Canadians are the largest natural juice consumers in the world. On average, one person consumes at least one liter of natural juice per week.There are more computers in the United States than in all 7 countries that follow them in a top profile taken together.Andorra is the state where unemployment is 0%. Also, there was no television station in Andorra.In India, the number of movie theater audiences amounts to 3 billion a year - much more than in any other country.Taiwan and Luxembourg are the only countries in the world where the number of mobile phones exceeds that of the inhabitants.In Eastern Europe, the number of women exceeds that of men among the unemployed.61.5% of Swedes work on average 40 hours per week. The situation is quite different from their Norwegian neighbors. Only 15.8% of Norwegians work so hard.In Switzerland, a person with an average wage must work 102 minutes to afford a pound of meat. On the other hand, the same person has to work only 14 hours in order to buy a fridge in which to keep the meat.If you are looking for work, try the Falkland Islands. Unemployment is 0% and employers still complain about the lack of workforce.In Denmark, workers perform 150 times more strikes in one year than their neighbors in Germany.The most influential women in business are found in North America.Half of Czech and Slovak men work in factories.On average, in Kenya, a woman works 35% more than a man.The worst working conditions for women are recorded in Guatemala. Here, a woman works on average for up to 11.5 hours a day.In Sweden, there is a bus for every 1,000 people.In the UK, one person drinks more tea a year than 23 Italians together.Norwegians are the largest coffee consumers in the world with 10.7 kg / person annually. On average, a Norwegian drink 15 times more coffee than an Irish (Ireland ranks 18th among the top coffee-consuming countries).In the United States, there is the largest number of McDonald's restaurants per inhabitant (433 restaurants for every 100,000 Americans).Coincidence or not, most deaths are recorded in the US due to obesity. More deaths than in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.Americans are also some of the world's largest alcoholic drinkers. They rank 6th in the consumption of spirits, 8th in beer and 18th in the top of wine consumers. And yet, Americans are number one in the top of countries where people do not accept alcohol consumers as neighbors.If you want to get to the United States and do not know how, you choose to visit Albania first. In Albania, most US visas are earned on the number of inhabitants.Health careMost of Zambian residents do not live until they are 40 years old.Of the top 40 countries in which the average age does not exceed 40 years, 34 are on the African continent.In Botswana, one in three citizens aged 15 to 49 is infected with HIV.In New Zealand, most women choose to give birth to children only after they are 30 years of age. The opposite is the United States of America, where 22% of teenage babies still live in teenage years.Mexican women spend on average over 15% of their life on sick leave.In Ethiopia, 9 out of 10 births take place without medical assistance.Most aesthetic surgery is done in the US. The second is Mexico.More than half of Finnish doctors are women.One in three Italian children is born by caesarean section.Switzerland is the country with the most hospital beds per capita. At the same time, the Swiss spend an average of 10 days a year in the hospital.Geography and natureOnly two of the world's countries do not have access to water at one of the world's great or ocean: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.If you are tired of crowds, go to Greenland. For every Greenland there are 38 square kilometers of land.Mall of Washington D.C. is 1.4 times larger than the entire Vatican.Brazil occupies 48.7% of the total area of ​​South America.Canada is the country with the largest coastline around the world, over 200,000 kilometers, more than the entire Pacific Ocean coastline.If you thought Antarctica was an harsh area, you did not wrong. 98% of the surface of this southern continent is covered by ice. The remaining 2% is stony desserts.Nearly half of Ecuador's surface is considered a natural reserve.In Indonesia there are the most mammalian species in the world - but most endangered species of mammals.The total coral in Australia covers a larger area than all the other 130 countries that own atolls.There are more reptile species in Australia than in all the countries where they live together.Nauru, Tokelau, and Western Sahara are the only states that do not have a capital city.Libya is the only state whose flag is a single color.Nepal holds the only flag that is not square or rectangular. The Nepalese Flag consists of two overlapping triangles.One of the eight countries that included the word "democracy" in their own name, 3 are dictatorships: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Laos and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Crime & MortalityIn the United States, you are 66 times more likely to sue than in France, for example.If you live in Montserrat, you have to be very careful about what you are doing. 1% of the entire population is working in local police.There are more detainees in the US, in terms of number of inhabitants, than in any other country in the world. 0.7% of the entire population of this country is in detention.Two-thirds of the total number of executions worldwide take place in China.Most kidnappings, over two-thirds of the total number of these crimes worldwide, take place in Colombia.There are twice as many judges and magistrates in Russia than in the US. At the same time, the crime rate is eight times higher in the United States.In Maldives, there are 2 prisons per 1,000 inhabitants.One in three Australians was at one time the victim of a crime.The highest number of crimes is registered in the United States. The same applies to car theft, rape, robbery or armed attacks.Only in five countries of the world, the number of female prisoners exceeds that of men. These are Thailand, Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Singapore.People trust the Swedes. In a recent study, Swedish companies are considered safe and less likely to receive bribes.In Fiji, Chile and Egypt you can be closed if you do not present yourself at the polling station - at least theoretically.Finland is considered the country with the lowest corruption rate in the world.Army and police members have no right to vote in the Dominican Republic.In Cuba, most of the dead are struck by lightning.In contrast, Brazil has a sad record of those who died after they fell from a tree.If you found my answer useful , I invite you to follow me for further information. Thanks;)