India unsafest country for women: Not if you look more closely at the stats 

A perception poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has ranked India as the most dangerous country in the world for women.

But if you look more closely at the statistics, a different picture emerges.

If the number of rapes reported per hundred thousand people is analysed, India fares nowhere close to most European nations, Canada and the united states.

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The report released in 2012 claims that Sweden tops the list with around 66 cases recorded per one hundred thousand citizens. Ever imagined the country that is home to Swiss Alps, that has an employment rate of almost 70 per cent could be one of the most unsafe nations in the world.

The next European nation that comes in the top ten list is Belgium with around 27 cases recorded per one hundred thousand people.. Belgium ranks sixth on the list of comparative numbers.

Belgium is followed by the United States of America where the national average of reported cases of sexual violence against women stands at 26.6.

The world's most powerful nation, the most developed one, a country with a GDP of almost 20 trillion dollars comes seventh on the list.

The last two spots on the list are also claimed by European nations. Norway is in the ninth position where the rate is 22.3 per cent and Finland is tenth where the rate is 18.7 per cent.

According to this report, India is nowhere on the list of top ten nations if the rate is to be seen. Countries like Sweden, Australia and New Zealand which are considered safe precede India when it comes to numbers.
 
Let us tell you now, where India stands. Well, India is at the 46th position with an average of 1.8 cases of rape reported per one hundred thousand people.

There are factors like social stigma which account for under-reporting of such cases in India. Which many would claim reveals a huge gap. But even if we consider that 90% of rapes go unreported in India, we would still be at a lower rate than the USA.