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Fire outbreaks (per 100,000 people)
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8
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7
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Safety · National ranking
Fires (per 100k)
As of 2023
Official latest
Fire outbreaks per 100,000 people. A proxy for housing and building safety.
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Ibaraki
49.0
cases
2
Yamanashi
47.1
cases
3
Oita
46.9
cases
4
Tochigi
45.9
cases
5
Yamaguchi
45.2
cases
6
Kagoshima
43.8
cases
7
Kochi
42.9
cases
8
Miyazaki
42.5
cases
9
Nagano
42.3
cases
10
Shimane
40.9
cases
11
Kagawa
40.3
cases
12
Okayama
40.2
cases
13
Mie
40.0
cases
14
Gunma
39.9
cases
15
Fukushima
39.8
cases
16
Wakayama
38.5
cases
17
Kumamoto
37.4
cases
18
Gifu
36.8
cases
19
Aomori
36.8
cases
20
Okinawa
35.6
cases
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2026
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