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With regards to countries that are a danger to other countries I would say it is any country with nukes and similar weapons of mass destruction, a large armed forces, and/or a large military industrial complex/a government that seeks legitimacy through military might or hostile expansionism.

To me this comes down to a list of countries:
A-tier dangerous
-USA
-China
-Russia
-North Korea
-Democratic Republic of Congo (going through a domestic armed conflict during an Ebola outbreak that is not being controlled and could spread to other countries; if it was not for the uncontrolled Ebola outbreak this country would not be on this list)

B-tier dangerous
-Saudi Arabia
-Iran
-Israel

C-tier dangerous
-India
-Pakistan

As for countries that are the most dangerous to live in they are typically ones that are war-torn, impacted by political/gang/cartel violence, have high violent crime rates, and/or are fighting deadly infectious disease etc.

My list of such countries would include:
-Democratic Republic of Congo (going through a domestic armed conflict while an uncontrolled Ebola outbreak is happening)
-Yemen (has totally been demonstrated by the US/Saudi and Iran/Russia proxy war)
-Syria (same as Yemen)
-Afghanistan (was being modernized by Zahir Shah and Daoud Khan; but the Shah's overthrow by Khan and Khan's subsequent assassination was the start of the country's devastation)
-Saudi Arabia (threat of government violence and harsh control of society by the government; women, minorities, political critics are especially vulnerable)
-North Korea(threat of government violence and harsh control of society by the government)
-Central African Republic (civil war, ethnic violence)
-Libya (as a result of the second Libyan Civil War)
-Somalia (insurgency, political conflict)
-South Sudan (civil war)
-Sudan (civil war in the south, and harsh government control)
-Mexico (high crime rate, cartels)
-Brazil (political unrest, high crime rate)
-Venezuela (unrest due to political unrest and severe economic downturn)
-Colombia (same as Mexico)
*I should mention this list is based on the general situation of the country. More specific populations like various religious/ethnic groups, political groups, LGBTQ individuals, etc. might face disproportionate violence in countries that I have not listed as being generally dangerous.