Rankings of Safest Countries For Travel

The safest countries for tourism and travel have been rated out of 10. These rankings are based on crime/homicide rates and drugs and crime, likelihood of terrorism and terrorism casualties, police force effectiveness, costs of security within the country on business, reliability of protection services, rates of property crime and violence.

Global Safe Rankings of Countries.
Updated 2023

COUNTRY THIS YEAR
LAST YEAR
Iceland 1 1
New Zealand 2 2
Ireland 3 8
Denmark 4 3
Austria 5 6
Portugal 6 4
Slovenia 7 5
Czech Republic 8 9
Singapore 9 11
Japan 10 12
Switzerland 11 7
Canada 12 10
Hungary 13 19
Finland 14 13
Croatia 15 17
Germany 16 18
Norway 17 14
Malaysia 18 23
Bhutan 19 22
Slovakia 20 26
Netherlands 21 21
Belgium 22 20
Qatar 23 29
Bulgaria 24 27
Poland 25 24
Sweden 26 15
Australia 27 16
Mauritius 28 28
Spain 29 31
Taiwan 30 34
Romania 31 25
Italy 32 32
Estonia 33 30
United Kingdom 34 33
Latvia 35 35
North Macedonia 36 40
Lithuania 37 37
Costa Rica 38 39
Kuwait 39 36
Ghana 40 38
Albania 41 48
Mongolia 42 42
South Korea 43 57
Vietnam 44 50
Gambia 45 53
Uruguay 46 47
Indonesia 47 43
Botswana 48 41
Montenegro 49 51
Sierra Leone 50 46
Laos 51 45
Serbia 52 44
Greece 53 66
Timor-Leste 54 56
Chile 55 49
Zambia 56 71
Jordan 57 63
Bosnia and Herzegovina 58 72
Equatorial Guinea 59 62
United Arab Emirates 60 52
Panama 61 64
Moldova 62 59
Cambodia 63 78
Oman 64 73
France 65 55
Malawi 66 60
Cyprus 67 61
Namibia 68 65
Argentina 69 68
Senegal 70 54
Rwanda 72 83
Nepal 73 85
Morocco 74 79
Liberia 75 76
Gabon 76 92
Paraguay 77 75
Angola 78 81
Ecuador 79 87
Bolivia 80 104
Jamaica 81 74
Dominican Republic 82 82
Armenia 83 93
Madagascar 84 70
Tunisia 85 97
Tanzania 86 58
Uzbekistan 87 89
Trinidad and Tobago 88 84
China 89 99
Sri Lanka 90 94
Kyrgyzstan 91 77
Tajikistan 92 96
Eswatini 93 69
Papua New Guinea 94 106
Georgia 95 88
Bangladesh 96 90
Kazakhstan 97 67
Cuba 98 86
Bahrain 99 101
Lesotho 100 111
Peru 101 163
Togo 102 114
Thailand 103 112
Turkmenistan 104 108
Benin 105 95
Guatemala 106 110
Guyana 107 100
Ivory Coast 108 102
Algeria 109 119
Guinea-Bissau 110 98
Republic of the Congo 111 118
Mauritania 112 117
Djibouti 113 105
El Salvador 114 109
Haiti 115 107
Belarus 116 116
Honduras 117 123
South Africa 118 122
Saudi Arabia 119 124
Kenya 120 115
Uganda 121 113
Mozambique 122 103
Guinea 123 91
Nicaragua 124 129
Philippines 125 126
Egypt 126 125
Zimbabwe 127 132
Azerbaijan 128 120
United States 129 121
Brazil 130 127
Burundi 131 128
Eritrea 132 135
Palestine 133 137
Israel 134 142
India 135 134
Chad 136 131
Mexico 137 139
Lebanon 138 146
Myanmar 139 130
Niger 140 136
Iran 141 140
Cameroon 142 144
Nigeria 143 145
Colombia 144 143
Turkey 145 148
Burkina Faso 146 133
Pakistan 147 149
Venezuela 148 151
Ethiopia 149 138
Mali 150 147
Libya 151 155
North Korea 152 150
Ukraine 153 141
Sudan 154 152
Central African Republic 155 154
Somalia 156 157
Iraq 157 158
DR Congo 158 156
South Sudan 159 159
Russia 160 153
Syria 161 160
Yemen 162 161
Afghanistan 163 162

Dangers can lurk in any city, park or town and being a safe vacationer means paying attention and keeping yourself out of harms way. Crimes and violence can happen in the lowest rated country just as crimes and violence could happen in the safest rated country so these figures should only be used as a guide to help compare a safe travel destination.

Always use caution when exploring unknown places and when meeting unknown people and use your inner instinct and listen to your gut whenever you travel.

Today’s travelers and tourists are more and more wanting to visit the natural beauty and remote regions of a country in order to discover more than just the big cities and commonly advertised attractions so now, more than ever, the safety and security of any particular destination is a key deciding factor of a the safety rating a country receives. These rankings presented here are based on the reliability of the police and legal protective system in a country as well as the rates of criminal activity and the potential for terrorism.

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