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Global ranking · Updated July 26, 2026

Travel Risk Index 2026

By Travel Risk Calculator Editorial Team · 241 countries scored · Live overlays from US State Dept · GDACS · CDC · refreshed continuously

The Travel Risk Index ranks 241 countries from safest to highest-risk on a transparent nine-category model — crime, disease & health, government advisory, political & civil unrest, natural disaster & weather, transport, environmental quality, digital security, and money safety — each scored 0–100 and combined into a weighted composite. Lower scores are safer. As of July 26, 2026, the safest countries score in the low tier (0–24) while the highest-risk score in the elevated-to-extreme range (50–100). Every country links to a full page with the current US State Department advisory, GDACS disaster alerts, CDC health notices, and recent news.

Low 0–24 · 56 Moderate 25–49 · 160 Elevated 50–69 · 19 Extreme 70–100 · 6

Top 10 safest countries

  1. Norway — 15/100 (Low)
  2. Switzerland — 15/100 (Low)
  3. Andorra — 17/100 (Low)
  4. Austria — 17/100 (Low)
  5. Belgium — 17/100 (Low)
  6. Cyprus — 17/100 (Low)
  7. Denmark — 17/100 (Low)
  8. Finland — 17/100 (Low)
  9. Gibraltar — 17/100 (Low)
  10. Guernsey — 17/100 (Low)

Top 10 highest-risk countries

  1. Afghanistan — 79/100 (Extreme)
  2. Somalia — 78/100 (Extreme)
  3. Haiti — 76/100 (Extreme)
  4. Sudan — 74/100 (Extreme)
  5. Iraq — 71/100 (Extreme)
  6. Venezuela — 70/100 (Extreme)
  7. Libya — 69/100 (Elevated)
  8. Yemen — 63/100 (Elevated)
  9. Pakistan — 62/100 (Elevated)
  10. Nigeria — 62/100 (Elevated)

Full ranking — all 241 countries

# Country ▲▼ Region ▲▼ Risk /100 ▲▼ Tier ▲▼
1 Norway Europe 15 Low
2 Switzerland Europe 15 Low
3 Andorra Europe 17 Low
4 Austria Europe 17 Low
5 Belgium Europe 17 Low
6 Cyprus Middle East 17 Low
7 Denmark Europe 17 Low
8 Finland Europe 17 Low
9 Gibraltar Europe 17 Low
10 Guernsey Europe 17 Low
11 Ireland Europe 17 Low
12 Isle of Man Europe 17 Low
13 Jersey Europe 17 Low
14 Liechtenstein Europe 17 Low
15 Luxembourg Europe 17 Low
16 Malta Europe 17 Low
17 Monaco Europe 17 Low
18 New Zealand Oceania 17 Low
19 San Marino Europe 17 Low
20 Singapore Asia 17 Low
21 Vatican City Europe 17 Low
22 Faroe Islands Europe 18 Low
23 Greenland Americas 18 Low
24 Iceland Europe 18 Low
25 Japan Asia 18 Low
26 Bahrain Middle East 19 Low
27 Kuwait Middle East 19 Low
28 Oman Middle East 19 Low
29 Qatar Middle East 19 Low
30 Australia Oceania 20 Low
31 Netherlands Europe 20 Low
32 Portugal Europe 20 Low
33 Sweden Europe 20 Low
34 Canada Americas 21 Low
35 Germany Europe 21 Low
36 United Arab Emirates Middle East 21 Low
37 South Korea Asia 22 Low
38 Bermuda Americas 23 Low
39 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Americas 23 Low
40 Albania Europe 24 Low
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 24 Low
42 Croatia Europe 24 Low
43 Czechia Europe 24 Low
44 Estonia Europe 24 Low
45 Hong Kong Asia 24 Low
46 Kosovo Europe 24 Low
47 Latvia Europe 24 Low
48 Lithuania Europe 24 Low
49 Macau Asia 24 Low
50 Mongolia Asia 24 Low
51 Montenegro Europe 24 Low
52 North Macedonia Europe 24 Low
53 Poland Europe 24 Low
54 Slovakia Europe 24 Low
55 Slovenia Europe 24 Low
56 Taiwan Asia 24 Low
57 United Kingdom Europe 25 Moderate
58 Hungary Europe 26 Moderate
59 Spain Europe 26 Moderate
60 Greece Europe 27 Moderate
61 Romania Europe 28 Moderate
62 Belarus Europe 29 Moderate
63 France Europe 29 Moderate
64 Italy Europe 29 Moderate
65 Chile Americas 30 Moderate
66 Costa Rica Americas 30 Moderate
67 American Samoa Oceania 31 Moderate
68 Bulgaria Europe 31 Moderate
69 Christmas Island World 31 Moderate
70 Cook Islands Oceania 31 Moderate
71 Fiji Oceania 31 Moderate
72 French Polynesia Oceania 31 Moderate
73 Gaza Strip World 31 Moderate
74 Guam Oceania 31 Moderate
75 Kiribati Oceania 31 Moderate
76 Marshall Islands Oceania 31 Moderate
77 Micronesia, Federated States of Oceania 31 Moderate
78 Nauru Oceania 31 Moderate
79 New Caledonia Oceania 31 Moderate
80 Niue Oceania 31 Moderate
81 Norfolk Island Oceania 31 Moderate
82 Northern Mariana Islands Oceania 31 Moderate
83 Palau Oceania 31 Moderate
84 Papua New Guinea Oceania 31 Moderate
85 Pitcairn Islands Oceania 31 Moderate
86 Samoa Oceania 31 Moderate
87 Solomon Islands Oceania 31 Moderate
88 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands World 31 Moderate
89 Svalbard World 31 Moderate
90 Tonga Oceania 31 Moderate
91 Tuvalu Oceania 31 Moderate
92 United States Americas 31 Moderate
93 Vanuatu Oceania 31 Moderate
94 Wallis and Futuna Oceania 31 Moderate
95 West Bank World 31 Moderate
96 Anguilla Americas 32 Moderate
97 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 32 Moderate
98 Aruba Americas 32 Moderate
99 Bahamas, The Americas 32 Moderate
100 Barbados Americas 32 Moderate
101 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Americas 32 Moderate
102 Cayman Islands Americas 32 Moderate
103 Curaçao Americas 32 Moderate
104 Dominica Americas 32 Moderate
105 Dominican Republic Americas 32 Moderate
106 Grenada Americas 32 Moderate
107 Guadeloupe Americas 32 Moderate
108 Jamaica Americas 32 Moderate
109 Martinique Americas 32 Moderate
110 Montserrat Americas 32 Moderate
111 Puerto Rico Americas 32 Moderate
112 Saint Barthelemy Americas 32 Moderate
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 32 Moderate
114 Saint Lucia Americas 32 Moderate
115 Saint Martin Americas 32 Moderate
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 32 Moderate
117 Serbia Europe 32 Moderate
118 Sint Maarten World 32 Moderate
119 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 32 Moderate
120 Turks and Caicos Islands Americas 32 Moderate
121 U.S. Virgin Islands Americas 32 Moderate
122 Virgin Islands, British Americas 32 Moderate
123 Algeria Africa 33 Moderate
124 Armenia Asia 33 Moderate
125 Azerbaijan Asia 33 Moderate
126 Georgia Asia 33 Moderate
127 Kazakhstan Asia 33 Moderate
128 Kyrgyzstan Asia 33 Moderate
129 Tajikistan Asia 33 Moderate
130 Turkmenistan Asia 33 Moderate
131 Uzbekistan Asia 33 Moderate
132 Morocco Africa 34 Moderate
133 Jordan Middle East 35 Moderate
134 Lebanon Middle East 35 Moderate
135 Malaysia Asia 35 Moderate
136 Argentina Americas 36 Moderate
137 Belize Americas 36 Moderate
138 Bolivia Americas 36 Moderate
139 China Asia 36 Moderate
140 El Salvador Americas 36 Moderate
141 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Americas 36 Moderate
142 French Guiana Americas 36 Moderate
143 Guatemala Americas 36 Moderate
144 Guyana Americas 36 Moderate
145 Honduras Americas 36 Moderate
146 Moldova Europe 36 Moderate
147 Panama Americas 36 Moderate
148 Paraguay Americas 36 Moderate
149 Saudi Arabia Middle East 36 Moderate
150 Suriname Americas 36 Moderate
151 Tunisia Africa 36 Moderate
152 Uruguay Americas 36 Moderate
153 Brunei Asia 38 Moderate
154 Laos Asia 38 Moderate
155 Timor-Leste Asia 38 Moderate
156 Sri Lanka Asia 39 Moderate
157 Vietnam Asia 39 Moderate
158 Angola Africa 41 Moderate
159 Benin Africa 41 Moderate
160 Botswana Africa 41 Moderate
161 Burkina Faso Africa 41 Moderate
162 Burundi Africa 41 Moderate
163 Cabo Verde Africa 41 Moderate
164 Cameroon Africa 41 Moderate
165 Chad Africa 41 Moderate
166 Comoros Africa 41 Moderate
167 Congo (Brazzaville) Africa 41 Moderate
168 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 41 Moderate
169 Djibouti Africa 41 Moderate
170 Equatorial Guinea Africa 41 Moderate
171 Eswatini Africa 41 Moderate
172 Gabon Africa 41 Moderate
173 Gambia, The Africa 41 Moderate
174 Guinea Africa 41 Moderate
175 Guinea-Bissau Africa 41 Moderate
176 Lesotho Africa 41 Moderate
177 Liberia Africa 41 Moderate
178 Madagascar Africa 41 Moderate
179 Malawi Africa 41 Moderate
180 Mali Africa 41 Moderate
181 Mauritania Africa 41 Moderate
182 Mauritius Africa 41 Moderate
183 Mayotte Africa 41 Moderate
184 Mozambique Africa 41 Moderate
185 Namibia Africa 41 Moderate
186 Niger Africa 41 Moderate
187 Reunion Africa 41 Moderate
188 Rwanda Africa 41 Moderate
189 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Africa 41 Moderate
190 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 41 Moderate
191 Senegal Africa 41 Moderate
192 Seychelles Africa 41 Moderate
193 Sierra Leone Africa 41 Moderate
194 Togo Africa 41 Moderate
195 Turkey Europe 41 Moderate
196 Uganda Africa 41 Moderate
197 Zambia Africa 41 Moderate
198 Zimbabwe Africa 41 Moderate
199 Ghana Africa 42 Moderate
200 Nicaragua Americas 42 Moderate
201 Cambodia Asia 43 Moderate
202 Thailand Asia 43 Moderate
203 Tanzania Africa 44 Moderate
204 Bangladesh Asia 45 Moderate
205 Bhutan Asia 45 Moderate
206 Maldives Asia 45 Moderate
207 Brazil Americas 46 Moderate
208 Israel Middle East 46 Moderate
209 Korea, North Asia 46 Moderate
210 Nepal Asia 46 Moderate
211 Mexico Americas 47 Moderate
212 Egypt Africa 48 Moderate
213 Eritrea Africa 48 Moderate
214 Peru Americas 48 Moderate
215 Cuba Americas 49 Moderate
216 Indonesia Asia 49 Moderate
217 Colombia Americas 50 Elevated
218 Kenya Africa 50 Elevated
219 Burma Asia 51 Elevated
220 South Africa Africa 51 Elevated
221 Philippines Asia 52 Elevated
222 India Asia 54 Elevated
223 Ecuador Americas 56 Elevated
224 Russia Europe 56 Elevated
225 South Sudan Africa 56 Elevated
226 Congo (Kinshasa) Africa 57 Elevated
227 Ethiopia Africa 57 Elevated
228 Central African Republic Africa 58 Elevated
229 Syria Middle East 58 Elevated
230 Ukraine Europe 59 Elevated
231 Iran Middle East 60 Elevated
232 Nigeria Africa 62 Elevated
233 Pakistan Asia 62 Elevated
234 Yemen Middle East 63 Elevated
235 Libya Africa 69 Elevated
236 Venezuela Americas 70 Extreme
237 Iraq Middle East 71 Extreme
238 Sudan Africa 74 Extreme
239 Haiti Americas 76 Extreme
240 Somalia Africa 78 Extreme
241 Afghanistan Asia 79 Extreme

How the Travel Risk Index is scored

Each country is scored 0–100 in nine categories from government advisories (US State Department), crime indices, the Global Peace Index, WHO/CDC health context, and curated regional editorial knowledge. The categories are combined into a weighted composite (lower is safer), then bucketed into tiers: Low (0–24), Moderate (25–49), Elevated (50–69), Extreme (70–100). Scores are editorial estimates, not official ratings — always check your government’s official advisory before travel. See the full methodology and data sources.

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