Travel Safety Map
A colour-coded safety reference for 168 countries: government advisories, scams, women’s safety, traffic, embassies and emergency numbers, every fact with its source and date.
Click any country for its full safety profile: official advisories, regions to avoid, common scams, traffic, women’s safety, embassies and emergency numbers. Every fact carries a source link and access date, so you can verify before you book.
Free, no account. Check it before booking and again before departure: advisory levels change.
How it works
Pick a view
The default map shows official advisory levels in four colour bands. Switch to the solo woman, LGBTQ+, family or self-drive view and the map recolours for that traveller profile.
Click a country
A panel opens with up to 23 sections: regions to avoid, common scams, drug laws, natural-disaster seasons, hospitals with indicative costs, embassies and more. Every fact carries a source label, URL and access date.
Compare up to 3 countries
Compare mode puts crime index, road deaths, corruption score and English proficiency side by side for the countries on your shortlist.
Methodology and data sources
Safety content lives or dies on sourcing. This map does not summarise vibes from forums: every number and every claim points to a named source, with the date we accessed it.
How the colours are assigned
The overall colour per country follows the travel-advisory.info aggregator score, mapped to four bands: low (normal precautions), moderate (increased caution), high (reconsider travel) and severe (avoid all travel). The traveller-profile views recolour the map per persona: solo woman follows WPS rank, LGBTQ+ combines legal status with social climate, family weights violent-crime exposure on tourist routes, and self-drive reflects driving difficulty and road-fatality data.
| Data point | Source |
|---|---|
| Government advisories | US State Department, UK FCDO, Australia’s Smartraveller, Germany’s Auswaertiges Amt, the Netherlands’ Nederland Wereldwijd |
| Crime | Numbeo Crime Index |
| Women’s safety | Georgetown WPS Index |
| LGBTQ+ legal status | Equaldex, Human Dignity Trust |
| Corruption | Transparency International CPI 2024 |
| Road safety | WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety (deaths per 100k) |
| English proficiency | EF English Proficiency Index |
Tourist context, not just national averages
National advisories sometimes overstate risk on the main tourist trail. Where that happens, an editorial tourist-context block lists the routes visitors actually use and the specific zones the advisories refer to, so you can tell the difference between “the country” and “your itinerary”.
This map is a reference, not travel advice. Always check your own government’s official advisory before booking or travelling; each panel links straight to those advisories.
Who uses this map
- Solo female travellers
The solo woman view recolours the map on the Georgetown WPS Index, and each country panel lists women’s safety notes and practical tips. - LGBTQ+ travellers
The LGBTQ+ view combines legal status (Equaldex, Human Dignity Trust) with social climate, so a country that is legal on paper but hostile in practice still shows caution. - Families
The family view weights violent-crime exposure on tourist routes, and profiles flag water and food safety, hospitals and pharmacy availability. - Self-drive road-trippers
The self-drive view reflects driving difficulty and WHO road-fatality data, with IDP requirements and local traffic culture in each profile.
FAQ
1Is the Travel Safety Map free?
Yes. The map is free, with no account and no paywall. Open it, click a country and read the full profile.
2Where does the safety data come from?
Advisory levels follow the travel-advisory.info aggregator; per-country advisories come from the US, UK, Australian, German and Dutch governments. Numbers come from named indices such as Numbeo, the Georgetown WPS Index, Transparency International CPI and WHO road-safety data. Every fact in the panel shows its source and access date.
3How current is the information?
The current dataset was compiled in May and June 2026 and runs through an automated validation pipeline before each release. Each country panel shows its own last-updated date, so you can see exactly how fresh the profile is.
4What do the traveller profiles change?
They recolour the whole map for one perspective. Solo woman follows the WPS Index ranking, LGBTQ+ combines legal status with social climate, family weights violent crime on tourist routes, and self-drive uses driving difficulty plus road-fatality data.
5Is this official travel advice?
No. The map summarises publicly available information as a reference. Always check your own government’s official advisory before booking or travelling; the panel links straight to those advisories per country.
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