🇦🇱 Republic of Albania (Shqipëria)
Visiting: Reasonable
On the whole Albania is safe, with a couple of points to weigh. Women's safety is good, ranking 47th, and violent crime is rare, the 57th-lowest homicide rate. Its weakest measure is the roads, where deaths are moderate, ranking 75th, though that is still inside the top half. Freedom is only partly protected, LGBT rights are limited and there is some exposure to conflict, all ranking between 63rd and 73rd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Albania: 1.8
Ranked 57th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under two killings per 100,000 people a year is low. The safest countries sit under one, and Albania is a step above.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Well below the world average.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Albania: 10.8
Ranked 75th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Eleven deaths per 100,000 people a year is under the world average of fifteen but past half of it.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average, though high for Europe, and a fifth of those who die are on foot.
Conflict
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Albania: 1.22
Ranked 73rd least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing in twenty-five years. The last conflict death the Uppsala conflict database records in Albania was in April 1999.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed anywhere near it.
Freedom
Six freedoms rated 0–4 by Freedom House — protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it — higher is better.
Albania: 6.87
Ranked 63rd freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Albania the lowest are press and due process at 2. Total 18 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Competitive elections, with religious freedom and assembly generally respected. Press and due process carry significant limits and corruption is a major problem, but a visitor meets an open daily life.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Albania: 4.8
Ranked 69th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts have been legal since 1995 with anti-discrimination law on paper, but there is no partnership recognition. The law index sits at 68 and public opinion at 28, and that gap sets the rank.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Attitudes stay among Europe's most conservative and Tirana Pride is small and guarded, but a visitor meets no trouble.
Women's Safety
Women's safety — feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour — higher is better.
Albania: 8.08
Ranked 47th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate well and violence at home is rare. Sixty percent of women feel safe out alone at night, and that street figure is what holds it back.
Is it safe to visit?
For a woman travelling alone, Albania is safe.