🇩🇿 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (الجزائر)
Visiting: Take careLGBT visiting: High Risk
Algeria carries real risks. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. That said, violent crime is rare, the 50th-lowest homicide rate, and women's safety is fair, at 68th. Its weak spot is conflict: there is significant exposure, placed 132nd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Algeria: 1.4
Ranked 50th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under one and a half killings per 100,000 people a year. Low, though the safest countries sit under one, and Algeria is a shade above that line.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe for a visitor. The rate sits well below the world average.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Algeria: 18.3
Ranked 50th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Eighteen deaths per 100,000 people a year is above the world average of fifteen, though well short of double it.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe. Above the world average, and a quarter of those who die are on foot — walking beside traffic carries real risk.
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.
Algeria: 2.59
Ranked 49th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
16 people died in fighting inside Algeria in the year to July 2026, none of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care only in the mountains near the Tunisian border. The 16 deaths in the year to July 2026 were army operations against armed groups in Tébessa and Ain Defla, far from the coast.
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.
Algeria: 5.16
Ranked 55th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Algeria 5 of the six freedoms are rated 1 and the rest higher. Total 7 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Speaking out is the risk, not visiting. Street protests are suppressed, media freedom is restricted by law, and elections are distorted by fraud, so keep opinions on politics to yourself.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Algeria: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts carry up to two years in prison, with no protections of any kind. Any criminal law puts a country in the red, whatever else is true.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open. Arrests happen, hostility runs deep, and a visitor is under the same law. Everything stays behind closed doors.
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.
Algeria: 7.65
Ranked 68th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Seventy-one percent of women feel safe out alone at night and almost no attacks on women are recorded. The courts rate below fair, and a quarter of women think wife-beating can be justified.
Is it safe to visit?
Algeria is a reasonable choice for a woman travelling alone.