🇦🇴 Republic of Angola
Visiting: Take care
There are real risks in Angola. Its best measures are only mid-range: LGBT rights are limited, ranking 82nd, and women's safety is fair, at 105th. Where it lags is violent crime, which is common, placed 142nd. There is some exposure to conflict, road deaths are moderate and freedom is tightly restricted, with all three ranking between 108th and 121st.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Angola: 8.7
Ranked 39th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Nearly nine killings per 100,000 people a year is above the world average of about six. That puts it in the risky tier, short of the ten where the deadliest countries start.
Is it safe to visit?
A real risk for a visitor. The rate is half as high again as the world average. Angola hasn't counted since 2016, so we used the WHO's estimate.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Angola: 15.0
Ranked 72nd in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Fifteen deaths per 100,000 people a year is exactly the world average of fifteen, on a WHO estimate.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable, though this is a WHO estimate with no national count behind it. The rate sits right at the world average.
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.
Angola: 2.06
Ranked 73rd most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
No conflict death is recorded in Angola in the year to July 2026. The last was in May 2025, inside the last five years.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. The separatist movement in Cabinda, in the far north, rarely amounts to anything, and the rest of the country is quiet.
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.
Angola: 5.31
Ranked 60th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Angola 4 of the six freedoms are rated 1 and the rest higher. Total 8 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A visitor who stays out of politics is left alone. One party has ruled since independence, dissent is systematically repressed, and abuses by security forces and due process violations are common.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Angola: 4.2
Ranked 82nd most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Decriminalised in the 2021 penal code, which also banned employment discrimination. The law index sits at 50 out of 100, public opinion at 35, and that lands it in the middle.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable, with discretion. The law moved faster than opinion, there is no visible scene outside Luanda, and most people stay quiet.
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.
Angola: 6.90
Ranked 76th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Partner violence in the past year hits one woman in four, the courts rate below fair, and a few attacks on women were recorded.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone should take care in Angola.