🇦🇹 Republic of Austria (Österreich)
Visiting: Safe
Austria is about as safe as travel gets. Two measures stand out: there is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and women's safety is among the very best, at 12th. Violent crime is rare, the 39th-lowest homicide rate, which is its weakest measure but still inside the top third. LGBT rights are solid, road deaths are low and freedom is well protected, with all three ranking between 21st and 28th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Austria: 1.0
Ranked 39th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
One killing per 100,000 people a year is exactly on the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
A visitor is fine here. Violence involving strangers is rare.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Austria: 4.6
Ranked 25th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Under five deaths per 100,000 people a year is a shade above the EU average of four and a half, and well under half the world average.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards. Well below the world average.
Conflict — world number one
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.
Austria: 1.00
Ranked 1st least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing on record. The Uppsala conflict database has never recorded a conflict death in Austria since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. Constitutionally neutral and conflict-free for seventy years.
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.
Austria: 8.69
Ranked 28th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Austria the lowest are press and religion at 3. Total 22 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A democracy that guarantees political rights and civil liberties. Press and religion are rated one step from the top. A visitor meets no restriction.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Austria: 7.4
Ranked 21st most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage opened in 2019 by constitutional court order, with adoption and strong protections already in place. The law index scores 88, public opinion 60.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Vienna is comfortably open. The countryside is more reserved, and politics occasionally stirs the pot.
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.
Austria: 9.12
Ranked 12th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Eighty-two percent of women feel safe out alone at night and violence at home is rare. The courts are the one input rated only fairly.
Is it safe to visit?
Austria is among the safest countries in the world for a woman travelling alone.