🇧🇴 Plurinational State of Bolivia (Buliwya)
Visiting: Take care
Visiting Bolivia is safe, though not without caveats. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and LGBT rights are solid, at 41st. Its weak spot is women's safety, which is poor, placed 133rd. Freedom is only partly protected, ranking 68th, violent crime is moderate, at 95th, and the roads are hazardous, placed 127th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Bolivia: 3.6
Ranked 86th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Three and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is below the world average but past the three where the low tier ends.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average — 453 killings in Bolivia's 2024 count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Bolivia: 17.6
Ranked 54th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Nearly 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. Six in ten deaths are people in vehicles and two in ten are on motorbikes, so being driven is the main risk.
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.
Bolivia: 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 Bolivia since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed reaches a visitor. The crises are political and short.
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.
Bolivia: 6.71
Ranked 68th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Bolivia the lowest is due process at 1. Total 17 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Credible elections since the disputed 2019 vote. Due process is the low rating. Investigative journalists face harassment, and the judiciary is highly politicised and hampered by corruption.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Bolivia: 6.3
Ranked 41st most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Civil unions have been registered since 2020 by court order, while the constitution still bars marriage. The law index scores 87 but public opinion 38, and that gap sets the rank.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine, with discretion. Conservative and Catholic, with a small visible scene in the big cities and slow movement.
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.
Bolivia: 6.38
Ranked 48th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Only 43 percent of women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate below fair, and partner violence is eighteen percent.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone should take care when visiting Bolivia.