🇧🇷 Federative Republic of Brazil (Brasil)
Visiting: High Risk
Brazil is not a place to go unprepared. Violent crime is the defining risk: homicide ranks 168th, one of the highest rates in the world. On the other side of the ledger, LGBT rights are among the very strongest, ranking 18th, and freedom is only partly protected, at 63rd. Road deaths are moderate, women's safety is fair and there is significant exposure to conflict, all ranking between 113th and 137th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Brazil: 18.7
Ranked 13th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Nineteen killings per 100,000 people a year is nearly twice the ten that marks the deadliest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
Take it seriously. 39,625 killings in 2024, more than three times the world average.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Brazil: 15.7
Ranked 68th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Sixteen deaths per 100,000 people a year is just above the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on a motorbike, which is a third of the deaths. In a car the risk is moderate.
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.
Brazil: 2.71
Ranked 44th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
22 people died in fighting inside Brazil in the year to July 2026, 19 of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care in Amazonas and Rio Grande do Norte, where an armed group at war with the state killed 15 civilians in the year to July 2026. Gang wars are counted under Homicide.
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.
Brazil: 6.87
Ranked 63rd freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Brazil the lowest is due process at 2. Total 18 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Competitive elections and vibrant public debate. Journalists and activists risk harassment and violent attack, political violence is high, and due process is the low rating. Speaking freely is not the risk.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Brazil: 7.5
Ranked 18th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex marriage since 2013, adoption rights, and homophobia made a crime in 2019, some of the strongest legal protection in the Americas. The law index scores 94, public opinion 56.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine in the big cities, with enormous, celebrated Pride culture, alongside one of the world's worst rates of violence against trans people.
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.
Brazil: 6.68
Ranked 62nd least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Partner violence is under seven percent and the courts rate fairly. Only four in ten women feel safe out alone at night, and attacks on women were recorded through 2024.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone should take care in Brazil.