🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
Visiting: Reasonable
For a visitor, Chile is safe. There is no conflict at all and freedom is as good as it gets, both ranking 1st. The one area that slips is violent crime, which is moderate, placed 117th. LGBT rights are among the very strongest, ranking 6th, and road deaths are neither a strength nor a worry, at 72nd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Chile: 5.5
Ranked 64th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Five and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is a touch under the world average of 5.8, which is where the risky tier begins.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. The rate sits just below the world average, and gangs account for a small share of it.
Why we updated the score?
The security ministry has published its 2025 count, 1,091, down from 1,207. The UN takes its figure from the ministry a year later, so we used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Chile: 10.3
Ranked 72nd in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Ten deaths per 100,000 people a year is under the world average of fifteen but past half of it.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average, with a quarter of the deaths people on foot.
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.
Chile: 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 Chile since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. The land conflict in the south occasionally turns to arson, nothing like war, and the borders are quiet.
Freedom — world number one
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.
Chile: 10.00
Ranked 1st freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Chile every one of the six freedoms scores the full 4. Total 24 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
All six freedoms fully respected in a stable democracy. Corruption and unrest linked to Indigenous land disputes are the concerns.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Chile: 8.0
Ranked 6th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage and adoption have been legal since 2022, closing a decade of incremental reform. The law index scores 100, public opinion 60.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Acceptance climbed dramatically in a generation, and Santiago is now among the region's most comfortable cities.
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.
Chile: 7.08
Ranked 87th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate well and partner violence is six percent. Only a third of women feel safe walking alone at night, and a few attacks on women were recorded in 2024.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone will find Chile reasonable.