🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia (Hrvatska)
Visiting: Reasonable
Croatia is a safe country to visit. Violent crime is rare, the 39th-lowest homicide rate, and women's safety is good, at 40th. Its weakest measure is conflict: there is some exposure, placed 68th, though that is still inside the top half. LGBT rights are solid, road deaths are low and freedom is well protected, all ranking between 46th and 56th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Croatia: 1.0
Ranked 39th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
One killing per 100,000 people a year is right on the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Strangers are almost never involved.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Croatia: 8.1
Ranked 56th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Eight deaths per 100,000 people a year is a whisker over half the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average, though at the EU's higher end, and a fifth of the deaths are motorcyclists.
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.
Croatia: 1.13
Ranked 68th least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing in twenty-five years. The last conflict death the Uppsala conflict database records in Croatia was in September 1995.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. The 1990s war is a closed chapter, and its borders are 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.
Croatia: 7.18
Ranked 56th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Croatia the lowest is press at 2. Total 20 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Free and fair elections and civil rights generally respected. The press is under increasing pressure and is the low rating. Nothing here reaches a visitor.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Croatia: 5.7
Ranked 46th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Life partnerships since 2014 give most marriage rights, and courts opened fostering and adoption pathways. The law index scores 81 but public opinion 33.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Zagreb Pride is twenty years established. Catholic conservatism keeps the marriage question politically frozen.
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.
Croatia: 8.19
Ranked 40th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Sixty-nine percent of women feel safe out alone at night and violence at home is rare. A fair court rating is what keeps it from higher.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone is safe in Croatia.