180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Not RecommendedLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Dominica is the Caribbean without the resorts: a volcanic island with a river for every day of the year, a boiling lake at the end of a proper hike, and sperm whales resident offshore all year round. It's an eco-travel island, best done with organised outfits. Crime statistics swing on tiny numbers here, but they've been swinging the wrong way — go organised rather than freelance.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Dominica: 18.1
Ranked 15th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
18.13 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 — a high rate by any standard.
Higher than 91% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Dominica: 1.6
Ranked 42nd most peaceful country in the world.
The GPI leaves out most microstates — 1.64 is our estimate from its published methodology.
No army and quiet politics, but a homicide spike (18 per 100,000 is a handful of cases at this population size) and a high policing rate drive the number.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Dominica: 8.2
Ranked 34th freest country in the world.
The Human Freedom Index skips most small islands, Dominica included, so this 8.16 is our own estimate — built with the index's published method: the same 12 categories of personal and economic freedom, equally weighted.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 9.01; doing business and owning property, 6.98. Scored from the index's own underlying sources — V-Dem, Freedom House, UNODC, CPJ and World Bank data.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Dominica: 3.1
Ranked 78th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Ranks behind 60% of the 197 countries scored for LGBT+ equality — 31 out of 100.
The law runs ahead of public opinion here — legal protections score 47 out of 100, everyday attitudes 14.