🇩🇪 Federal Republic of Germany (Deutschland)
Visiting: Take care
Visiting Germany is safe. LGBT rights are among the very strongest and women's safety is exceptionally good, both ranking 6th. Its weakest measure, though, is conflict: there is significant exposure, placed 124th. Road deaths are very few, freedom is well protected and violent crime is rare, all ranking between 15th and 33rd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Germany: 0.9
Ranked 33rd in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Just under one killing per 100,000 people a year is only just inside the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine for a visitor. Strangers are rarely involved.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Germany: 3.3
Ranked 15th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Just over three deaths per 100,000 people a year is comfortably under the EU average of four and a half.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Well below the world average.
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.
Germany: 2.40
Ranked 57th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Two people died in fighting inside Germany in the year to July 2026, one of them a civilian killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Two people died in Berlin in the year to July 2026. One was killed in the Pride festival attack, claimed by an unnamed group, and the attacker was shot dead by police the next day.
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.
Germany: 8.69
Ranked 28th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Germany the lowest are speech and religion at 3. Total 22 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Political rights and civil liberties largely upheld, with speech and religion one step from the top. Freedom House notes the growing reach of right-wing populist movements. A visitor meets no restriction.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Germany: 8.0
Ranked 6th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage since 2017, and a 2024 self-determination law made gender recognition a simple declaration. The law index scores 99, public opinion 60.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Berlin is a centre of LGBT life and acceptance is broad, with a far-right party polling second while campaigning against all of it.
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.
Germany: 9.65
Ranked 6th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Seventy-eight percent of women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate near perfect, and violence at home is rare.
Is it safe to visit?
Few countries are safer for a woman travelling alone than Germany.