🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea (Gine)
Visiting: Dangerous
The risks in Guinea are serious. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Beyond that, there is some exposure to conflict, ranking 88th, though freedom is tightly restricted, at 131st. Its weak spot is the roads, which are among the deadliest anywhere, placed 180th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Guinea: 8.5
Ranked 43rd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Eight and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average of about six, where the risky tier begins.
Is it safe to visit?
Take it seriously. The rate runs half as high again as the world average. Guinea publishes no count, so we used the WHO's estimate.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Guinea: 37.4
Ranked 1st in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Thirty-seven deaths per 100,000 people a year is well over double the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe. Two and a half times 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.
Guinea: 1.63
Ranked 88th least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
No conflict death is recorded in Guinea in the last five years. The last one the Uppsala conflict database has was in May 2019.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed is recorded anywhere in the country in five years.
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.
Guinea: 4.38
Ranked 50th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Guinea press is rated 0, meaning absent. Due process and movement are 1 and 2, so a visitor who keeps the rules is left alone. Total 9 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Under military rule since the 2021 coup, with major opposition figures barred from the 2025 elections. Independent press is rated absent. A visitor who avoids politics is left alone.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Guinea: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts carry up to three years in prison. Any criminal law is red.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open. Rarely prosecuted but socially impossible, with religious conservatism keeping everything invisible.
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.
Guinea: 5.99
Ranked 25th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Fifty-six percent of women feel safe out alone at night. The courts rate poorly, partner violence is one in five, and two in three women think wife-beating can be justified.
Is it safe to visit?
Guinea is high risk for a woman travelling alone.