🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
Visiting: Dangerous
Approach Honduras with caution. Violent crime is the defining risk: homicide ranks 172nd, one of the highest rates in the world. That said, conflict is absent altogether, ranking 1st, and LGBT rights are limited, at 74th. Freedom is only partly protected, ranking 98th, the roads are hazardous, at 132nd, and women's safety is poor, placed 151st.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Honduras: 21.9
Ranked 9th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Twenty-two killings per 100,000 people a year is more than twice the ten that marks the deadliest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
A real risk for a visitor. The rate is very high, and a fifth of killings are gang-related.
Why we updated the score?
The security ministry has published its 2025 count, 2,332 murders. 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.
Honduras: 18.5
Ranked 49th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Eighteen and a half deaths per 100,000 people a year is above the world average of fifteen, though well short of double it.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe. The rate is high, and a third of the deaths are 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.
Honduras: 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 Honduras since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe as far as conflict goes. Nothing in five years where the state was fighting, and the gang killings are counted under Homicide.
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.
Honduras: 5.93
Ranked 83rd least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Honduras the lowest are press and due process at 1. Total 12 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Regular competitive elections, but institutional weakness, corruption, violence and impunity. Journalists and activists are often victims of violence. Press and due process are the low ratings.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Honduras: 4.6
Ranked 74th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Legal, but the constitution double-locks bans on marriage and adoption. The law index sits at 58 and public opinion at 33.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable, with discretion. Among the world's highest rates of violence against trans women, with impunity near-total.
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.
Honduras: 6.05
Ranked 30th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Violence at home is low. Attacks on women were recorded throughout 2024, the courts rate poorly, and only 54 percent of women feel safe out alone at night.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone should take care when visiting Honduras.