🇭🇺 Hungary (Magyarország)
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For a visitor, Hungary is safe. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and violent crime is rare, the 23rd-lowest homicide rate. The one area that slips, though, is LGBT rights, which are limited by a censorship law, placed 112th. Women's safety is good, road deaths are low and freedom is only partly protected, all ranking between 39th and 63rd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Hungary: 0.8
Ranked 23rd in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under one killing per 100,000 people a year is inside the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
No real concern for a visitor. Most cases are within families.
Why we updated the score?
Hungary's statistical system has published 2025, slightly up on 2024. The UN takes its figure from that system a year later, so we've used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Hungary: 7.4
Ranked 53rd in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Seven deaths per 100,000 people a year is low but close to seven and a half, which is half the world average.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards.
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.
Hungary: 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 Hungary since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed anywhere near it.
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.
Hungary: 6.87
Ranked 63rd freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Hungary the lowest is press at 2. Total 18 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Laws since 2010 hamper opposition groups, journalists, universities and NGOs critical of the government, and Budapest police banned the 2025 Pride march. Press is the low rating. Daily life is open.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Hungary: Censorship
Ranked 69th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Homosexuality is legal, but a 2021 law limiting LGBT content for minors and a 2025 Pride-march ban are both still on the books. Marriage and adoption are constitutionally barred.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care. The Orban-era laws still stand, but the new government has stopped enforcing them, prosecutors dropped the 2025 Pride charges, and Budapest Pride drew record crowds.
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.
Hungary: 8.21
Ranked 39th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Sixty-five percent of women feel safe out alone at night and violence at home is low. The courts rate only fairly, and that is what holds it back.
Is it safe to visit?
Hungary is a safe country for a woman travelling alone.