🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردن)
Visiting: Take care
Jordan is safe to visit, with a few things to know first. Violent crime is rare, the 23rd-lowest homicide rate, and women's safety is fair, at 87th. Its weak spot, though, is conflict: there is significant exposure, placed 122nd. Road deaths are moderate, LGBT rights are limited and freedom is tightly restricted, with all three ranking between 98th and 121st.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Jordan: 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?
Safe for a visitor. Strangers are almost never involved.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Jordan: 13.6
Ranked 83rd in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Nearly fourteen deaths per 100,000 people a year is just below the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average. Three in ten of those who die are on foot, the rest in vehicles.
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.
Jordan: 2.37
Ranked 59th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Three people died in fighting inside Jordan in the year to July 2026, none of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Three people died in Jordan from the Iran war in the year to July 2026, and nothing else is recorded. It has no conflict of its own.
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.
Jordan: 5.31
Ranked 60th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Jordan 4 of the six freedoms are rated 1 and the rest higher. Total 8 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Calm, with the king dominant in politics. Media and civil society are hampered by restrictive laws, and the courts often fail to ensure due process. Avoid politics.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Jordan: 1.5
Ranked 70th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts have been legal since 1951, one of the region's oldest decriminalisations, with no protections since. Public opinion scores 6 out of 100, and that sets the rank.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care. Legal but heavily policed socially. Amman's small scene survived the crackdowns of the 2010s on events and venues.
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.
Jordan: 7.25
Ranked 87th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Sixty-eight percent of women feel safe out alone at night, no attacks on women are recorded, and the courts rate fairly. The loss is 63 percent of women thinking wife-beating can be justified.
Is it safe to visit?
Jordan is a reasonable choice for a woman travelling alone.