180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
There's a reason every safari film looks like Kenya. Wildebeest pour across the Mara river every year, Amboseli's elephants pose in front of Kilimanjaro, and the old Swahili town of Lamu is the coast at its dreamiest. Nairobi needs city sense and the terrorism risk is real if mostly avoidable, so stick to well-run camps and current advice. Homosexuality is illegal here — LGBT+ travellers should think twice.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Kenya: 4.7
Ranked 73rd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
4.65 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 — a moderate rate by world standards.
Higher than 58% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Kenya: 2.4
Ranked 37th least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 22% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 2.392.
Barely moved — down one place since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Kenya: 6.5
Ranked 78th least free country in the world.
Less free than 58% of the 165 countries measured — 6.59 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 6.53; doing business and owning property, 6.68.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Kenya: Illegal
Ranked 55th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Homosexuality is criminalised here, with a maximum penalty of fourteen years imprisonment.
Public attitudes score 19 out of 100 — the law and public opinion are not the same thing.