🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргызстан)
Visiting: Risky
Kyrgyzstan has real risks to weigh. Nothing ranks highly here: women's safety is fair, ranking 72nd, and road deaths are moderate, at 96th. Its weakest measure is freedom, which is tightly restricted, placed 148th. There is some exposure to conflict, violent crime sits mid-range and LGBT rights are held back by police raids and arrests, all ranking between 96th and 118th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Kyrgyzstan: 4.7
Ranked 72nd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Nearly five killings per 100,000 people a year is just under the world average and above the three that ends the low tier.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Just below the world average, and only an estimate — Kyrgyzstan reports no count to the UN.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Kyrgyzstan: 13.3
Ranked 85th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Thirteen 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, though four in ten deaths are people on foot.
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.
Kyrgyzstan: 1.83
Ranked 85th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
No conflict death is recorded in Kyrgyzstan in the year to July 2026. The last was in September 2022, inside the last five years.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Nothing is recorded since the border clashes with Tajikistan in September 2022. Bishkek and the mountains are far from that border.
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.
Kyrgyzstan: 2.73
Ranked 33rd least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Kyrgyzstan due process is rated 0, meaning absent, so the courts offer no protection if anything goes wrong. Total 8 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Courts offer no protection. Since 2021 power has been concentrated in the presidency, and the judiciary and extralegal violence are used against opponents, media and civil society critics.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Kyrgyzstan: Crackdown
Ranked 63rd least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Homosexuality is legal, but a 2023 propaganda law bans positive mention of LGBT people, and in April 2026 police raided a home and beat five transgender women.
Is it safe to visit?
High Risk. The law silenced an embattled community, police enter homes, and attacks on activists go uninvestigated.
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.
Kyrgyzstan: 7.57
Ranked 72nd safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Seventy-one percent of women feel safe out alone at night. Partner violence in the past year is thirteen percent, the courts rate fairly, and a few attacks on women were recorded in 2024.
Is it safe to visit?
Kyrgyzstan is reasonable for a woman travelling alone.