🇱🇧 Lebanese Republic (لبنان)
Visiting: Dangerous
There are real risks in Lebanon. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Conflict is the main concern: it ranks 172nd, in the bottom twenty. Nothing ranks highly here: road deaths are moderate, ranking 66th, and violent crime is not a major problem, at 82nd.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Lebanon: 2.6
Ranked 82nd in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Two and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is low but a step above the one where the safest countries sit.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine for a visitor. A rate well below the world average.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Lebanon: 9.7
Ranked 66th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Nearly ten deaths per 100,000 people a year is under the world average of fifteen but past half of it.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average — though walking is where four in ten deaths happen.
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.
Lebanon: 4.62
Ranked 9th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
4,537 people died in fighting inside Lebanon in the year to July 2026, none of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe in the south or Beirut's southern suburbs, which Israel has been striking since March 2026. A million people are displaced and a seventh of the country is under evacuation orders.
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.
Lebanon: 5.93
Ranked 83rd least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Lebanon the lowest are movement and due process at 1. Total 12 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Media pluralism and some civil liberties, but pervasive corruption, weak rule of law and the armed group Hezbollah's influence. Conflict with Israel has eroded physical security in the south and at times in Beirut.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Lebanon: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Article 534 of the penal code punishes unnatural acts, used against same-sex relations, with up to a year. Some judges refuse to apply it, but police still use it. Any criminal law is red.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open. Long the Arab world's most open scene, now squeezed hard by crisis and a political anti-LGBT campaign.
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.
Lebanon: 6.19
Ranked 40th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Fewer than half of women feel safe out alone at night and the courts rate poorly for women. Nearly half think wife-beating can be justified.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone should take care when visiting Lebanon.