🇱🇷 Republic of Liberia
Visiting: Take careLGBT visiting: High Risk
The risks in Liberia are real. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Its best measures are only mid-range: freedom is only partly protected, ranking 84th, and there is some exposure to conflict, at 105th. Where it lags is women's safety, which is poor, placed 149th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Liberia: 9.4
Ranked 36th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Nine killings per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average, where the risky tier begins, and close to the ten of the deadliest.
Is it safe to visit?
Take it seriously. The rate is high — Liberia last counted in 2012, and the WHO's estimate runs three times that old figure.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Liberia: 15.3
Ranked 70th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Fifteen deaths per 100,000 people a year is just above the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on foot. Two-thirds of the deaths are pedestrians.
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.
Liberia: 2.01
Ranked 76th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
No conflict death is recorded in Liberia in the year to July 2026. The last was in July 2024, inside the last five years.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. No conflict death in the year to July 2026. The last was in July 2024, and nothing armed reaches a visitor.
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.
Liberia: 6.40
Ranked 84th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Liberia the lowest is due process at 1. Total 15 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Two decades of peace and peaceful handovers of power. Speech and press are open, with some pressure on journalists. The courts are the weak point if anything goes wrong.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Liberia: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts are a misdemeanour carrying up to a year in prison. Any criminal law is red.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open. Periodic political flare-ups keep the subject dangerous to raise, and the community survives through careful invisibility.
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.
Liberia: 6.07
Ranked 32nd least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate fairly and no attacks on women are recorded. Only 29 percent of women feel safe walking alone at night, and partner violence in the past year is 27 percent.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care as a woman travelling alone in Liberia.