🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
Visiting: Safe
Liechtenstein is a safe place to travel. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and road deaths are very few, at 10th. The one area that slips is violent crime, which is moderate, placed 78th, though that is still inside the top half. Freedom is as good as it gets, LGBT rights are solid and women's safety is good, all ranking between 16th and 29th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Liechtenstein: 2.5
Ranked 78th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Two and a half killings per 100,000 people a year sounds worse than it is, but with 40,000 people that is one killing, so the rate says almost nothing.
Is it safe to visit?
As safe as it gets. Most years there is nothing at all.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Liechtenstein: 2.5
Ranked 10th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Two and a half deaths per 100,000 people a year is well under the EU average of four and a half, on one death a year at most.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Most years there is nothing at all.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO publishes no figure for Liechtenstein, so this is our own long-run average from Eurostat's counts, because single years swing between no deaths and a handful.
Conflict — world number one
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.
Liechtenstein: 1.00
Ranked 1st least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing on record. The Uppsala conflict database has never recorded a conflict death in Liechtenstein since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. Its security arrangement is, essentially, Switzerland.
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.
Liechtenstein: 8.99
Ranked 16th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Liechtenstein the lowest is press at 3. Total 23 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A powerful monarchy within a parliamentary system, with civil liberties generally respected. Press is one step from the top: the only radio station closed in 2025 and a major newspaper in 2023.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Liechtenstein: 6.9
Ranked 29th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex marriage has been in force since January 2025, after a near-unanimous parliamentary vote. Law and opinion both score around 70.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. A conservative microstate that got there quietly, a few years behind its Swiss neighbour.
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.
Liechtenstein: 8.38
Ranked 29th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The index does not poll Liechtenstein, so every figure is its estimate for small wealthy European states. The estimates put the courts and the street both at fair, nothing at the top.
Is it safe to visit?
Liechtenstein is safe for a woman travelling alone.