🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania (Lietuva)
Visiting: SafeLGBT visiting: Take care
You can visit Lithuania safely. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and women's safety is good, placed 23rd. Where it lags, though, is LGBT rights, which are limited by a censorship law, placed 112th. Freedom is well protected, ranking 28th, road deaths are low, at 37th, and violent crime is moderate, placed 85th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Lithuania: 2.7
Ranked 85th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under three 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?
Low risk for a visitor. Violence involving strangers is uncommon.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Lithuania: 6.3
Ranked 37th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Six deaths per 100,000 people a year is above the EU average of four and a half but well under half the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards.
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.
Lithuania: 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 Lithuania since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed reaches a visitor, and German troops are permanently based there.
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.
Lithuania: 8.69
Ranked 28th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Lithuania the lowest are press and due process at 3. Total 22 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Political rights and civil liberties generally respected. Press and due process are one step from the top. A visitor meets no restriction.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Lithuania: Censorship
Ranked 69th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Homosexuality is legal, but a protection-of-minors law still restricts LGBT information and there is no partnership law. Reform bills keep failing.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care. A minors law limits public LGBT expression and there is no partnership law, so openly LGBT visitors are wise to be discreet.
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.
Lithuania: 8.54
Ranked 23rd safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate high and violence at home is rare. Sixty-five percent of women feel safe out alone at night, just short of the two in three that the top score needs.
Is it safe to visit?
Lithuania is a safe country for a woman travelling alone.