180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Recommend Caution
Nine out of ten animals in Madagascar live nowhere else on earth. Lemurs, the Avenue of the Baobabs, forests of razor-sharp stone towers — it's the closest travel gets to visiting another planet. The roads are shocking and everything takes twice as long as the map suggests, so give it three weeks, not one. Keep city sense in Antananarivo and you'll be fine most places.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Madagascar: 6.1
Ranked 60th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
An estimated 6.11 homicides per 100,000 people — an elevated rate by world standards. The 2021 estimate is the freshest figure that exists.
Higher than 67% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Madagascar: 1.9
Ranked 76th most peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 64% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 1.895.
Down 6 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Madagascar: 6.8
Ranked 89th freest country in the world.
Less free than 53% of the 165 countries measured — 6.80 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 7.36; doing business and owning property, 6.02.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Madagascar: 2.9
Ranked 73rd least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Ranks behind 61% of the 197 countries scored for LGBT+ equality — 29 out of 100.
The law runs ahead of public opinion here — legal protections score 36 out of 100, everyday attitudes 22.