🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
Visiting: Take care
On the whole Moldova is safe, with a couple of points to weigh. Road deaths are low, ranking 59th, and violent crime is moderate, at 66th. Where it lags, though, is conflict: there is some exposure, placed 120th. Women's safety is fair, freedom is only partly protected and LGBT rights are limited, all ranking between 66th and 90th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Moldova: 2.0
Ranked 66th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Two killings per 100,000 people a year is low but twice the one-per-100,000 mark where the safest countries sit.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine for a visitor. Well below the world average, and strangers are rarely involved.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Moldova: 9.1
Ranked 59th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Nine 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, with a third of the deaths people on foot.
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.
Moldova: 2.32
Ranked 61st most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
One person died in fighting inside Moldova in the year to July 2026, a civilian killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
One person died in the year to July 2026, a civilian killed by the security forces in Cahul, in the south. Nothing else is recorded, and Transnistria is quiet.
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.
Moldova: 6.56
Ranked 74th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Moldova the lowest is due process at 1. Total 16 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Competitive elections, and assembly, speech and religion mostly protected. Due process is the low rating. Freedom House notes pervasive corruption and critical deficiencies in the justice sector.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Moldova: 3.7
Ranked 90th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts are legal with anti-discrimination protections but no partnership recognition. The law index sits at 66 but public opinion at 8, one of the widest gaps anywhere, and that sets the rank.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care. Chisinau Pride marched unimpeded for the first time only recently, and the church remains firmly opposed.
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.
Moldova: 7.71
Ranked 66th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
No attacks on women are recorded and the courts rate fairly. Fifty-eight percent of women feel safe out alone at night, and partner violence in the past year is nine percent.
Is it safe to visit?
For a woman travelling alone, Moldova is a reasonable choice.