🇲🇨 Principality of Monaco
Visiting: SafestLGBT visiting: SafeWomen visiting: Safe
Visiting Monaco could hardly be safer. Two measures stand out: it has the lowest homicide rate anywhere and road deaths are very few, both ranking 1st. Its weakest measure is still inside the top third: LGBT rights are solid, placed 51st. There is no conflict at all, freedom is as good as it gets and women's safety is good, with all three ranking between 1st and 29th.
Homicide — world number one
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Monaco: 0.0
Ranked 1st in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
There were no killings at all in the latest count, which is as low as it gets.
Is it safe to visit?
As safe as it gets — no killing recorded in years.
Why we updated the score?
Monaco has sent nothing to the UN since 2008, so we used our own figure of zero.
Road Fatalities — world number one
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Monaco: 0.0
Ranked 1st in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
There were no deaths at all in the latest count, which is as low as it gets.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. No road death recorded in years.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO publishes no figure for Monaco, so the score is our own rather than the WHO's — zero, matching that record.
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.
Monaco: 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 Monaco since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. As safe from conflict as anywhere on earth.
Freedom — world number one
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.
Monaco: 10.00
Ranked 1st freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Monaco every one of the six freedoms scores the full 4. Total 24 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A constitutional monarchy where the prince appoints the government. Civil liberties are generally respected. A visitor meets no restriction.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Monaco: 5.4
Ranked 51st most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Cohabitation contracts since 2020 offer limited recognition, with no marriage. Law and opinion both score in the fifties.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Discreet like everything in Monaco. No scene to speak of, no hostility to speak of either.
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.
Monaco: 8.38
Ranked 29th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The index does not poll Monaco, so each input is its estimate from comparable small states. That puts about two in three women feeling safe at night and the courts at a fair rating.
Is it safe to visit?
For a woman travelling alone, Monaco is safe.