180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Recommend Caution
Mongolia is what 'getting away from it all' actually looks like: the emptiest country on earth, where you ride across steppe for days, sleep in gers, and time your trip for the wrestling and horse racing of Naadam each July. It's a solid democracy and refreshingly free. Ulaanbaatar has most of the country's crime and all of its winter smog, so treat the capital as a doorway, not the destination.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Mongolia: 5.6
Ranked 65th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
5.64 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 — an elevated rate by world standards.
Higher than 63% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Mongolia: 1.7
Ranked 51st most peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 77% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 1.719.
Up 8 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Mongolia: 7.6
Ranked 58th freest country in the world.
Freer than 67% of the 165 countries measured — 7.61 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 8.17; doing business and owning property, 6.83.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Mongolia: 4.0
Ranked 89th most equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Better for LGBT+ equality than 52% of the 197 countries scored — 40 out of 100.
The law runs ahead of public opinion here — legal protections score 62 out of 100, everyday attitudes 17.