180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Recommend Caution
The Ténéré is the desert you picture when someone says 'desert' — a sand sea the size of a country, with the mudbrick old town of Agadez on its edge. Almost nobody can visit right now: insecurity has most of Niger under blanket do-not-travel advisories, and only hardened desert expeditions still run, if at all. Keep it filed under dreams for now.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Niger: 9.4
Ranked 34th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
An estimated 9.38 homicides per 100,000 people as of 2021 — an elevated rate by world standards. The last nationally reported figure was 4.42, back in 2012.
Higher than 79% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Niger: 2.8
Ranked 21st least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 12% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 2.759.
Down 4 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Niger: 6.4
Ranked 73rd least free country in the world.
Less free than 62% of the 165 countries measured — 6.47 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 6.90; doing business and owning property, 5.87.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Niger: 0.9
Ranked 58th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Ranks behind 91% of the 197 countries scored for LGBT+ equality — 9 out of 100.
Law and public attitudes sit close together, at 6 and 12 out of 100.