🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway (Norge)
Visiting: Safest
Norway is about as safe as travel gets. Two measures stand out: there is no conflict at all and freedom is as good as it gets, both ranking 1st. Even its weakest measure is near the top: violent crime is close to non-existent, the 9th-lowest homicide rate. LGBT rights are among the very strongest, women's safety is exceptionally good and road deaths are very few, with all three ranking between 2nd and 5th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Norway: 0.4
Ranked 9th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Less than half a killing per 100,000 people a year is well under the one that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
One of the safest countries on earth to visit.
Why we updated the score?
Kripos, the police unit whose count the UN uses, has 2025 out, the fewest in decades. We used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Norway: 2.0
Ranked 5th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Two deaths per 100,000 people a year is under half the EU average of four and a half.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. One of the lowest rates in the world, even after a bad year.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO's 2021 figure was Norway's own count. The roads administration has published 2025, up on the year before, so we've used the newer count.
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.
Norway: 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 Norway since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing reaches a visitor, even in the far north on the Russian border.
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.
Norway: 10.00
Ranked 1st freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Norway every one of the six freedoms scores the full 4. Total 24 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
All six freedoms fully respected, with independent media and civil society holding the government to account. Nothing here touches a visitor.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Norway: 8.9
Ranked 2nd most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage has been legal since 2009, self-ID since 2016, and a conversion-therapy ban since 2024. The law index scores 90, public opinion 87, among the best matched anywhere.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Near-universal acceptance. The 2022 Oslo Pride shooting was a shock precisely because hostility is so rare.
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.
Norway: 9.74
Ranked 4th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Eighty-six percent of women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate high, and violence at home is rare.
Is it safe to visit?
Norway ranks among the safest countries for a woman travelling alone.