🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay (Paraguái)
Visiting: Take care
There are real risks in Paraguay. Nothing ranks highly here: there is some exposure to conflict, ranking 61st, and freedom is only partly protected, at 74th. Its weak spot is the roads, which are hazardous, placed 148th. Women's safety is fair, LGBT rights are limited and violent crime is moderate, all ranking between 87th and 119th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Paraguay: 5.6
Ranked 62nd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Five and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is a touch under the world average of 5.8, which is where the risky tier begins.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. The rate sits just below the world average, and organised crime is a small part of it.
Why we updated the score?
The interior ministry has published its 2025 count, 391, down from 477. The UN takes its figure from the ministry a year later, so we've gone straight to it.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Paraguay: 21.0
Ranked 33rd in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Twenty-one deaths per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average of fifteen but short of double it.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on a motorbike, which is six in ten of the deaths. In a car the risk is moderate.
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.
Paraguay: 1.02
Ranked 61st least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing in twenty-five years. The last conflict death the Uppsala conflict database records in Paraguay was in February 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. The guerrilla remnant is in the remote northeast, with occasional kidnappings, nowhere near Asunción or the routes visitors take.
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.
Paraguay: 6.56
Ranked 74th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Paraguay the lowest is due process at 1. Total 16 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Credible elections, but corruption and organised crime are widespread and journalists face legal pressure and sometimes violence. Due process is poorly upheld and is the low rating.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Paraguay: 3.5
Ranked 87th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Legal since 1880, but the constitution bars same-sex marriage and no protections exist. The law index sits at 38 and public opinion at 31.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable, with discretion. A conservative climate, where the unspoken rule is to be discreet.
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.
Paraguay: 7.25
Ranked 87th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Violence at home is low and no attacks on women are recorded. Fewer than half of women feel safe out alone at night, and the courts rate below fair for women.
Is it safe to visit?
Paraguay is reasonable for a woman travelling alone.