🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia (Slovenija)
Visiting: Safe
Slovenia is as safe a country as you will find. There is no conflict at all and freedom is as good as it gets, both ranking 1st. Even its weakest measure is a good one: LGBT rights are solid, placed 39th. Women's safety is among the very best, violent crime is close to non-existent and road deaths are low, all ranking between 10th and 35th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Slovenia: 0.7
Ranked 18th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under one killing per 100,000 people a year is inside the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe as Europe gets.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Slovenia: 5.8
Ranked 35th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Under six deaths per 100,000 people a year is above the EU average of four and a half but well under half the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards.
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.
Slovenia: 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 Slovenia since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed has touched it in over thirty years.
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.
Slovenia: 10.00
Ranked 1st freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Slovenia every one of the six freedoms scores the full 4. Total 24 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
All six freedoms fully respected in a parliamentary republic. Corruption remains an issue, which does not touch a visitor.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Slovenia: 6.4
Ranked 39th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
The constitutional court ordered marriage and adoption opened in 2022, the first ex-Yugoslav state with full equality. The law index scores 80, public opinion 48.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Ljubljana is relaxed and Pride long-established. The court finished what society had mostly accepted.
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.
Slovenia: 9.30
Ranked 10th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Seventy-nine percent of women feel safe out alone at night and the courts rate high. Attitudes to violence at home are the one figure below the best.
Is it safe to visit?
Slovenia is among the safest countries in the world for a woman travelling alone.