🇪🇸 Kingdom of Spain (España)
Visiting: Safe
Visiting Spain is safe. Two measures stand out: LGBT rights are among the very strongest, ranking 4th, and women's safety is exceptionally good, at 7th. Its weakest measure is conflict: there is some exposure, placed 82nd, though that is still inside the top half. Road deaths are very few, violent crime is rare and freedom is well protected, with all three ranking between 17th and 47th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Spain: 0.8
Ranked 23rd 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?
Fine for a visitor. Far below the world average.
Why we updated the score?
The interior ministry has published its 2025 count. The UN takes its figure from the ministry a year later, so we used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Spain: 3.5
Ranked 17th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Three and a half deaths per 100,000 people a year is comfortably under the EU average of four and a half.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Well below the world average.
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.
Spain: 1.46
Ranked 82nd least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
No conflict death is recorded in Spain in the last five years. The last one the Uppsala conflict database has was in July 2009.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Nothing armed anywhere in the country.
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.
Spain: 8.10
Ranked 47th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Spain 4 of the six freedoms are rated 3 and the rest higher. Total 20 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Competitive elections, rule of law and civil liberties generally respected, with four freedoms one step from the top. Restrictive laws in recent years threaten otherwise robust expression and assembly.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Spain: 8.3
Ranked 4th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage and adoption have been legal since 2005, third in the world, and a 2023 self-ID law is among Europe's most liberal. The law index scores 100, public opinion 67.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. One of the world's most accepting societies by every survey, and Madrid Pride is among the planet's largest.
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.
Spain: 9.56
Ranked 7th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Three in four women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate near perfect, and violence at home is rare.
Is it safe to visit?
Spain is one of the safest places for a woman travelling alone.