🇨🇭 Swiss Confederation (Schweiz)
Visiting: Safe
Switzerland is very safe. Two measures stand out: there is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and women's safety is among the very best, at 3rd. Even its weakest measure is a good one: LGBT rights are solid, placed 27th. Road deaths are exceptionally few, violent crime is close to non-existent and freedom is as good as it gets, with all three ranking between 9th and 16th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Switzerland: 0.6
Ranked 16th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Under one killing per 100,000 people a year is comfortably inside the line that marks the safest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
As safe as it gets. Strangers are rarely involved.
Why we updated the score?
The Federal Statistical Office has 2025 out, up on 2024. The UN takes its figure from that office, so we've used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Switzerland: 2.4
Ranked 9th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Under two and a half deaths per 100,000 people a year is well under the EU average of four and a half.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. One of the lowest rates in the world.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO's 2021 figure was Switzerland's own count. The roads office has published 2025, 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.
Switzerland: 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 Switzerland since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. As far from conflict as a country gets.
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.
Switzerland: 8.99
Ranked 16th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Switzerland the lowest is religion at 3. Total 23 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Direct democracy with political rights and civil liberties generally respected. Religion is rated one step from the top. Freedom House notes recent laws reflecting wariness of immigration and minorities. A visitor meets no restriction.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Switzerland: 7.0
Ranked 27th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage and joint adoption have been legal since 2022, approved by two-thirds in a referendum. The law index scores 76, public opinion 64.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. The referendum margin told the story. Acceptance had long outrun the cautious politics.
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.
Switzerland: 9.82
Ranked 3rd safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Eighty-four percent of women feel safe out alone at night, the courts rate near perfect, and violence at home is rare.
Is it safe to visit?
Switzerland ranks among the safest countries for a woman travelling alone.