180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Not RecommendedLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Damascus may be the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, and with Palmyra and the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers, Syria would headline any peacetime itinerary. It isn't peacetime. After more than a decade of war the risks remain severe, and LGBT+ travellers would face danger on top. A country to hope for, not to book.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Syria: 2.4
Ranked 75th in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
An estimated 2.43 homicides per 100,000 people — a low rate by world standards. The 2021 estimate is the freshest figure that exists.
Lower than 59% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Syria: 3.2
Ranked 7th least peaceful country in the world.
Among the ten least peaceful countries ranked — 157th of 163, scoring 3.184.
Barely moved — down one place since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Syria: 3.3
Ranked 4th least free country in the world.
Less free than 99% of the 165 countries measured — 3.27 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 2.31; doing business and owning property, 4.62.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Syria: 1.8
Ranked 60th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Ranks behind 74% of the 197 countries scored for LGBT+ equality — 18 out of 100.
Public opinion runs ahead of the law — attitudes score 27 out of 100, legal protections 9.