🇹🇹 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Visiting: Dangerous
The risks in Trinidad and Tobago are real. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Violent crime is the defining risk: homicide ranks 176th, one of the highest rates in the world, and worse again, women's safety is extremely poor, placed 179th. That said, road deaths are low, ranking 49th, and freedom is well protected, at 54th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Trinidad and Tobago: 24.5
Ranked 5th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Twenty-four killings per 100,000 people a year is nearly two and a half times the ten that marks the deadliest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
A real risk for a visitor even after the fall. The rate is very high, and nearly half of killings are gang-related.
Why we updated the score?
The police have published their 2025 count, down 41%. The UN takes its figure from the police a year later, so we used the new count.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Trinidad and Tobago: 7.3
Ranked 49th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Seven deaths per 100,000 people a year is low but close to seven and a half, which is half the world average.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe by world standards.
Why we updated the score?
The WHO's 2021 figure was the police's own count. The police have published 2025, up on 2021, so we've used the newer count.
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.
Trinidad and Tobago: 2.19
Ranked 68th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
One person died in fighting inside Trinidad and Tobago in January 2026, a civilian killed on purpose, and none since.
Is it safe to visit?
One person died in the year to July 2026, a civilian killed by the security forces. Nothing else is recorded on the islands.
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.
Trinidad and Tobago: 7.49
Ranked 54th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Trinidad and Tobago the lowest is due process at 2. Total 22 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A parliamentary democracy with vibrant media and civil society. Due process is the low rating. Organised crime and violence are the danger, which is the Homicide column's job.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Trinidad and Tobago: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
A 2018 ruling decriminalised same-sex acts, but the Court of Appeal reversed it in March 2025 and the case now heads to the Privy Council in London, its final court. Red by law again.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open, in law at least. Five years of open organising are now back under threat, a legal whiplash unique in the region.
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.
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.75
Ranked 2nd least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate fairly and violence at home is low. Attacks on women were recorded in 2024 at twice the index's worst-case rate, the highest anywhere, and that alone puts it here.
Is it safe to visit?
For a woman travelling alone, Trinidad and Tobago is dangerous.