180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Tunisia stacks up civilisations like pancakes — Carthage under your feet, the blue-and-white lanes of Sidi Bou Said, and the Star Wars film sets out in the desert, in a country with a real town called Tataouine. It's cheap, close to Europe and calmer than people assume, with beach resorts that undercut anywhere on the northern Mediterranean. Homosexuality is illegal, though, and prosecutions happen: LGBT+ travellers should pass.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Tunisia: 4.7
Ranked 73rd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
4.69 homicides per 100,000 people in 2020 — a moderate rate by world standards.
Higher than 59% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Tunisia: 2.0
Ranked 83rd least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 50% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 1.998.
Down 3 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Tunisia: 5.6
Ranked 52nd least free country in the world.
Less free than 74% of the 165 countries measured — 5.69 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 5.56; doing business and owning property, 5.88.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Tunisia: Illegal
Ranked 55th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Homosexuality is criminalised here, with a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment.
Public attitudes score 15 out of 100 — the law and public opinion are not the same thing.