180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Recommend Caution
The United States invented the national park, and the parks alone justify the airfare: Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon before the heat comes up. Then New Orleans, the Pacific Coast Highway, New York doing New York. It's free, easy and strong on LGBT+ rights. Homicide runs several times Europe's rate and it's sharply neighbourhood by neighbourhood — ask locals, as locals do.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
United States: 5.8
Ranked 64th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
5.76 homicides per 100,000 people in 2023 — an elevated rate by world standards.
Higher than 63% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
United States: 2.4
Ranked 36th least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 21% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 2.443.
Holding steady — unchanged since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
United States: 8.7
Ranked 13th freest country in the world.
Freer than 91% of the 165 countries measured — 8.71 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 9.15; doing business and owning property, 8.10.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
United States: 6.7
Ranked 33rd most equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Better for LGBT+ equality than 82% of the 197 countries scored — 67 out of 100.
The law runs ahead of public opinion here — legal protections score 78 out of 100, everyday attitudes 56.