For those looking to travel the globe alone, alongside finding a country with stunning views, exciting adventures and friendly people, your safety is also vitally important. In 2026, a growing number of countries are becoming increasingly dangerous, whether that be down to internal conflicts like Sudan, wars with over countries like Russia and Ukraine, or as witnessed in the past week, in Venezuela, in which Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken to New York to face drug-trafficking charges.
Luckily, Ioana from The Solo Travel in Style Blog has done the hard work for those budding solo travellers and has compiled an index of 116 countries across the world based on how safe they are for solo travelers, using the most recent global data on crime (30% weight), women’s safety (20%), political stability (10%), natural disaster risk (15%), and travel infrastructure (25%).
“Unlike opinion-based travel lists, this index uses independent, third-party data sources and a transparent methodology to compare destinations on a like-for-like basis,” Ioana said. “The goal is to help solo travelers, digital nomads, and travel planners understand relative safety levels worldwide, not to label destinations as simply ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’.”
Compiling the data into an interactive world map, the countries have been grouped into five safety tiers, from ‘Very Safe’ (dark green) to ‘High Risk’ (maroon). According to data from sources such as the World Economic Forum and the Numbeo Crime Index, the highest-ranking countries are concentrated in Europe and Asia, where low crime rates, political stability, and strong tourism infrastructure overlap.