The world’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 have been revealed in the latest analysis from Safeture and Riskline. Their Risk Map 2025 shows that the security situation has worsened in nearly 80 destinations and that regions previously considered stable are facing increasing risks from climate events and political problems.
Known problem nations and “drastic” deteriorations
Some of the nations on the risk list are not a surprise. Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Yemen and Ukraine “have already been considered high-risk zones for several years”, the report says.
Among the 77 countries that have become less safe since 2024, the situation is “particularly drastic”, the analyists say in the Middle East, where Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon are now classed as “extremely dangerous”, alongside Iran, due to the ongoing war between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah.
Burkina Faso, Libya, and Myanmar now rank among the most dangerous countries and New Caledonia has also seen a dramatic decline in security, following uprisings and unrest that caused a state of emergency to be put in place in May 2024. Though that has been lifted, limits are still ongoing on buying, transporting, and using weapons and alcohol. Public gatherings have also been restricted. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) has advised against all but essential travel there.
Increased risks in previously “safe” destinations
The Maldives too, a traditionally popular holiday choice, has seen a decline in security, and is now categorised as “medium risk” as a result of “political instability in the country, combined with an increase in social tensions and religious extremism” as well as climate change hazards such as flooding and coastal erosion, the report notes.
Europe, another place “historically regarded as a region of stability” in the words of the press release, has become less secure too. France, Spain, Sweden, and the UK have “shifted into the ‘moderate risk’ category”, the analysis says. Visitors to Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland also face “elevated risks” due to factors such as “rising political unrest, public demonstrations, and environmental challenges such as storms and flooding.”
Room for hope
But Europe still hosts some of the safest destinations tourists can choose, with the de facto Swiss capital Bern considered the safest city in the world, accompanied at the top of the ranking by Doha, Melbourne, Montreal, Muscat, Ottawa, and the South Korean capital Seoul.
And there is good news in Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Morocco, and Cuba, which have all improved in terms of security and now reached the second lowest risk level, “Moderate”.
