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Revealed: The World’s Safest and Most Dangerous Countries For Travelers, 2025

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A recent study conducted by CEOWORLD magazine has identified some of the most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 from a security risk perspective. The list includes nations such as Ukraine, Libya, Sudan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, all posing significant security concerns.

In contrast, the countries deemed the safest in the world from a security standpoint include Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Morocco, and Vietnam, among others.

This travel advice considers various security threats and challenges yearly, including war, terrorism, organized crime, and armed conflict. The goal is to help travelers and businesses stay informed about potential challenges in different regions worldwide. When traveling overseas, individuals need to prioritize their safety and well-being. The results give useful information that can help groups and government agencies manage risks related to conflicts and war. This will make sure that people can make safe and informed choices when planning their travels.

Don’t Travel List: This list is intended for those who want to explore the world but should avoid certain countries. It includes two countries in Europe, four in Africa, and eight in Asia. Anyone considering traveling to a country on the “Don’t Travel List” should reconsider their plans.

Travelers are advised to avoid the following countries: Somalia, South Sudan, Ukraine, Libya, Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Belarus, North Korea, and Syria.

World's Safest and Most Dangerous Countries For Travelers, 2025

CountryRegionSub regionTravel Risk
SomaliaAfricaEast AfricaEXTREME
South SudanAfricaEast AfricaEXTREME
UkraineEuropeEast EuropeEXTREME
LibyaAfricaNorth AfricaEXTREME
SudanAfricaNorth AfricaEXTREME
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)AsiaSouth AsiaEXTREME
AfghanistanAsiaSouth AsiaEXTREME
Myanmar [Burma]AsiaSouth-East AsiaEXTREME
IraqAsiaWest AsiaEXTREME
LebanonAsiaWest AsiaEXTREME
PalestineAsiaWest AsiaEXTREME
YemenAsiaWest AsiaEXTREME
SyriaAsiaWest AsiaEXTREME
BelarusEuropeEast EuropeEXTREME
North KoreaAsiaEast AsiaEXTREME
HaitiAmericasCaribbeanHIGH
HondurasAmericasCentral AmericaHIGH
EthiopiaAfricaEast AfricaHIGH
Democratic Republic of the Congo [DR Congo]AfricaMiddle AfricaHIGH
Central African RepublicAfricaMiddle AfricaHIGH
Papua New GuineaOceaniaOceaniaHIGH
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)AmericasSouth AmericaHIGH
Iran (Islamic Republic of)AsiaSouth AsiaHIGH
BangladeshAsiaSouth AsiaHIGH
Burkina FasoAfricaWest AfricaHIGH
MaliAfricaWest AfricaHIGH
NigeriaAfricaWest AfricaHIGH
ArmeniaAsiaWest AsiaHIGH
AzerbaijanAsiaWest AsiaHIGH
Trinidad and TobagoAmericasCaribbeanMEDIUM
Dominican RepublicAmericasCaribbeanMEDIUM
JamaicaAmericasCaribbeanMEDIUM
MexicoAmericasCentral AmericaMEDIUM
BelizeAmericasCentral AmericaMEDIUM
GuatemalaAmericasCentral AmericaMEDIUM
El SalvadorAmericasCentral AmericaMEDIUM
NicaraguaAmericasCentral AmericaMEDIUM
KazakhstanAsiaCentral AsiaMEDIUM
TurkmenistanAsiaCentral AsiaMEDIUM
KyrgyzstanAsiaCentral AsiaMEDIUM
TajikistanAsiaCentral AsiaMEDIUM
DjiboutiAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
KenyaAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
ZimbabweAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
TanzaniaAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
UgandaAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
MozambiqueAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
EritreaAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
MadagascarAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
BurundiAfricaEast AfricaMEDIUM
MongoliaAsiaEast AsiaMEDIUM
RussiaEuropeEast EuropeMEDIUM
AngolaAfricaMiddle AfricaMEDIUM
Republic of the Congo [Congo-Brazzaville]AfricaMiddle AfricaMEDIUM
CameroonAfricaMiddle AfricaMEDIUM
ChadAfricaMiddle AfricaMEDIUM
AlgeriaAfricaNorth AfricaMEDIUM
TunisiaAfricaNorth AfricaMEDIUM
EgyptAfricaNorth AfricaMEDIUM
Solomon IslandsOceaniaOceaniaMEDIUM
South AfricaAfricaSouth AfricaMEDIUM
Eswatini [Swaziland]AfricaSouth AfricaMEDIUM
LesothoAfricaSouth AfricaMEDIUM
GuyanaAmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
BrazilAmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
PeruAmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
ColombiaAmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
EcuadorAmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)AmericasSouth AmericaMEDIUM
MaldivesAsiaSouth AsiaMEDIUM
Sri LankaAsiaSouth AsiaMEDIUM
NepalAsiaSouth AsiaMEDIUM
IndonesiaAsiaSouth-East AsiaMEDIUM
PhilippinesAsiaSouth-East AsiaMEDIUM
CambodiaAsiaSouth-East AsiaMEDIUM
East Timor [Timor Leste]AsiaSouth-East AsiaMEDIUM
Ivory Coast [Côte d'Ivoire]AfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
MauritaniaAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
GuineaAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
Guinea-BissauAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
TogoAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
Sierra LeoneAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
LiberiaAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
NigerAfricaWest AfricaMEDIUM
IsraelAsiaWest AsiaMEDIUM
Saudi ArabiaAsiaWest AsiaMEDIUM
Turkey (Türkiye)AsiaWest AsiaMEDIUM
MalaysiaAsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
ThailandAsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
VietnamAsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
Laos (Lao PDR)AsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
Cape Verde [Cabo Verde]AfricaWest AfricaLOW
GhanaAfricaWest AfricaLOW
SenegalAfricaWest AfricaLOW
BeninAfricaWest AfricaLOW
GambiaAfricaWest AfricaLOW
QatarAsiaWest AsiaLOW
United Arab EmiratesAsiaWest AsiaLOW
KuwaitAsiaWest AsiaLOW
BahrainAsiaWest AsiaLOW
OmanAsiaWest AsiaLOW
GeorgiaAsiaWest AsiaLOW
JordanAsiaWest AsiaLOW
PortugalEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
GreeceEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
CroatiaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
MontenegroEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
SerbiaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
AlbaniaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
North MacedoniaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
SingaporeAsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
Brunei DarussalamAsiaSouth-East AsiaLOW
VanuatuOceaniaOceaniaLOW
BotswanaAfricaSouth AfricaLOW
NamibiaAfricaSouth AfricaLOW
UruguayAmericasSouth AmericaLOW
ChileAmericasSouth AmericaLOW
ArgentinaAmericasSouth AmericaLOW
SurinameAmericasSouth AmericaLOW
ParaguayAmericasSouth AmericaLOW
BhutanAsiaSouth AsiaLOW
IndiaAsiaSouth AsiaLOW
San MarinoEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
AndorraEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
MaltaEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
ItalyEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
SpainEuropeSouth EuropeLOW
United KingdomEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
EstoniaEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
LithuaniaEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
LatviaEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
AustraliaOceaniaOceaniaLOW
New ZealandOceaniaOceaniaLOW
PalauOceaniaOceaniaLOW
NauruOceaniaOceaniaLOW
TuvaluOceaniaOceaniaLOW
Micronesia (Federated States of)OceaniaOceaniaLOW
SamoaOceaniaOceaniaLOW
TongaOceaniaOceaniaLOW
ComorosAfricaEast AfricaLOW
ZambiaAfricaEast AfricaLOW
RwandaAfricaEast AfricaLOW
MalawiAfricaEast AfricaLOW
Macao (China)AsiaEast AsiaLOW
Hong Kong (China)AsiaEast AsiaLOW
South KoreaAsiaEast AsiaLOW
TaiwanAsiaEast AsiaLOW
JapanAsiaEast AsiaLOW
ChinaAsiaEast AsiaLOW
Czech Republic (Czechia)EuropeEast EuropeLOW
SlovakiaEuropeEast EuropeLOW
HungaryEuropeEast EuropeLOW
PolandEuropeEast EuropeLOW
RomaniaEuropeEast EuropeLOW
BulgariaEuropeEast EuropeLOW
MoldovaEuropeEast EuropeLOW
FijiOceaniaMelanesiaLOW
Marshall IslandsOceaniaMicronesiaLOW
KiribatiOceaniaMicronesiaLOW
GabonAfricaMiddle AfricaLOW
Equatorial GuineaAfricaMiddle AfricaLOW
São Tomé and PríncipeAfricaMiddle AfricaLOW
MoroccoAfricaNorth AfricaLOW
United StatesAmericasNorth AmericaLOW
CanadaAmericasNorth AmericaLOW
IrelandEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
IcelandEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
SwedenEuropeNorth EuropeLOW
BahamasAmericasCaribbeanLOW
BarbadosAmericasCaribbeanLOW
Saint Kitts and NevisAmericasCaribbeanLOW
Antigua and BarbudaAmericasCaribbeanLOW
Saint LuciaAmericasCaribbeanLOW
GrenadaAmericasCaribbeanLOW
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericasCaribbeanLOW
CubaAmericasCaribbeanLOW
DominicaAmericasCaribbeanLOW
PanamaAmericasCentral AmericaLOW
Costa RicaAmericasCentral AmericaLOW
UzbekistanAsiaCentral AsiaLOW
SeychellesAfricaEast AfricaLOW
MauritiusAfricaEast AfricaLOW
CyprusEuropeWest AsiaLOW
MonacoEuropeWest EuropeLOW
LiechtensteinEuropeWest EuropeLOW
NetherlandsEuropeWest EuropeLOW
AustriaEuropeWest EuropeLOW
BelgiumEuropeWest EuropeLOW
GermanyEuropeWest EuropeLOW
FranceEuropeWest EuropeLOW
NorwayEuropeNorth EuropeINSIGNIFICANT
DenmarkEuropeNorth EuropeINSIGNIFICANT
FinlandEuropeNorth EuropeINSIGNIFICANT
SloveniaEuropeSouth EuropeINSIGNIFICANT
LuxembourgEuropeWest EuropeINSIGNIFICANT
SwitzerlandEuropeWest EuropeINSIGNIFICANT

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Before joining CEOWORLD magazine, she held senior editorial roles at finance publications in Mexico City and worked as a corporate communications advisor for multinational firms. Her writing explores macroeconomic shifts, emerging markets, corporate governance, and the PR strategies that shape public perception of top-tier companies and their leaders.

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