Most dangerous Countries in the World 2023

The world has share of everything with different experience, Some are peaceful, experience low crime and violence while other parts of it are with crime, terrorism, instability and violence. There might be number of reasons why some regions of the world are safe and others are more dangerous.By 2023, For the most of the most dangerous countries, High crime rate is a law and order, Economic Instability and political infrastructure problem, this may sometimes leads to civil unrest. Latin America, Africa and the Middle East are relatively the more volatile regions with various social and political problems. The GPI is Global Peace Index is the world's leading measure of global peacefulness, which currently ranks 163 independent states and territories and ranked according to their level of peacefulness. These ranks are created using 23 quantitative and qualitative indicators from the gained sources, and measures the state of peace across some of the domains like the level of societal Safety and Security, the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict and the degree of Militarisation marks red for the most dangerous countries in the world.

As per 2023 report, Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, DR Congo, Iraq, Somalia, CAR, Sudan and now Ukraine and Pakistan. All of these countries have been among the ten least peaceful countries for the last three years. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine led to a large rise in the number of conflict deaths, as there is change in indicators such as refugees and IDPs, political instability and political terror. The Most dangerous countries in the world in 2023 are:

RANK	REGION	GPI SCORE
1	Afghanistan	3.554
2	Yemen	3.394
3	Syria	3.356
4	South Sudan	3.184
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.166
6	Iraq	3.157
7	Somalia	3.125
8	Central African Republic	3.021
9	Sudan	3.007
10	Ukraine	2.971
11	North Korea	2.942
12	Libya	2.93
13	Mali	2.911
14	Ethiopia	2.806
15	Venezuela	2.798
16	Pakistan	2.789
17	Burkina Faso	2.786
18	Turkey	2.785
19	Colombia	2.729
20	Nigeria	2.725
21	Cameroon	2.709
22	Iran	2.687
23	Niger	2.655
26	Mexico	2.612
25	Lebanon	2.615
26	Mexico	2.612
27	Chad	2.591

Countries with High Homicide rates

The most dangerous countries worldwide by 2023 are Virgin Islands with the top of the list saw a murder rate of 46 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Lesotho with 44,Honduras with 42, Venezuela with 40.9, Jamaica with 40.7, South Africa with 39, Trinidad and Tobago with 28.5, Mexico with 26.6, Nigeria with 24.75, Saint Kitts and Nevis with 24.27, El Salvador with 18 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with 11.71 per 100 inhabitants making it the most dangerous countries for high homicides by 2023.

Rank	Location	Region	Subregion	Rate	Total Murders	Year
1	U.S. Virgin Islands	Americas	Caribbean	46	46	2020
2	Lesotho	Africa	Southern Africa	44	920	2018
3	Honduras	Americas	Central America	42	4200	2021
4	Venezuela	Americas	South America	40.9	11,081	2021
5	Jamaica	Americas	Caribbean	40.47	1202	2021
6	South Africa	Africa	Southern Africa	39	23363	2021
7	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	Caribbean	28.5	399	2020
8	Mexico	Americas	Central America	26.6	34,000	2021
9	Nigeria	Africa	Western Africa	24.75	54,453	2021
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	Caribbean	24.27	13	2021
11	El Salvador	Americas	Central America	18	1147	2021
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	Caribbean	11.71	13	2021

Venezuela still has the highest murder rate in Latin America, with 40.9 murders per 100,000 people, Although homicides have decreased, violence remains one of the main risks for Venezuelans, clashes between national forces and Colombian criminal groups increase mainly in border regions.

Honduras is considered the deadliest place in Central America. The country holds the third position in homicide rates, with 42 per 100,000 people, with massacres occurring roughly every week and fueled by gang disputes.

In 2020, the homicide rate was 22.6 per 100,000 people, with the killings are mostly seen in the main cities, and some also in areas near the border with Venezuela.

Ranked in the 8th position, In 2021 the country saw decrease rate of homicide rates of 26.6 per 100,000 people from 28 in 2020, with a majority being related to organized crime and drug trade. Kidnapping and extortion have been also on the rise, and safe destination for thousands of asylum seekers from all over the world.

The number of killings in El Salvador declined, Still the homicide rates continued to be high, with 18 per 100,000 people. Besides homicides, there are unresolved disappearances jumped in 2021, many of the ill forces exerted by non-state armed groups is one of the many key reasons for displacement, currently ranks eleventh most dangerous region in the world

South Africa ranked sixth among unsafest countries in the world as citizens live in fear, homicide rates continued to be high, with 39 per 100,000 people.