Most dangerous Countries in the World in 2025

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 2025, Most dangerous Countries in the World are Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, Central African Republic, Sudan and Libya. 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 2025 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 Jamaica with the top of the list saw a murder rate of 52.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by South Africa with 41.9, Honduras with 38.2, Lesotho with 37.2, Mexico with 28.2, Colombia with 27.5, Brazil with 22.4, Nigeria with 21.7, Guatemala with 20.1 and Venezuela with 19.2 per 100 inhabitants making it the most dangerous countries for high homicides by 2023.

Rank	Location	Region	Subregion	Rate	Total Murders	Year
1	Jamaica	Americas	Caribbean	52.1	1,474	2021
2	South Africa	Africa	Southern Africa	41.9	24,865	2021
3	Honduras	Americas	Central America	38.2	3,931	2021
4	Lesotho	Africa	Southern Africa	37.2	752	2021
5	Mexico	Americas	Central America	28.2	35,700	2021
6	Colombia	Americas	Caribbean	27.5	14,159	2021
7	Brazil	Americas	South America	22.4	47,722	2021
8	Nigeria	Africa	Western Africa	21.7	44,200	2021
9	Guatemala	Americas	Caribbean	20.1	3,520	2021
10	Venezuela	Americas	South America	19.2	5,444	2021

Top 10 dangerous countries in the world

The most dangerous countries in the world are Jamaica, South Africa, Honduras, Lesotho, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nigeria and Venezuela. Below is the list of top 10 dangerous countries in the world.

Jamaica

Jamaica is the most unsafest countries in the world as citizens live in fear, homicide rates continued to be high, with 52.1 per 100,000 people.

South Africa

South Africa ranked second most unsafest countries in the world as citizens live in fear, homicide rates continued to be high, with 41.9 per 100,000 people.

Honduras

Honduras is considered the deadliest place in Central America. The country holds the third position in homicide rates, with 38.2 per 100,000 people, with massacres occurring roughly every week and fueled by gang disputes.

Lesotho

Lesotho ranked fourth among unsafest countries in the world as citizens live in fear, homicide rates continued to be high, with 37.2 per 100,000 people.

Mexico

Ranked in the 5th position, In 2021 the country saw decrease rate of homicide rates of 28.2 per 100,000 people from 29 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.

Colombia

Columbia ranks sixth most dangerous country in the world. In 2021, the homicide rate was 27.5 per 100,000 people, with the killings are mostly seen in the main cities, and some also in areas near the border with Venezuela.

Brazil

The number of killings in 22.4 declined, Still the homicide rates continued to be high, with 22.4 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 seventh most dangerous region in the world

Guatemala

Guatemala ranks eighth most dangerous country in the world. Still the homicide rates continued to be high, with 20.1 per 100,000 people. Besides homicides, 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

Nigeria

Nigeria ranks ninth most dangerous country in the world. Still the homicide rates continued to be high, with 21.7 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

Venezuela

Venezuela still has the tenth most murder rate in Latin America, with 19.2 murders per 100,000 people, dropped significantly, 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.

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