For that solo trip: these are the safest and most dangerous countries in the world
So you want to go alone on a trip. You're right. It's something you should at least do once. Step completely out of your comfort zone, get to know yourself, make your own choices, take your own paths, and suddenly oh help the feeling overwhelms you. How do you actually approach it? And especially: where the heck are you going?
Also important: have you even thought about the fact that not every country is equally relaxed for going on vacation alone? The Institute for Economics and Peace publishes a list every year that maps the safest and most dangerous countries. Look, a little bit of daring is fine, but it's important to check if your dream destination is safe at the moment. This year, 163 countries were compared based on 23 different criteria. Think of: internal conflicts and/or conflicts with other countries, the level of safety in the country, and the level of militarization.
Do you have the countries below on your list? Read up extra well or wait for a better moment. These are currently the most dangerous countries in the world:
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- South Sudan
- Iraq
- Somalia
- Yemen
- Libya
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Central Africa
- Russia
Where can you walk the safest as a solo traveler?
- Iceland (for ten years in a row, yoooo)
- New Zealand
- Austria
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Singapore
- Japan
- Ireland
Oh and, where does the Netherlands stand, you wonder? In nineteenth place. I'm telling you: it's going to be off to Iceland.
