The world’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 have been revealed in a new study on security, health and climate change risks around the world.
Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Central African Republic have been named as among the most dangerous countries to visit from an extreme security risk perspective, according to a risk map compiled by security and health risk services company, International SOS.
Also on the list were Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.
Countries that have a “high” security risk (one below an “extreme” security risk) include: Mali, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras.
The annual map assesses the countries against various factors along with security risks, such as medical risks, climate change and mental health, to inform travellers and businesses about potential threats in countries across the globe.
The map provides organisations and businesses with risk ratings reflecting the impact of disruptive events such as conflict, infectious diseases and impacts of extreme weather events.
Countries were graded for each category of risk on a five-level scale ranging from “low” to “very high” for medical and “insignificant” to “extreme” for security.
The UK received a “low” rating across all three categories of risk, apart from its mental health score, which received a 15 per cent to 17.5 per cent share of the population with any mental health issues, the second highest score.
The company factors in which territories have seen changes in how high its risk factor is due to conflict throughout 2024, such as Israel’s war on Gaza and other wars such as one in Sudan.
International SOS says that Sudan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, and Myanmar have all undergone multiple risk rating reviews and expansions of high or extreme-risk zones in 2024 as a result of conflict.
Other increases in the company’s security risk ratings include New Caledonia, which increased from low to medium due to long-term impact of social unrest, economic decline, and related crime.
Sally Llewellyn, global security director at International SOS, revealed that they had not decreased security risk ratings for any country this year.
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