General Travel Safety Information & Advice

From the U.S. Government

• Travel Resources, including Travel Advisory levels for each country in the world
• Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to register and receive alerts from the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate at your destination
• Crime and Safety Reports for each country in the world
• The World Factbook, including background information on each country in the world
• Human Rights Reports
• Terrorism Reports
• U.S. Embassies & Consulates
• Global Social Media Presence

From Other Governments

• United Kingdom
• Canada
• Australia
• New Zealand
• France

• FBI Crime Data Explorer
• CDC Travel Information on the United States
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

• Women Travelers (U.S. Department of State)
• Gender Inequality Index 2021
  This index covers three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and economic status. Scores are between 0-1 and higher values indicate higher inequalities.
• Solo Female Travel Safety Index
  A travel index focusing on women’s safety indicators and perceptions, comprised of data points including US and UK travel advisories, the global peace index, criminal indicators and an assessment of attitudes towards women (which includes considerations of incidence of crime against women, gender equality, conservative norms and restrictions). Safety data that does not come from reputable third parties comes from other solo female travelers.

• LGBTQI+ Travelers (U.S. Department of State)
• Human Rights Watch
  Provides country profiles on sexual orientation and gender identity, criminalization map, and family protection map.
• Gay Travel Index
  Annual travel index ranking countries on 17 categories from most queer-friendly/liberal to most dangerous countries for LGBTQIA+ individuals. The index attempts to strike a balance between the rights of the local LGBT+ community and the demands of queer vacationers. Additional categories include wider consideration of third gender/intersex rights, HIV Travel Restrictions, the banning of pride, the hostility of local communities, as well as legal and criminal issues, acceptance, and marketing of gay travel.
• LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index
  Annual travel index rating countries from A (highest score 383) to F (lowest score -200). Factors considered include same-sex marriage rights, worker protections, protections against discrimination, criminalization of violence, transgender legal identity laws, transgender murder rates, illegal same-sex relationships, and propaganda/morality laws.

Freedom House
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or non-state actors.

• Driving and Road Safety Abroad (U.S. Department of State)
• Rideshare safety tips (Uber)
• Global Road Safety Partnership Global Crash data
  Provides crash data and information about road safety national laws for most countries. 
• World Bank Mortality data
  Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population).
• OECD Road Accidents data
  Measures road accident deaths by 100,000 population.

• Global Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum
  Annual report published by the World Economic Forum from 2004-2020, which ranked countries based on the Global Competitiveness Index, made over 110 variables.
• OECD Indicators: Transport Infrastructure
  Indicator for total inland transport infrastructure investment per GDP.

• Global Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum
  Annual report published by the World Economic Forum from 2004-2020, which ranked countries based on the Global Competitiveness Index, made over 110 variables.
• Data Reportal
  Provides up-to-date assessments of the use of digital devices and services in a country, as well as historical, trend-driven reports.

Freedom House
Freedom on the Net is Freedom House’s annual survey and analysis of internet freedom around the world. This cutting-edge project consists of ground-breaking research and analysis, fact-based advocacy, and on-the-ground capacity building. The hallmark of our analysis is the annual Freedom on the Net report. It features a ranked, country-by-country assessment of online freedom, a global overview of the latest developments, as well as in-depth country reports.