A journey through this country is filled with jaw-dropping sights and landscapes.
The latest research by HelloSafe reveals the safest destinations in the world to travel to in 2025. Each year, this price-comparison platform publishes the Travel Safety Index, based on 35 factors. These include levels of violence, involvement in wars, healthcare infrastructure, militarization and natural disasters.
At the top of this years list of the safest travel destinations is a country filled with striking sights and landscapes you rarely encounter on other journeys.
Iceland: The safest travel destination for 2025
With landscapes of singular beauty, from glaciers to volcanoes and from waterfalls to geysers, Iceland is a truly exceptional destination. In this remote island nation of Northern Europe, nature has worked its magic.
According to research by HelloSafe, Iceland is the safest country to travel to in 2025, with a score of 18.23/ 100 (in this ranking, the lower the score, the higher the level of safety). The country has exceptionally low crime, strong social cohesion and a population that consistently reports being happy (this year, in fact, it was the third happiest country in the world).
The 15 safest countries for travel in 2025
Singapore and Denmark follow Iceland on the list, and it is worth noting that 12 of the worlds 15 safest countries are in Europe. If safety is an important factor when planning your holidays, then it is worth checking the full list of the safest countries to travel to in 2025:
1. Iceland
2. Singapore
3. Denmark
4. Austria
5. Switzerland
6. Czechia
7. Slovenia
8. Finland
9. Ireland
10. Hungary
11. Bhutan
12. Qatar
13. Slovakia
14. Estonia
15. Portugal
