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GDP per capita: $1,283 (47th lowest) Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 357 Population living on < $1 per day: 17.5 percent In September, the U.S. department of State warned U.S. citizens not to travel to Yemen. Violent protests in the capital city of Sana’a were started as an attempt to overthrow the country’s long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh. “Saleh has ... Read More »

GDP per capita: $2,629.44 (66th lowest) Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 150 Population living on < $1 per day: 13.4 percent Although not as bad as the other cities on this list (with an unemployment rate of 16.4 percent and a GDP per capita of $2,629), Georgia is nevertheless one of the poorest countries in all of Europe. In fact, the ... Read More »

The governments’ warnings about traveling to Somalia are unanimous: this African country remains extremely dangerous and there is an enormous risk to anyone’s security due to the threat of terrorism, clan-based and ethnic fighting as well as high level of kidnapping and piracy off the coast. The epicenter of this brutal crimes and cruelty is Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. The city ... Read More »

Also Mexico, one of the world’s greatest travel destinations thanks to its fascinating history and stunning natural sites, is, unfortunately, facing a serious problem of robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related crimes. Among worst affected areas in the country is the Chihuahua state and, above all, Ciudad Juárez. The city located across the U.S and Mexican border, home to 1.5 ... Read More »

Another unsafe destination among world’s most dangerous cities is Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. At the end of 2008 the Foreign Policy magazine called the city “the murder capital of the world”. According to the official statistics there have been 130 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2008. Only in December 2008 there were at least 510 people killed in the ... Read More »

95 killings per 100 000 residents. The homicide rate in New Orleans ranks way above other American cities and towns, and therefore the city has been named the murder capital of the USA. The total number of murders equaled 179 in 2008 in this small city of around 300,000 residents. Nevertheless, there have been 15% fewer killings in 2008 than ... Read More »

For the average traveller, the USA is fairly safe, but the numbers do not lie. There are more than 200 million guns in the USA and more than 50 murders a day, 10 times the rate of Germany. Nearly 5000 people die a year in truck crashes, about 6000 pedestrains die on the streets and 31000 people end their own ... Read More »