Is Estonia safe in 2026?
Estonia scores 89.9/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, crime. The score has been stable for 7 days. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 89.5/100).
89.9 /100very safe
30-day trend
Estonia's score rose by +1.0 over the last 22 days (88.9 → 89.9).
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
5.8/34.1 safety points.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 2.2/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Estonia at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 89.9/100. That advisory was last revised Mar 31, 2026, 199 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Mar 31, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Company managing Narva border queue asks city for support after traffic dries up
- Ida-Viru County's only psychiatric hospital closes doors
- Estonia aims to teach air‑gun shooting to 14‑year‑old students
- Estonia moves troops closer to the Russian border in case of a possible invasion — FT
- Political ad ban on social media sends Estonian politicians writing their own posts
- Burger King one of a wave of restaurant closures in Tartu
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 89.5/100 (generated )
Psychiatric-care closure and border-related strain create modest short-term deterioration.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Estonia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 89.9 | — | |
| Latvia | 88.5 | −1.4 | |
| Aland Islands | 96.7 | +6.8 | |
| Finland | 92.9 | +3.0 | |
| Lithuania | 89.2 | −0.7 | |
| Sweden | 91.8 | +1.9 |