Is Estonia safe in 2026?
Estonia scores 88.7/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, crime. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 89.5/100).
88.7 /100very safe
30-day trend
Estonia's score rose by +1.5 over the last 30 days (87.1 → 88.7).
Threat breakdown
| Category | Pressure | Score / cap |
|---|---|---|
| Military conflict | 7.3 / 30 | |
| Crime | 1.7 / 15 | |
| Economy | 0.6 / 8 | |
| Political instability | 0.9 / 15 | |
| Ecology | 0.1 / 1 | |
| Internet freedom | 0.3 / 7 | |
| Natural disasters | 0.2 / 5 | |
| Public health | 0.1 / 3 | |
| Nuclear risk | 0.3 / 12 | |
| Sanctions | 0.0 / 4 |
Higher category scores mean more threat pressure; each category is capped by its weight in the 0–100 index. How scores are computed.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Estonia at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 88.7/100. That advisory was last revised Mar 31, 2026, 154 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
- Air threat alerts issued across eastern and southern Estonia
- Emails sent to Estonia's state institutions from Russian servers will be quarantined
- Lack of job opportunities forces thousands of older Estonians into early retirement
- Estonia's pig farmers appeal for state support as EU market saturated
- Saue municipality E. coli water contamination source still unknown
- Forest report warns Estonia is cutting trees faster than they can regrow
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 89.5/100 (generated )
Cybersecurity, environmental, and health concerns are persistent but lack acute escalation.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Estonia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 88.7 | — | |
| Latvia | 88.1 | −0.5 | |
| Aland Islands | 97.0 | +8.3 | |
| Finland | 92.0 | +3.4 | |
| Lithuania | 89.8 | +1.1 | |
| Sweden | 91.8 | +3.2 |