Is Latvia safe in 2026?
Latvia scores 88.6/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, political stability, crime. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 87.8/100).
88.6 /100very safe
30-day trend
Latvia's score changed by +0.8 over the last 22 days (87.7 → 88.6) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
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 Latvia at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 88.6/100. That advisory was last revised Apr 1, 2026, 198 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Apr 1, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Latvia officially notified journalist Leonid Ragozin of his expulsion from the country
- Group "Black Russians" claims responsibility for incursion into Latvia
- Latvia notifies journalist Leonid Ragozin of expulsion from the country
- First 'Hunter' military vehicle delivered to Latvian armed forces
- Incident on NATO’s border: Armed masked men forced migrants toward Latvia
- NBS: Migrant group pushed aggressively across Latvian border this week
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 87.8/100 (generated )
Expulsion tensions and an unresolved incursion claim sustain downward pressure.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Latvia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 88.6 | — | |
| Estonia | 89.9 | +1.3 | |
| Lithuania | 89.2 | +0.7 | |
| Belarus | 59.0 | −29.5 | |
| Aland Islands | 96.7 | +8.1 | |
| Sweden | 91.8 | +3.3 |