Is Pakistan safe in 2026?
Pakistan scores 43.7/100 on the live safety index — high-risk. The main pressure on the score comes from political stability, crime, economy. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 41.1/100).
43.7 /100high-risk
30-day trend
Pakistan's score changed by +0.3 over the last 22 days (43.3 → 43.7) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
19.1/34.1 safety points.
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- Ground war
- 19.1 pts
These values can overlap and are not added together.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 19.0/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Has nuclear weapons. Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2026.
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
3 Reconsider Travel
The U.S. State Department places Pakistan at Level 3 — Reconsider Travel citing armed conflict, terrorism, kidnapping and crime. Our live index reads 43.7/100. That advisory was last revised Jun 16, 2026, 122 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Jun 16, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government
- Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government
- Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government
- Pakistan Imposes Emergency and Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- Pakistan’s subsidies benefit 10M low-income people as war drives up fuel prices
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 41.1/100 (generated )
Emergency rule and provincial-government suspension deepen acute political instability.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 43.7 | — | |
| Afghanistan | 39.6 | −4.0 | |
| Tajikistan | 60.1 | +16.4 | |
| Uzbekistan | 75.9 | +32.2 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 70.6 | +26.9 | |
| Turkmenistan | 65.3 | +21.7 |