Is Romania safe in 2026?
Romania scores 86.4/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, political instability, crime. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 86.2/100).
86.4 /100very safe
30-day trend
Romania's score changed by −0.9 over the last 30 days (87.3 → 86.4) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Threat breakdown
| Category | Pressure | Score / cap |
|---|---|---|
| Military conflict | 6.2 / 30 | |
| Political instability | 2.5 / 15 | |
| Crime | 2.4 / 15 | |
| Economy | 1.3 / 8 | |
| Natural disasters | 0.6 / 5 | |
| Ecology | 0.1 / 1 | |
| Public health | 0.1 / 3 | |
| Internet freedom | 0.2 / 7 | |
| 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 Romania at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 86.4/100. That advisory was last revised Oct 14, 2025, 322 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Oct 14, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Drone fragment discovered on beach in Romanian seaside resort Olimp
- “Limiting citizens’ public participation in decision-making is a step backward for democracy and must not be tolerated”: Civil society’s…
- A drone crashed in a village in Vrancea. Local residents were evacuated
- Dam built on the Danube and reservoirs tapped to restart Romania's only nuclear power plant
- Romanian F-16 destroys maritime drone near Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea
- Another drone enters Romanian airspace, crashes in Tulcea County
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 86.2/100 (generated )
Repeated drone incursions and energy-system strain increase near-term vulnerability.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Romania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 86.4 | — | |
| Moldova | 81.2 | −5.2 | |
| Bulgaria | 86.9 | +0.5 | |
| Serbia | 78.8 | −7.6 | |
| Hungary | 86.8 | +0.4 | |
| Kosovo | 79.6 | −6.7 |