# 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).

**Safety index:** 86.4 / 100 (higher is safer)
**Verdict band:** very safe
**Active combat confirmed in the last 24h:** no
**Canonical:** https://safemap.ai/country/romania
**Generated:** 2026-09-01T04:09:32Z
**License:** CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — reuse with attribution to safemap.ai and the timestamp of the numbers.
**Contact:** contact@safemap.ai

## Threat breakdown

| Category | Current | 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 |

## 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.

Aug 3 · 87.3 → Sep 1 · 86.4

## Official travel advisory

**Level 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 (https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.rou.html), revised Oct 14, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This is not travel advice.

## Latest recorded events

- 2026-08-26T10:53:00Z — Drone fragment discovered on beach in Romanian seaside resort Olimp — military, severity 2/10 — Romania Insider — https://www.romania-insider.com/drone-fragment-beach-romania-olimp-august-2026
- 2026-08-25T17:12:52Z — “Limiting citizens’ public participation in decision-making is a step backward for democracy and must not be tolerated”: Civil society’s… — political, severity 4/10 — Ziarul de Gardă — https://www.zdg.md/stiri/doc-limitarea-participarii-publice-a-cetatenilor-la-procesul-decizional-este-un-pas-inapoi-pentru-democratie-si-nu-trebuie-tolerat-apel-public-al-societatii-civile-privind-modifica/
- 2026-08-24T13:33:00Z — A drone crashed in a village in Vrancea. Local residents were evacuated — military, severity 2/10 — Ziarul de Gardă — https://www.zdg.md/stiri/o-drona-s-a-prabusit-intr-un-sat-din-vrancea-locuitorii-din-zona-au-fost-evacuati/
- 2026-08-22T07:02:44Z — Dam built on the Danube and reservoirs tapped to restart Romania's only nuclear power plant — economy, severity 3/10 — Telex.hu — https://telex.hu/transtelex/2026/08/22/duna-gat-olt-viztarozok-csernavoda-atomeromu-ujrainditas
- 2026-08-20T10:35:12Z — Romanian F-16 destroys maritime drone near Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea — military, severity 2/10 — Romania Insider — https://www.romania-insider.com/f16-destroys-maritime-drone-deptun-deep-august-2026
- 2026-08-20T05:35:12Z — Another drone enters Romanian airspace, crashes in Tulcea County — military, severity 2/10 — Romania Insider — https://www.romania-insider.com/another-drone-crashes-romania-august-2026

## 24-hour forecast

Trend **stable**, projected score 86.2/100, generated 2026-08-31T23:01:13Z.

Repeated drone incursions and energy-system strain increase near-term vulnerability.

## Compared with nearby countries

| Country | Score | vs Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Romania (this country) | 86.4 | — |
| Moldova | 81.2 | −5.2 |
| Bulgaria | 86.9 | +0.5 |
| Serbia | 78.8 | −7.5 |
| Hungary | 86.8 | +0.4 |
| Kosovo | 79.6 | −6.7 |

## How this number is computed

https://safemap.ai/methodology.md

## Citation

Global Safety Map, safemap.ai — safety index 86.4/100 for Romania, as of 2026-09-01T04:09:32Z.

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