The 5 safest countries for women to travel alone in 2023

The 5 safest countries for women to travel alone in 2023

Despite the growing trend of solo travel, women still face unique challenges when venturing abroad on their own.

To find the top five countries in the world making the most progress when it comes to safety and equality for women travellers, the BBC consulted Georgetown University’s Women’s Peace and Security Index (WPS), the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report and the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index.

The BBC spoke to women who have traveled alone to the top-rated countries to understand what makes them feel safe, listen to their travel tips and discover the best places to see and do as a solo adventurer.

Here are the five safest countries as ranked by solo women travelers:

1-Slovenia

Slovenia ranked at the top of the WPS Index for Central and Eastern Europe, with 85 percent of women feeling safe there according to the index.

Adventure consultant at Wildland Trekking and director of the travel blog The Detour Effec Claire Ramsdell tells of the first time she visited Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, after coming specifically to explore the vast Alps.

Ramsdell said she roamed the streets at night to take pictures.

“Nobody ever bothered me at all during my time in the