Faranah scores 83 out of 100 (very high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 473 of 6168 cities worldwide. The score combines the homicide rate, nearby conflict deaths, income equality and human development from published data (UNODC, UCDP, World Bank, UNDP).

Is Faranah safe?

Guinea · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

82.8Very high · rank 473 / 6,168
safer than 92% of ranked cities

Faranah is a city in Guinea, home to about 101k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 473 of 6,168, with a safety score of 82.8 out of 100, which puts it in the top band of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency Clinique Pasteur +224 621 35 01 01 or +224 664 26 98 53

Same-sex activity criminalizedLaw on the books in Guinea as of 2025 (OWID legal-status series) - enforcement varies, but LGBTQ+ travelers face legal risk.

No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Guinea are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.

How safe is Faranah really?

Neither Faranah nor Guinea has a published homicide rate in the sources this site uses (UNODC and the Igarapé Homicide Monitor), so the strongest single indicator of city safety is simply missing here. Guinea is also one of the more equal societies in the dataset (Gini 29.6), and low inequality is the strongest structural predictor of low city violence in this data.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Guinea at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2026-02-24). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Guinea without any avoid-travel warning in force. Both advisories are country-level: no official source publishes verified neighborhood-level crime guidance for individual cities, which is why this page reports named areas only where an official source names them.

What to watch out for in Guinea

Terrorism in Guinea · Political situation · Security situation · Vehicle crime · Protecting yourself and your possessions · Scams and extortion · Detention · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Using cameras in secure areas · Money · LGBT+ travellers · Precious stones · Road travel · +4 more

Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Guinea — country-level, not specific to Faranah. Read what each one says →

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 29.6country, 2018
Human development: HDI 0.500country, 2023
Income: $4,730/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 101kurban centre · 4,786/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 29.7 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 48/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 37/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 26/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 4.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.53Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 27.3 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: no dataof the population · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.2 doctors /1k0.3 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 286 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in Guinea

Flood: 5.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Tsunami: 2.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Guinea as a whole, not Faranah specifically.

Same-sex sexual activity is criminalized in Guinea (as of 2025). This describes the law on the books, not necessarily enforcement practice.

All country-level figures shared by every city in Guinea; none of them affect the safety score.

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%100

Equality25%79

Development10%50

One fixed, calibrated mix for every city: 40% homicide · 25% peace · 25% equality · 10% HDI. Homicide and conflict deaths are measured outcomes; income inequality carries the structural share because it predicts real city violence far better than national income (which is shown above but scored at zero). Each factor maps to 0-100 against fixed anchors, missing data drops out and is never estimated, and cities with data behind less than half the weighting get “no data” instead of a score. For Faranah that gives 82.8/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Faranah compared with Kissidougou

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Faranah, red favours Kissidougou.
Measure	Faranah	Kissidougou	Difference
Safety score	82.8	82.8	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	no data	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	0	0	±0

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Guinea, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Kissidougou →

Nearby cities

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