Kalemie scores 58 out of 100 (moderate safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 4573 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 Kalemie safe?

DR Congo · Africa · data updated 2026-09-04

58.3Moderate · rank 4573 / 6,168
safer than 26% of ranked cities

Kalemie is a city in DR Congo, home to about 758k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 4,573 of 6,168, with a safety score of 58.3 out of 100 - mid-table: neither the data for concern nor the data for reassurance dominates.

US 4/4 Do not travel UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country

US State Department: Do not travelOfficial travel advisory level 4 of 4 for DR Congo, updated 2026-07-14.
UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this country14 named areas - see "areas to avoid" below.

Areas the UK FCDO advises against visiting country

Areas in Kinshasa Province
DRC-Central African Republic border
Eastern DRC
South-East DRC
Territory in Mai-Ndombe Province
Kisangani airport
The districts of N’djili and Kimbanseke in Kinshasa city south of the main access road to N’djili airport, in Nsele commune
The N1 road in Kinshasa Province, between and including Menkao to the west, Kenge to the east, the border of Mai-Ndombe province to the north, and 10km to the south
Haut-Uélé and Ituri, including the entire DRC-South Sudan border
North Kivu
South Kivu
Maniema
Tanganyika
Haut-Lomami

Named in the official UK travel advice for DR Congo (in full or in part - the advisory lists exact boundaries and exceptions). These are country-level warnings and may be far from Kalemie.

How safe is Kalemie really?

Neither Kalemie nor DR Congo 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. DR Congo's income inequality is middling (Gini 44.7) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Kalemie also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 10 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 5 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates DR Congo at level 4 of 4 - "Do not travel" (updated 2026-07-14). The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of this country, naming 14 specific areas - listed above with the official advisory linked for exact boundaries and exceptions. 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 DR Congo

Terrorism in DRC · Protests and demonstrations · Traveling around DRC · Street crime and scamming · Criminal kidnap · Vehicle crime · Justice process · Using cameras in secure areas · LGBT+ travellers · Adopting children from DRC · Camouflage clothing · Money · Road travel · Road conditions · +6 more

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

The numbers

Homicide rate: no data
Conflict deaths: 10within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 44.7country, 2020
Human development: HDI 0.522country, 2023
Income: $1,850/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 758kurban centre · 14,044/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 34.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 30/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 29/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 20/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 8.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.41Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 35.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 12%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 0.2 doctors /1k0.8 hospital beds per 1,000
Malaria: 322 /1k at riskWHO, 2024 · listed for endemic countries only

Natural hazards in DR Congo

Flood: 7.0/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 4.2/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 2.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe DR Congo as a whole, not Kalemie specifically.

Same-sex sexual activity is legal in DR Congo (as of 2025).

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

How the score works

Low homicide40%no data

Peace25%74

Equality25%45

Development10%52

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 Kalemie that gives 58.3/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Kalemie compared with Kigoma

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Kalemie, red favours Kigoma.
Measure	Kalemie	Kigoma	Difference
Safety score	58.3	54.5	+3.8 — better for Kalemie
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	no data	3.3 /100k	—
Conflict deaths within 100 km	10	39	−29 — better for Kalemie
Income inequality (Gini)	44.7	40.5	+4.2 — better for Kigoma
Human development (HDI)	0.522	0.555	−0.033 — better for Kigoma
Road deaths	34.9 /100k	31.1 /100k	+3.8 /100k — better for Kigoma
Rule of law	29/100	48/100	−19/100 — better for Kigoma
Corruption perceptions	20/100	40/100	−20/100 — better for Kigoma
Air quality (PM2.5)	35.8 µg/m³	20.2 µg/m³	+15.6 µg/m³ — better for Kigoma
Natural-hazard risk	8.0/10	6.0/10	+2.0/10 — better for Kigoma

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Country-level rows describe the two countries, not the cities themselves. Full report for Kigoma →

Nearby cities

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