Is It Safe to Travel to Chad Right Now?

No — Chad is currently a high-risk destination: as of August 2026 it scores 4.1/10 on our daily safety index, classified as High risk, and travel requires serious caution. The score is an uncertainty-weighted (Bayesian shrinkage) geometric mean of five pillars — conflict (30%), crime (25%), health (20%), governance (15%) and environment (10%) — combined with a calibrated consensus of government travel advisories, so a weak pillar drags the overall score down more than a strong one lifts it, and thin or stale data pulls a country's score toward a cautious regional baseline rather than guessing.

environment (4.9/10) is Chad's strongest pillar, while the score is pulled down by health (3.3/10) and above all by governance (1.3/10). This pillar gauges the rule of law and the reliability of institutions — a low score means police and courts may offer limited help if something goes wrong.

It is recalculated every day from public sources including government travel advisories, the Global Peace Index, the INFORM Risk Index and World Bank indicators.

The main concern for Chad is governance, its weakest pillar at 1.3/10. This pillar gauges the rule of law and the reliability of institutions — a low score means police and courts may offer limited help if something goes wrong.

The lowest-scoring signals here are rule of law (V-Dem) and control of corruption (V-Dem). The second-lowest area is health at 3.3/10, so it deserves attention too.

By contrast, environment scores 4.9/10 and is Chad's strongest area.

As of August 2026, Chad has 11 government travel advisories on record. Most governments now advise against all travel to Chad: the highest-level warning — do not travel — has been issued by United States and Australia, among others.

These warnings are severe enough to weigh heavily on our index: when a majority of governments issue a do-not-travel advisory, Chad's overall score is pulled sharply toward the low end, on top of whatever its other pillars show.