Turkmenistan
Level calmupdated 1 hour agoNo underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.
What are the main risks in Turkmenistan?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 1 event there, including 1 severe. The most frequent: Travel advisory.
Is there a government travel advisory for Turkmenistan?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 5 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Turkmenistan: current alerts and safety news
Nothing notable in the last 7 days.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Turkmenistan?
Very little was recorded here over the last 12 months. One entry in total: a travel advisory, and it counts as a serious one. No natural hazard, no armed conflict record, no live alert as we write. That thinness is worth reading carefully. Few records can mean a quiet place, or it can mean few sources reporting from there, and our sensors cannot tell the two apart. Nothing we hold points to a time of year busier than another, so we will not invent one. We have no location detail either, so there is no region we can honestly single out.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, the useful question is not weather or crime figures we simply do not have. It is the advisory. One was recorded, rated serious, and we hold no detail on what it says. Read the full text published by your own foreign ministry before you commit to a lease or a long ticket, then read it again close to departure. No month stands out in our records, so we cannot point you to a better season. Give yourself administrative margin: where little is published, a rule change reaches you late. Keep the first days reversible, and confirm on the ground what you could not confirm from outside.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 24, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Little was recorded about travel safety in Turkmenistan over the last 12 months. The country sits at severity level 0. No armed conflict, no natural disasters, and no homicide data are available. One travel advisory appears in the records but it carried no severe impact. Hazards do not follow seasonal patterns.
To watch as a rule
- Official travel advice from your own state: the only risk category recorded here over the last 12 months.
- A second advisory, or a change to the existing one. With a single record in twelve months, that would be a real move.
- The gap in our own data: once on the ground, cross-check local and embassy sources instead of reading silence as calm.
Good reflexes
- Read your own government's travel advice before booking, then again a few days before you fly.
- Save your embassy's address and phone number offline, not just in a browser tab.
- Keep a paper copy of your passport, visa and insurance, stored apart from the originals.
- Tell someone outside the country your route and rough dates before you leave a city.
- Carry some cash and do not assume a card will work everywhere.
Turkmenistan: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
Turkmenistan: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Favourable vs the world median
- Safely managed drinking water: 94.9 % of the population (median 80.5)
- Road deaths: 13.5 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 1.9 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 3.6 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 31.2 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Life expectancy at birth: 70.2 years (median 74.7)
Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better
Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better
9 people in total
0 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
2.8/10 — low
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Turkmenistan: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 0 events
Eventsof which severeNo major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months · 1 event
Eventsof which severe- Travel advisory11 1 severe
By month
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
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