Risk Profiles by Country

Global Health, Safety, and Security (GHSS) has developed Country Risk Profiles to provide clear guidance on when Temple travelers can proceed with international travel or when additional High/Elevated Risk Committee or GHSS review and approval is needed.

Key risk indicators are weighted and calculated into a final sum designating travel risk on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being Extreme). The filterable chart below indicates the Temple risk rating for each country, in addition to sub-regions with higher risk exposure, using a composite of:

U.S. Department of State Travel Advisories;
Healix’s (TU global support provider) ratings for security, evacuation, and medical risks;
CDC Travel Advisories; and
Insurance restrictions.

TU Risk Rating Characteristics

TU Risk ratings are meant to serve as a guide for Temple travelers. Ratings outline the risks involved with traveling to various locations and when additional HERC or GHSS review and approval is required before travel occurs. More information including criteria for the development of ratings are outlined in TU Risk Rating Characteristics.

TU Risk Rating	Undergraduate Student Travel	Graduate Student Travel	Faculty/Staff Travel
TU - 5 Extreme Travel Risk	Prohibited	Restricted/subject to review.	Subject to review.
TU - 4 High Risk	Prohibited/subject to review.	Subject to review.	Additional requirements if traveling to extreme regions.
TU - 3 Moderate Risk	Restricted/subject to review.	Subject to review.	Additional requirements if traveling to extreme regions.
TU - 2 Variable Risk	Additional requirements depending on regions.	Additional requirements depending on regions.	Additional requirements depending on regions.
TU - 1 Standard Risk	Additional requirements depending on regions.	Additional requirements depending on regions.	Additional requirements depending on regions.
Poor and Very Poor Medical Risk	Poor or Very Poor Medical risk ratings AND TU - 3 Moderate or higher is prohibited.	Individual/independent travel to countries with Poor or Very Poor Medical risk ratings AND rated TU - 4 High or higher is subject to review by the full HERC.	No additional requirements.

TU Risk Rating by Country

This chart is updated regularly, questions and inquiries should be directed to GHSS at [click-for-email].

Country	TU Risk Rating	Regional Extreme Risk	Regional High Risk	Medical Risk Rating	Notes
Afghanistan	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Albania	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Algeria	TU - 3 Moderate	Areas near the eastern and southern borders; Areas in the Sahara Desert		Poor
Andorra	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Angola	TU - 3 Moderate		Cabinda province	Poor
Anguilla	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Antarctica	TU - 1 Standard			Very Poor
Antigua and Barbuda	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Argentina	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Armenia	TU - 3 Moderate	The Nagorno-Karabakh region; Within 15-miles of border with Azerbaijan		Moderate
Aruba	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Australia	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Austria	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Azerbaijan	TU - 3 Moderate	The Nagorno-Karabakh region; Within 15-miles of border with Armenia		Moderate
Bahrain	TU - 3 Moderate			Good
Bangladesh	TU - 3 Moderate		Southeast Bangladesh, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts	Poor
Barbados	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Belarus	TU - 5 Extreme			Moderate
Belgium	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Belize	TU - 1 Standard		Belize City	Poor
Benin	TU - 2 Variable	The cities of Kandi and Tanguieta; North from Kandi and Tanguieta to the Niger and Burkina Faso borders (including Pendjari and W National Parks, Zones Cynegetique De La Pendjari, De Latakora, and De Djona, and the adjacent hunting zones); Highway RNIE 7 between Banikora and Segbana; Highway RN10 between Nikki and Segbana - to border with Nigeria		Poor
Bermuda	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Bhutan	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Bolivia	TU - 3 Moderate	Chapare region	Yungas region	Poor
Bonaire	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Bosnia and Herzegovina	TU - 2 Variable			Good
Botswana	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Brazil	TU - 3 Moderate	Informal housing developments (commonly referred to in Brazil as favelas, vilas, comunidades, and/or conglomerados); Brasilias administrative regions (commonly known as satellite cities) of Ceilandia, Santa Maria, Sao Sebastiao, and Paranoa; Within 100 miles of Brazils land borders with Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Paraguay		Moderate
British Virgin Islands	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Brunei	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Bulgaria	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Burkina Faso	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Burma (Myanmar)	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Burundi	TU - 4 High	Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces; Kibira National Park; The Central Market located on Chaussee Prince Louis Rwagasore in Bujumbura		Poor
Cabo Verde	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Cambodia	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Cameroon	TU - 3 Moderate	North, Far North, Northwest and Southwest regions; Parts of East and Adamawa regions	Bakassi Peninsula	Poor
Canada	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Cayman Islands	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Central African Republic	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Chad	TU - 4 High	Lake Chad region; Borders with Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan		Poor
Chile	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
China	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Colombia	TU - 3 Moderate	Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayn), and Norte de Santander departments; Border with Venezuela		Moderate
Comoros	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Costa Rica	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Cote d'Ivoire	TU - 3 Moderate	Dengul district - north of Odienn; Savanes district - north of Korhogo; Zanzan district - north of Bouna		Poor
Croatia	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Cuba	TU - 2 Variable			Moderate
Curacao	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Cyprus	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Czech Republic	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Democratic Republic of the Congo	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Denmark	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Djibouti	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Dominica	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Dominican Republic	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Ecuador	TU - 3 Moderate	City of Guayaquil - south of Portete de Tarqu Avenue; Cities of Huaquillas and Arenillas in El Oro province; Cities of Quevedo, Quinsaloma, and Pueblo Viejo in Los Rios province; Canton of Duran in Guayas province; City of Esmeraldas and all areas north of Esmeraldas city in Esmeraldas province	City of Guayaquil - north of Portete de Tarqu Avenue; El Oro province outside the cities of Huaquillas and Arenillas; Los Rios province outside the cities of Quevedo, Quinsaloma, and Pueblo Viejo; All areas south of Esmeraldas city in Esmeraldas province; all of Sucumbos, Manab, Santa Elena, and Santo Domingo provinces	Moderate	GHSS map available upon request
Egypt	TU - 4 High	The Sinai Peninsula; the Western Desert; all Egyptian border areas		Moderate
El Salvador	TU - 4 High			Moderate
Equatorial Guinea	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Eritrea	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor
Estonia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Eswatini	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Ethiopia	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Fiji	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Finland	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
France	TU - 1 Standard			Good
French Guiana	TU - 1 Standard			Good
French Polynesia	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Gabon	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Georgia	TU - 2 Variable	Russian-occupied Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia		Moderate
Germany	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Ghana	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Greece	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Grenada	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Guatemala	TU - 4 High	Huehuetenango and San Marcos departments; Zone 18 and the city of Villa Nueva in Guatemala City		Moderate
Guinea	TU - 4 High			Poor
Guinea-Bissau	TU - 4 High			Poor
Guyana	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor
Haiti	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Honduras	TU - 4 High	Gracias a Dios department		Moderate
Hong Kong	TU - 2 Variable			Good
Hungary	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Iceland	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
India	TU - 3 Moderate	Jammu and Kashmir region; Border with Pakistan	Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura states; The NaxaliteMaoist Red Corridor, including parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal states	Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Indonesia	TU - 3 Moderate	Central Papua (Papua Tengah); Highland Papua (Papua Pegunungan) provinces		Poor
Iran	TU - 5 Extreme			Moderate
Iraq	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Ireland	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza	TU - 5 Extreme			Excellent
Italy	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Jamaica	TU - 3 Moderate	Clarendon Parish (all); Hanover Parish - Longwood and Orange Bay; Kingston and St. Andrew Parish - Cassava Piece, Downtown Kingston, Duhaney Park, Grants Pen, Standpipe, Swallowfield, Elleston Flats, August Town; Manchester Parish - Green Vale, Gray Ground, Red Ground, and Vineyard neighborhoods of Mandeville; St. Anns Parish - Steer Town and the Buckfield neighborhood near Ocho Rios; St. Catherines Parish - Spanish Town,Central Village, Areas within Portmore, including: Naggo Head, New Land, Old Braeton, Portmore Lane, Gregory Park, and Waterford; St. Elizabeth's Parish - St. Elizabeth, Vineyard District Community, between the communities of Salt Spring and Burnt Savanna; St. James Parish/Montego Bay - All of Montego Bay on the inland side of the A1 highway and The Queens Drive from San San to Harmony Beach Park; St. Thomas Parish - Black Lane neighborhood in Seaforth, Grands Penn, Church Corner neighborhood near Yallahs, Town of Yallahs, except when driving through on the main highway; Trelawny Parish - Clarks Town; Westmoreland Parish - Russia community in Savanna-la-Mar (The Southeastern quadrant of Savannah la Mar east of Darling Street and south of the A2 highway/Barracks Road), Morgan Bay, Kings Valley, The Whitehall, Bethel Town, and Red Ground neighborhoods of Negril		Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Japan	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Jordan	TU - 3 Moderate	East of the town of Ruwayshid in the direction of the border with Iraq; Zarqa, Rusayfah, and the Baqaa neighborhood of Ayn Basha; Designated Syrian refugee camps; Within 3 miles of the border with Syria		Moderate
Kazakhstan	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Kenya	TU - 3 Moderate	Garissa, Lamu, Mandera, Tana River, and Wajir counties; Turkana county (Road from Kainuk to Lodwar)	Laikipia county; the Nairobi neighborhoods of Eastleigh and Kibera	Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Kiribati	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Kosovo	TU - 3 Moderate		Towns of North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zubin Potok, and Zvecanin Mitrovica district	Moderate
Kuwait	TU - 1 Standard	Border with Iraq		Good
Laos	TU - 1 Standard		Xaisomboun province	Poor
Latvia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Lebanon	TU - 5 Extreme			Good
Lesotho	TU - 2 Variable			Moderate
Liberia	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor
Libya	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Liechtenstein	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Lithuania	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Luxembourg	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Macau	TU - 2 Variable			Good
Madagascar	TU - 3 Moderate		The area in and around the city of Tsaratanana in the Betsiboka region; The area along the unnamed road connecting the city of Tsiroanomandidy in the Bongolava region with the coastal city of Maintirano in the Melaky region; The area in and around the city of Betroka in the Anosy region	Poor
Malawi	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Malaysia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Maldives	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Mali	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Malta	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Marshall Islands	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Mauritania	TU - 4 High	Areas designated as off limits by the Mauritanian military		Poor
Mauritius	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Mexico	TU - 3 Moderate	Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas states	Baja California (norte), Chihuahua, Durang, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, and Sonora states	Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Micronesia	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Moldova	TU - 2 Variable		Transnistria	Moderate
Mongolia	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Montenegro	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Montserrat	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Morocco	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Mozambique	TU - 3 Moderate	Cabo Delgado province	Nampula and Niassa provinces - within 50 miles of Cabo Delgado province	Poor
Namibia	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Nauru	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Nepal	TU - 3 Moderate		Terai region	Poor
Netherlands	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
New Caledonia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
New Zealand	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Nicaragua	TU - 4 High			Moderate
Niger	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Nigeria	TU - 4 High	Adamawa (north of Benue River), Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Yobe, and Zamfara states; Coastal areas of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers states		Poor
North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
North Macedonia	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Norway	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Oman	TU - 2 Variable	Within 10-miles of the Yemen border		Good
Pakistan	TU - 4 High	Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces; Border with India		Moderate
Palau	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Panama	TU - 1 Standard		Darin region - Cities of El Salto and Lajas Blancas; All areas south of Jaque to Manene to Yaviza to Lajas Blancas cities to the Colombian border; Mosquito Gulf - 10 miles of the coastline, from Boca de Rio, Chiriqui to Cocle del Norte	Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Papua New Guinea	TU - 4 High	Southern Bougainville district; The Highlands region		Poor
Paraguay	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Peru	TU - 3 Moderate	Apurimac and Puno regions; The Valley of the Apurmac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers [VRAEM] - includes significant parts of the departments of Ayacucho, Cusco (not Cusco city or Machu Picchu), Huancavelica, and Junin; Border with Colombia in the Loreto region		Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
Philippines	TU - 3 Moderate	The Sulu Archipelago; Marawi City in Mindanao	Mindanao - full island other than Marawi City	Moderate
Poland	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Portugal	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Qatar	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Republic of the Congo	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor
Romania	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Russia	TU - 5 Extreme			Moderate
Rwanda	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Saint Kitts and Nevis	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Saint Lucia	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Samoa	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Sao Tome and Principe	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Saudi Arabia	TU - 4 High	The cities of Abha, Jizan, Najran, and Khamis Mushayt; City of Qatif in the Eastern province and its suburbs, including Awamiyah; The Abha airport; Within 50 miles of the Yemen border		Good
Senegal	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Serbia	TU - 2 Variable			Good
Seychelles	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Sierra Leone	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor
Singapore	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Sint Maarten	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Slovakia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Slovenia	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Solomon Island	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Somalia	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
South Africa	TU - 2 Variable			Moderate
South Korea	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
South Sudan	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Spain	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Sri Lanka	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Sudan	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Suriname	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Sweden	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Switzerland	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Syria	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Taiwan	TU - 1 Standard			Good
Tajikistan	TU - 3 Moderate		Gorno-Badakhshon Autonomous oblast (Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region); Border Areas with Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan	Poor
Tanzania	TU - 3 Moderate		Mtwara region; Coco Beach and Toure Drive in Dar es Salaam	Poor
Thailand	TU - 2 Variable		Yala, Pattani province, Narathiwat, and Songkhla provinces	Moderate	GHSS Map available upon request
The Bahamas	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
The Gambia	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
The Kyrgyz Republic	TU - 1 Standard		Batken, Jalal-Abad, and Osh oblasts	Poor
Timor-Leste	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Togo	TU - 1 Standard		Border with Burkina Faso	Poor
Tonga	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Trinidad and Tobago	TU - 3 Moderate			Moderate
Tunisia	TU - 3 Moderate	City of El Kef; City of Jendouba south of Ain Drahem and west of RN15; City of Kasserine; City Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bouzid); The desert south of Remada; Within 20 miles of southeastern border with Libya; Within 20 miles of southeastern Tunisia along the border with Libya		Moderate
Turkey	TU - 3 Moderate	Hakkari and Sirnak provinces; Within six miles of the Syrian border	Adiyaman, Batman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantrep, Killis, Mardin, Sanlurfa, Siirtm, Sirnak, and Van provinces	Moderate
Turkmenistan	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Turks and Caicos Islands	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Tuvalu	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Uganda	TU - 4 High			Poor
Ukraine	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
United Arab Emirates	TU - 2 Variable			Good
United Kingdom	TU - 1 Standard			Excellent
Uruguay	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Uzbekistan	TU - 2 Variable		Ferghana Valley; Borders with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzistan and Tajikistan	Poor
Vanuatu	TU - 1 Standard			Poor
Venezuela	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Vietnam	TU - 1 Standard			Moderate
Yemen	TU - 5 Extreme			Poor
Zambia	TU - 2 Variable			Poor
Zimbabwe	TU - 3 Moderate			Poor

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