Top Ten Most Dangerous South American Countries

I'll admit, I love South America, but I also have to admit it's very dangerous. Here are the most dangerous countries in South America.
The Top Ten
1 Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America.

Venezuela is definitely the most dangerous South American country, in fact, it is maybe the most dangerous country on the american continent! Now sure, the mountains are so beautiful you would feel like you lived in a movie, but the country ITSELF is super dangerous, Caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world and has the highest homicide rate along with the country Honduras. Bad goverment does it have too! So if you want to visit a South American country, DO NOT GO HERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE ROBBED OR ANYTHING WORSE!

It is very boring and don't waste your time.

2 Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous ...read more.

The fact that this country is number #2 on the best south american countries list speaks uninformed. People get robbed all the time and the only reason people care about this country is because is because of the oversexualized women. I think it deserves to be lower on that list. Sure it has beautiful beaches and a beautiful jungle (Amazonas), but it's not worth getting robbed or killed for. No offense to anyone who is brazilian.

I'm Brazilian so I can say this. Even though our country over the years has become more and more dangerous, it doesn't take that Brazil is a very beautiful country with lots of beautiful places to visit ad enjoy. Our country is going through a horrible time but that doesn't mean people can be saying horrible comments about it.

This place is a dump. Rude people, women not even cute, just oversexualized. Kids from the Favelas robbing good folk left and right... front and back. I'm beginning to assume they don't even have beds at home the way the people be.Never returning to this junkyard every again in my life. Oh and the beaches are unsanitary.

I'm Brazilian so I can speak to it. Brazil is dangerous everywhere and you never know when you're going to be a victim of indiscriminate violence.

3 Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country situated in the northwest of South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

You'll be fine. Just learn a bit of Spanish, don't wear lots of Gucci or other expensive, branded clothes in large areas with lots of people, don't wear lots of jewellery, and you will be safe. Colombia is an amazing country, and it is definitely improving. It may not be completely safe just yet, but if you fully immerse yourself in the local culture, even if it means learning the language, buying Colombian clothing and eating like everyone else, you will love Colombia. Don't let the media stop you from visit such a great country.

4 Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

Everything they present Paraguay on media is a lie. In reality, Paraguay is as impoverished as Africa. They fool people into thinking that they are a successful country when in reality it is the complete opposite. All people in Paraguay use drugs as if they are simply drink water.

Peru and Uruguay above Paraguay? Brazil at number 2? El Salvador and Honduras don't even place? Why is this a featured list again?

El salvador and honduras aren't south american

Very dangerous country.

5 Bolivia

Bolivia is an horrid country. The capital is full of trash because the people keep throwing their trash everywhere. They don't care about their country. Bolivia is a dump in the form of a country.

Bolivia is the poorest country in South America.

Worst country

6 Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, ...read more.

Argentina is a poor worthless country whose citizens are racist and believe they're the best. They kill anyone so they can steal their belongings. Argentina is basically a poorer version of Brazil. That's it.

I live in Uruguay. Argentina a is not at all a safe place! The capital is a dump and the people hate everything especially themselves. Nice women and good meat, that's about it.

Safest country in South America by far

Football fans killing goalkeepers

7 Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Uruguay, Paraguay, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam, Bolivia all have higher murder rates than Ecuador, Colombia has a murder rate THREE TIMES higher than Ecuador but Ecuador gets the bronze? haha, no, you're drunk, go home.

Also LOL at "it's very warm down there" the country is smack dab in the andes mountains, the highest mountain chain in the world outside of Asia, the average temperature in the capital Quito is 14c, during the day it can get to 24c at most, and during the night it can go as low as 5c, even in the coastal regions it only gets as warm as, say, a mild summer in Europe.

Ecuador, especially the capital, is full of slum areas. Everyone, I mean, everyone will bother you and ask for money. And the worst of all, they will threaten to kill you if you don't give them money. Ecuador sucks as is its economy.

8 Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America, bordered by Colombia and Ecuador to north, Brazil to east, Bolivia to south-east, Chile to south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Peru is mostly known for being where the Inca people originally came from. The capital of Peru is Lima and lies in the western part of Peru. Most people in Peru speak Spanish, but some people here also speak Quecha and Aymara.
9 Guyana Guyana officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east, and Venezuela to the west. With 215,000 square kilometers (83,000 square miles). Guyana is one of the smallest countries in South America. The region known as "the Guianas" consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "land of many waters". There are nine indigenous tribes residing in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao. Historically dominated by the ...read more.

Guyana is full of insane violent people. Like every country in South America, all they do is kill each other and do drugs because drugs are prevalent in Latin America. Guyana is not safe for anyone and never will.

Most of the country consists of cocaine plains and so, but it dosen't have a messed up goverment lucky enough!

10 Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica; occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometers (291,930 sq mi), with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers ...read more.

Murder rate of just 3.59 per 100.00 inhabitants, it is not only the safest country in South America, not only the safest country in Latin America, but also the second safest country in ALL of the Americas, after Canada, that's right, Chile is safer than the United States! (murder rate of 4.88)

Chile, like every South American country, is impoverished and filled with violent aggressive people. Drugs and crime are rampant in Chile and the government is super corrupt. Never visit Chile unless you want to get kidnapped and robbed.

You can walk in the streets with no peril at all. All statistics confirm that this is a safe place to be, low murder rates, no kidnappings and nice people

The Contenders
11 French Guiana French Guiana, officially called Guiana, is an overseas department and region of France, located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas.

Super hot, just think of all the frnech soldiers that have to walk here in melting dirt, hot savannas and stuff, and some people drown in the swamps, this is not really a safe country.

12 Suriname

A country with no discipline whatsoever, rampant crime and gang members, a super corrupt government, and several drug stashes? You have Suriname. A poverty-stricken country with no chance of improvement.

13 Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 181,034 square kilometers (69,898 sq mi) and has a population of an estimated 3.51 million, of whom 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

Uruguay sucks as is its people. Everywhere, its citizens live in the streets begging for money. They fight each other over thing such as money and other valuable item. Uruguay is a no-go place unless you want the citizens to attack and kill you.

This is one of the safest coutntries in South Amerca along withg Argentina, besides, the mountains are beautiful, I recommend you to go to this country, be careful still, but count on that it's one of the safest countries in South America.

I will go here on holiday

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