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Je suis une femme noire, je suis allée seule en Corée en 2023 pendant 3 semaines (Séoul puis Busan puis retour à Séoul) j’ai jamais autant détesté un voyage. Entre les regards et l’ignorance quand je …
Is Seoul safe for Black travelers?
Seoul scores 7.3/10 on overall safety. V-Dem rates South Korea 66/100 on how equally social groups are treated in law, but institutional equality and street-level experience can differ. Here's what the data and real reviews say.
Read 1 review from travelers7.3/10
Overall safety
Safe
Composite safety model
Social-group equality
66/100
V-Dem · Univ. of Gothenburg (2025)
Is Seoul safe for Black travelers? (2026)
How safe is Seoul overall?
Seoul scores 7.3/10 overall, in the safe range. Most travelers report few problems; the usual care in crowded tourist spots is enough.
How are social groups treated in South Korea?
V-Dem rates South Korea at 66/100 on how equally social and ethnic groups are treated in civil liberties, in the mid range. It reflects laws and institutions, not street-level experiences, which can differ by neighborhood. The reviews below add the ground-level view.
What this page does and doesn't tell you
There is no global index of how safe a city is specifically for Black travelers, and we won't invent one. This page combines the city's overall safety score, a structural equality indicator from V-Dem, and, where Black travelers have reviewed Seoul, their own words. Together they give a fuller, honest picture than any single number.
Real reviews, not guesswork
Every score on this page comes from official indicators and the safety model, not from AI-generated text. Where travelers who share your profile have reviewed Seoul, you'll find their words below. Last reviewed 2026.
Sources: Georgetown WPS Index, Equaldex, UNESCO, World Bank, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0) and MapSur community reviews. How we score
Social-group equality data: Social group equality in civil liberties (v2clsocgrp), v16, V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), University of Gothenburg, via Our World in Data. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; values normalized by MapSur. Source.
Traveler reviews of Seoul
Recent reviews of Seoul from the MapSur community.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Seoul safe for Black travelers?
Seoul scores 7.3/10 on general safety (crime, all visitors). That number doesn't capture racism specifically, so for Black travelers it's a starting point, not the answer. The structural equality indicator and the reviews from Black travelers on this page fill that gap.
What does the equality score for Seoul mean?
It's V-Dem's measure of how equally social and ethnic groups are treated in civil liberties in South Korea (66/100). It reflects laws and institutions, not day-to-day street experiences, which is why the reviews from Black travelers on this page matter alongside it.
Where does this data come from?
MapSur aggregates public indicators (Georgetown WPS Index, Equaldex, V-Dem, national statistics, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata for places) and community reviews from travelers. No AI-generated scores: every figure on this page links back to a verifiable public source.