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The short versionThe 14 biggest disagreementsWhy they differHow we compared themCheck any country from your AIBefore a trip, most people check one government's travel advice: their own. But the US State Department, the UK Foreign Office and Canada's travel service often read the same country differently. We pulled all three on October 24, 2026 and compared them for every country they all cover.
The short version
- 189 countries have advice from all three governments.
- 92 get the same level from all three.
- 14 differ by two or more steps on a simple four-step scale: normal precautions, caution, avoid some or most travel, and do not travel.
- The US is the most cautious overall. It was the single strictest of the three for 22 countries, the UK for 14 and Canada for 5.
- The UK is the least likely to warn against travel. It gives "no advice against travel" for 127 of the 189, compared with 72 at the US's lowest level and 79 at Canada's.
The 14 biggest disagreements
Each column uses that government's own wording.
| Country | US State Department | UK Foreign Office | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | Level 4: Do Not Travel | No advice against travel | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
| Armenia | Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution | Against all travel to parts | Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
| Bahrain | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Avoid non-essential travel |
| Georgia | Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions | Against all travel to parts | Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
| Guyana | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution |
| Honduras | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
| Kuwait | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
| Nicaragua | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution |
| Oman | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Avoid non-essential travel |
| Qatar | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution |
| Rwanda | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | Against all but essential travel to parts | Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
| United Arab Emirates | Level 3: Reconsider Travel | No advice against travel | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Why they differ
Each government writes advice for its own citizens, based on its own consular reach, agreements and threat reports, and they update on different schedules. The UK usually warns about specific regions ("against all travel to parts") instead of a whole country, so a country can show "no advice against travel" in the UK summary while the US rates the whole country higher. The US updated its advice for several Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, on October 22, 2026, and rates them Level 3; as of October 24 the UK and Canada rate them lower.
How we compared them
We read the US State Department's advisory feed, the UK Foreign Office's travel advice through GOV.UK, and Canada's travel advice data on October 24, 2026, then put each on a four-step scale to find gaps. The scale is ours, made only for comparing; it isn't any government's official rating. Always read the full advice before you go, since it often names the specific regions and reasons:
- US State Department travel advisories
- UK Foreign Office travel advice
- Canada travel advice and advisories
UK advice contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Canadian advice contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence, Canada.
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