The Global Peace Index (GPI) is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks A think tank is an organization or individual that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice. Many think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with data collected and analysed by the Economist Intelligence Unit It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. company acquired by the parent organization in 1986. It is particularly well known for its country profiles, monthly country reports, five-year country economic forecasts,. The list was launched first in May 2007 and then in May 2008 and recently on 2 June 2009 and is claimed to be the first study to rank countries around the world according to their peacefulness. The study is the brainchild of Australian entrepreneur Steve Killelea and is endorsed by individuals such as Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word Далай "Dalai" meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word བླ་མ ་"Blama" (with a silent b) meaning "chief" or "high priest.&, archbishop Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and former cleric who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province, former President Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, former President of Finland (1994-2000), 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work, Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concept of microcredit. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were jointly awarded the, economist Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became renowned for implementing economic shock therapy throughout the developing world and in Eastern Europe, and subsequently for his work on the challenges, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish senate (1969–1989). She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian and former US president Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia,. Factors examined by the authors include internal factors such as levels of violence and crime within the country and factors in a country's external relations such as military expenditure A military budget of an entity, most often a nation or a state, is the budget and financial resources dedicated to raising and maintaining armed forces for that entity. Military budgets reflect how much an entity perceives the likelihood of threats against it, or the amount of aggression it wishes to employ. It also provides an idea of how much and wars.

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Methodology

The research team was headed by The Economist Intelligence Unit It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. company acquired by the parent organization in 1986. It is particularly well known for its country profiles, monthly country reports, five-year country economic forecasts, in conjunction with academics and experts in the field of peace. They measured countries' peacefulness based on wide range of indicators, 24 in all. A table of the indicators is below.[1] In the table, UCDP stands for the Uppsala Conflict Data Program maintained by the University of Uppsala Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded as early as 1477, it is the oldest such institution in the Nordic countries, and for centuries has been one of Europe's most renowned seats of learning in Sweden Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən, Swedish: Sverige [ˈsvær.jə]), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and water borders with Denmark, Germany and, EIU for The Economist Intelligence Unit, UNSCT for the United Nations The United Nations Organization or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Survey of Criminal Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, ICPS is the International Center for Prison Studies at King's College London King's College London is a constituent college of the University of London in the United Kingdom. The college was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and its royal charter is predated in England only by those of Oxford University and Cambridge University. Along with University College London, King's College London became, IISS for the International Institute for Strategic Studies publication The Military Balance 2007, SIPRI for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is an organization that conducts scientific research into questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, in order to contribute to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions to international conflicts and for a stable peace. It was founded in Arms Transfers Database, and BICC for the Bonn International Center for Conversion.

# Indicator Source Year(s) Coding
1 Number of external and internal wars fought UCDP 2000 to 2005 Total number[2]
2 Estimated deaths due to external wars UCDP 2004 to 2005 Total number[2]
3 Estimated deaths due to internal wars UCDP 2004 to 2005 Total number[2]
4 Level of organized internal conflict EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
5 Relations with neighbouring countries EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
6 Level of distrust in other citizens EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
7 Number of displaced persons as percentage of population World Bank 2003 Refugee population by percentage of the origin country's population
8 Political instability EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
9 Level of respect for human rights (political terror scale) Amnesty International 2005 Qualitative measure
10 Potential for terrorist acts EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
11 Number of homicides UNSCT 2004 and 2002 Intentional homicides, including infanticide, per 100,000 people
12 Level of violent crime EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
13 Likelihood of violent demonstrations EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
14 Number of jailed persons ICPS 2006 Persons incarcerated per 100,000 people
15 Number of police and security officers UNSCT 2002 and 2000 Civil security officers per 100,000 people[3]
16 Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP IISS 2004 Cash outlays for armed forces, as a percentage of GDP[4]
17 Number of armed services personnel IISS 2004 Full-time military personnel per 100,000 people
18 Imports of major conventional weapons SIPRI 2001 to 2005 Imports of major conventional weapons per 100,000 people[5]
19 Exports of major conventional weapons SIPRI 2001 to 2005 Exports of major conventional weapons per 100,000 people[5]
20 United Nations deployments IISS 2006 to 2007 Total number
21 Non-United Nations deployments IISS 2006 to 2007 Total number
22 Number of heavy weapons BICC 2003 Weapons per 100,000 people[6]
23 Ease of access to small arms and light weapons EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5
24 Military capability or sophistication EIU 2007 Qualitative scale, ranked 1 to 5

Indicators not already ranked on a 1 to 5 scale were converted by using the following formula: x=(x-Min(x))/(Max(x)-Min(x)) where Max(x) and Min(x) are the highest and lowest values for that indicator of the countries ranked in the index. The 0 to 1 scores that resulted were then converted to the 1 to 5 scale. Individual indicators were then weighted according to the research team's judgment of their importance. The scores were then tabulated into two weighted sub-indices: internal peace, weighted at 60% of a country's final score, and external peace, weighted at 40% of a country's final score.[7]

The main findings of the Global Peace Index are:

Statistical analysis was applied to discover more specific drivers of peace. Specifically, the research team looked for indicators that were included and excluded from the index that had high levels of correlation with the overall score and rank of countries. Among the statistically significant indicators that were not used in the analysis were the functionality of a country's government, regional integration, hostility to foreigners, importance of religion in national life, and GDP per capita.[9]

Notably absent from the 2007 study are Belarus Belarus, (pronounced /bɛləˈruːs/ bel-ə-ROOS; Belarusian: Беларусь, Russian: Беларусь or Белоруссия, see Etymology), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the, Iceland b. ^ Iceland, the Faeroes and Greenland were formally Norwegian possessions until 1814 despite 400 years of Danish monarchy beforehand, many African Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people (as of 2009, see table) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.72% of the world's human population nations, Mongolia Mongolia (pronounced /mɒŋˈɡoʊliə/; Mongolian: Монгол улс , literally Mongol country/nation, ) is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only 38, North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Chosongul: 조선민주주의인민공화국), is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. The Amnok River and and Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south-central Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. In addition; India claims a border with Afghanistan at the Wakhan corridor as part of its claim on the Gilgit-. They were not included because reliable data for the 24 indicators was not available.[10]

Criticism and response to criticism

The Economist The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843. While The Economist calls itself a "newspaper", each issue appears on glossy, in publishing the index, admitted that, "the index will run into some flak." Specifically, according to The Economist, the weighting of military expenditure "may seem to give heart to freeloaders: countries that enjoy peace precisely because others (often the USA) care for their defense." The true utility of the index may lie not in its specific rankings of countries now, but in how those rankings change over time, thus tracking when and how countries become more or less peaceful.[11]

The Peace Index has been criticised for not including indicators specifically relating to violence against women and children. Riane Eisler Riane Tennenhaus Eisler is an Austrian born American scholar, writer, and social activist. Born in Vienna, her family fled from the Nazis to Cuba when she was a child; she later emigrated to the United States. She has degrees in sociology and law from the University of California. She is the author of many popular books and articles, and president, writing in the Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday through Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703, argued that, "to put it mildly, this blind spot makes the index very inaccurate." She mentions a number of specific cases, including Egypt Egypt (pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ ; Arabic: مصر‎ Miṣr, pronounced [misˤɾ] ( listen); Arabic: مِصْر Miṣr [ˈmisˤɾ]; Egyptian Arabic: مَصْر Maṣr [ˈmɑsˤɾ]; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, kīmi; Egyptian: 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula, where she claims 90% of women are subject to genital mutilation and China China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity, where, she says, "female infanticide is still a problem," according to a 2000 UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations study.[12]

The Index has received endorsements from a number of major international figures, including the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, former President of Finland and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, former President of Finland (1994-2000), 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work, the Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word Далай "Dalai" meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word བླ་མ ་"Blama" (with a silent b) meaning "chief" or "high priest.&, archbishop Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and former cleric who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province, Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concept of microcredit. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were jointly awarded the and former United States President Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia,.[13] Steve Killelea, the Australian philanthropist who conceived the idea of the Index, argues that the Index "is a wake-up call for leaders around the globe."[14].

Global Peace Index rankings

Nations considered more peaceful have lower index scores. Countries with rankings in green are in the most peaceful 20% for that year; those in red are in the bottom 20%.[15]

Country 2009 Rank 2009 Score 2008 Rank 2008 Score 2007 Rank 2007 Score 2007–2008 Change
Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south-central Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. In addition; India claims a border with Afghanistan at the Wakhan corridor as part of its claim on the Gilgit- 143 3.285 137 3.126
Albania Albania ( /ælˈbeɪniə/ al-BAY-nee-ə, Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria, Gheg Albanian: Shqipnia/Shqypnia), officially known as the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, pronounced [ɾɛpuˈblika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːs]), is a country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo[a] to the northeast, 75 1.925 79 2.044
Algeria Algerian Arabic is the language used by the majority of the population. Although French has no official status, Algeria is the second Francophone country in the world in terms of speakers 110 2.212 112 2.378 107 2.503 −05
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the 100 2.105 110 2.364 112 2.587 +02
Argentina The Argentine claims in Antarctica along with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands (administered by the United Kingdom) shown in light green 66 1.851 56 1.895 52 1.923 +01
Australia For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of the roughly 250 language groups. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the immediate north and discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by the British 19 1.476 27 1.652 25 1.664 −02
Austria Austria /ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/ (German: Österreich (help·info)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and 5 1.252 10 1.449 10 1.483 0
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (pronounced /ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ az-ər-bye-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is one of the six independent Turkic states in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to 114 2.327 101 2.287 101 2.448 0
Bahrain Bahrain, officially Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. While Bahrain is an archipelago of thirty-three islands, the largest (Bahrain Island) is 55 km (34 mi) long by 18 km (11 mi) wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which 69 1.881 74 2.025 62 1.995 −12
Belarus Belarus, (pronounced /bɛləˈruːs/ bel-ə-ROOS; Belarusian: Беларусь, Russian: Беларусь or Белоруссия, see Etymology), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the 98 2.103 94 2.194
Bangladesh Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ, pronounced /bæŋgləˈdɛʃ/; Bangladesh), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônoprojatontri Banglādeśh) is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma 90 2.045 86 2.118 86 2.219 0
Belgium Belgium (pronounced /ˈbɛldʒəm/ , BEL-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a 15 1.359 15 1.485 11 1.498 −04
Bhutan Coordinates: 27°25′01″N 90°26′06″E / 27.417°N 90.435°E The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Bhutan is 40 1.667 26 1.616 19 1.611 −07
Bolivia Coordinates: 16°42′43″S 64°39′58″W / 16.712°S 64.666°W Bolivia (pronounced /bəˈlɪviə/ ), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, IPA: [esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja]) is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the North 81 1.990 78 2.043 69 2.052 −09
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (pronounced /ˈbɒzni.ə hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/ ( listen) or /ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/; Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Latin: Bosna i Hercegovina; Bosnian and Serbian Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина) is a country in South-Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, 50 1.755 66 1.974 75 2.089 +09
Botswana 34 1.643 46 1.792 42 1.786 −04
Brazil 85 2.022 90 2.168 83 2.173 −07
Bulgaria 56 1.775 57 1.903 54 1.936 −03
Burkina Faso 71 1.905 81 2.062
Cambodia 105 2.179 91 2.179 85 2.197 −06
Cameroon 95 2.073 92 2.182 76 2.093 −16
Canada 8 1.311 11 1.451 8 1.481 −03
Central African Republic 133 2.733 134 2.857
Chad 138 2.880 135 3.007
Chile 20 1.481 19 1.576 16 1.568 −03
China 74 1.921 67 1.981 60 1.980 −07
Colombia 130 2.645 130 2.757 116 2.770 −14
Costa Rica 29 1.578 34 1.701 31 1.702 −03
Cote d'Ivoire 117 2.342 122 2.451 113 2.638 −09
Croatia 49 1.741 60 1.926 67 2.030 +07
Cuba 68 1.856 62 1.954 59 1.968 −03
Cyprus 48 1.737 52 1.847 51 1.915 −01
Czech Republic 11 1.328 17 1.501 13 1.524 −04
Democratic Republic of the Congo 139 2.888 128 2.707
Denmark 2 1.217 2 1.343 3 1.377 +01
Dominican Republic 70 1.890 82 2.069 74 2.071 −08
Ecuador 109 2.211 100 2.274 87 2.219 −13
Egypt 54 1.773 69 1.987 73 2.068 +04
El Salvador 94 2.068 89 2.163 89 2.244 0
Equatorial Guinea 61 1.801 64 1.964 71 2.059 +07
Estonia 38 1.661 35 1.702 28 1.684 −07
Ethiopia 128 2.551 121 2.439 103 2.479 −18
Finland 9 1.322 8 1.432 6 1.447 −02
France 30 1.579 36 1.707 34 1.729 −02
Gabon 51 1.758 55 1.878 56 1.952 +01
Germany 16 1.392 14 1.475 12 1.523 −02
Ghana 52 1.761 40 1.723 40 1.765 0
Greece 57 1.778 54 1.867 44 1.791 −10
Guatemala 111 2.218 103 2.328 93 2.285 −10
Haiti 116 2.330 109 2.362
Honduras 112 2.265 104 2.335 98 2.390 −06
Hong Kong 23 1.608 23 1.657 0
Hungary 27 1.575 18 1.576 18 1.575 0
Iceland 4 1.225 1 1.176
India 122 2.433 107 2.355 109 2.530 +02
Indonesia 67 1.853 68 1.983 78 2.111 +10
Iran 99 2.104 105 2.341 97 2.320 −08
Iraq 144 3.341 140 3.514 121 3.437 −19
Ireland 12 1.333 6 1.410 4 1.396 −02
Israel 141 3.035 136 3.052 119 3.033 −17
Italy 36 1.648 28 1.653 33 1.724 +05
Jamaica 102 2.111 96 2.226 81 2.164 −15
Japan 7 1.272 5 1.358 5 1.413 0
Jordan 64 1.832 65 1.969 63 1.997 −02
Kazakhstan 84 2.018 72 2.018 61 1.995 −11
Kenya 113 2.266 119 2.429 91 2.258 −28
Kuwait 42 1.680 45 1.786 46 1.818 +01
Laos 45 1.701 51 1.810
Latvia 54 1.773 39 1.723 47 1.848 +08
Lebanon 132 2.718 132 2.840 114 2.662 −18
Libya| 46 1.710 61 1.927 58 1.967 −03
Lithuania 43 1.687 41 1.723 43 1.788 +02
Luxembourg 13 1.341 9 1.446
Madagascar 72 1.912 43 1.770 41 1.766 −02
Malawi 47 1.711 73 2.024 68 2.038 −05
Malaysia 26 1.561 37 1.721 37 1.744 0
Mali 96 2.086 99 2.238
Mauritania 124 2.478 120 2.435
Mexico 108 2.209 93 2.191 79 2.125 −14
Moldova 75 1.925 83 2.091 72 2.059 −11
Mongolia 89 2.040 88 2.155
Morocco 63 1.811 63 1.954 48 1.893 −15
Mozambique 53 1.765 50 1.803 50 1.909 0
Myanmar 126 2.501 126 2.590 108 2.524 −18
Namibia 65 1.841 77 2.042 64 2.003 −13
Netherlands 22 1.531 22 1.607 20 1.620 −02
New Zealand 1 1.202 4 1.350 2 1.363 −02
Nicaragua 61 1.801 59 1.919 66 2.020 +07
Nigeria 129 2.602 129 2.724 117 2.898 −12
North Korea 131 2.717 133 2.850
Norway 2 1.217 3 1.343 1 1.357 −02
Oman 21 1.520 25 1.612 22 1.641 −03
Pakistan 137 2.859 127 2.694 115 2.697 −12
Panama 59 1.798 48 1.797 45 1.798 −03
Papua New Guinea 93 2.059 95 2.224 88 2.223 −07
Paraguay 73 1.916 70 1.997 55 1.946 −15
Peru 79 1.972 80 2.046 70 2.056 −10
Philippines 114 2.327 113 2.385 100 2.428 −13
Poland 32 1.599 31 1.687 27 1.683 −04
Portugal 14 1.348 7 1.412 9 1.481 +02
Qatar 16 1.392 33 1.694 30 1.702 −03
Republic of Macedonia 88 2.039 87 2.119 82 2.170 −05
Republic of the Congo 106 2.202 117 2.417
Romania 31 1.591 24 1.611 26 1.682 +02
Russia 136 2.750 131 2.777 118 2.903 −13
Rwanda 86 2.027 76 2.030
Saudi Arabia 104 2.167 108 2.357 90 2.246 −18
Senegal 80 1.984 71 2.011 65 2.017 −06
Serbia 78 1.951 85 2.110 84 2.181 −01
Singapore 23 1.533 29 1.673 29 1.692 0
Slovakia 24 1.539 20 1.576 17 1.571 −03
Slovenia 9 1.322 16 1.491 15 1.539 −01
Somalia 142 3.257 139 3.293
South Africa 123 2.437 116 2.412 99 2.399 −17
South Korea 33 1.627 32 1.691 32 1.719 0
Spain 28 1.577 30 1.683 21 1.633 −09
Sri Lanka 125 2.485 125 2.584 111 2.575 −14
Sudan 140 2.922 138 3.189 120 3.182 −18
Sweden 6 1.269 13 1.468 7 1.478 −06
Switzerland 18 1.393 12 1.465 14 1.526 +02
Syria 92 2.049 75 2.027 77 2.106 +02
Taiwan 37 1.652 44 1.779 36 1.731 −08
Tanzania 59 1.796 58 1.919 57 1.966 −01
Thailand 118 2.353 118 2.424 105 2.491 −13
Trinidad and Tobago 87 2.035 98 2.230 94 2.286 −04
Tunisia 44 1.698 47 1.797 39 1.762 −08
Turkey 121 2.389 115 2.403 92 2.272 −23
Turkmenistan 101 2.110 102 2.302
Uganda 103 2.140 114 2.391 104 2.489 −10
Ukraine 82 2.010 84 2.096 80 2.150 −04
United Arab Emirates 40 1.667 42 1.745 38 1.747 −04
United Kingdom 35 1.647 49 1.801
United States of America 83 2.015 97 2.227 96 2.317 −01
Uruguay 25 1.557 21 1.606 24 1.661 +03
Uzbekistan 106 2.202 111 2.377 110 2.542 −01
Venezuela 120 2.381 123 2.505 102 2.453 −21
Vietnam 39 1.664 37 1.720 35 1.729 −02
Yemen 119 2.363 106 2.352 95 2.309 −11
Zambia 58 1.779 53 1.856 53 1.930 0
Zimbabwe 134 2.736 124 2.513 106 2.495 −18
Note: There have been changes to the methodology for the 2009 data.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ All information in indicator table from "Global Peace Index: Indicators". Vision of Humanity. http://www.visionofhumanity.com/GPI_Indicators/index.php. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  2. ^ a b c In this case, a conflict is defined as, "a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year."
  3. ^ Excludes militia and national guard forces.
  4. ^ This includes, "cash outlays of central or federal government to meet the costs of national armed forces—including strategic, land, naval, air, command, administration and support forces as well as paramilitary forces, customs forces and border guards if these are trained and equipped as a military force."
  5. ^ a b This includes transfers, purchases, or gifts of aircraft, armoured vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, ships, engines
  6. ^ Weapons defined in four categories: armoured vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, major fighting ships.
  7. ^ "Global Peace Index: Methodology". Vision of Humanity. http://www.visionofhumanity.com/WPI_Methodology/index.php. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  8. ^ First Global Peace Index Ranks 121 Countries, PP Newswire
  9. ^ "Global Peace Index: Drivers of Peace". Vision of Humanity. http://www.visionofhumanity.com/WPI_PeaceDrivers/index.php. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  10. ^ Charles, Deborah (May 30, 2007). "New Peace Index Ranks US Among Worst Nations". Reuters. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/30/1553/. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  11. ^ "Give peace a rating". The Economist. May 31, 2007. http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9266967. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  12. ^ Eisler, Riane (July 26, 2007). "Dark underbelly of the world's most 'peaceful' countries". Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0726/p09s01-coop.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  13. ^ "Endorsers for GPI". Vision of Humanity. http://www.visionofhumanity.com/endorsementsForGPI/index.php. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  14. ^ "Norway rated most peaceful nation". BBC News. 2007-05-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6704767.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  15. ^ All information in the table of rankings from: Both are linked from: Vision of Humanity (2008). "EIU Reports - Documents - Global Peace Index". http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/documents/results-report.php. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  16. ^ Global Peace Index - Methodology and Data Sources

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