- The Global Peace Index (GPI) is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness.
- The list was launched first in May 2007
- The Index is composed of 22 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries and the percentage of prison population in 162 countries.
- Iceland is the most peaceful country followed by Denmark.
- Iceland is topping the index since 2008.
- India ranked 143rd while falling two positions from the previous year. ie 141.
- Syria replaced Afghanistan to become world's least peaceful nation.
- he deterioration in world peace has been due to conflicts in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic (CAR), tensions over Ukraine and increased terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines and Libya.
Below is a copy paste from The Gaurdian about the methodology of above index...
To calculate how peaceful a country is the GPI looks at 22 different indicators. Each of the different indicators is weighted according to importance and they can be broken down into three broad sections listed below with some examples:
Ongoing domestic and international conflict
- Number of external and internal conflicts fought
- Number of deaths from organised conflict
- Level of organised conflict
Societal safety and security
- Level of perceived criminality in society
- Political terror scale
- Number of homicides per 100,000 people
- Number of internal security officers and police per 100,000 people
Militarisation
- Nuclear and heavy weapons capability
- Ease of access to small arms and light weapons
- Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons as recipients (imports) per 100,000 people
This calculation is used to get an overall score with Iceland, the most peaceful country, getting 1.19 while Syria, the least peaceful, gets 3.65.
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