Global Peace Index

The Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO <a href="/facts/Institute_for_Economics_%26_Peace/l8eBvPVL">Institute for Economics & Peace</a> (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' <a href="/facts/Peace/Dcnr9AfJ">peacefulness</a>. The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of peacefulness. In the past decade, the GPI has presented trends of increased global violence and less peacefulness.
The GPI (Global Peace Index) is developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and <a href="/facts/Think_tank/xl9t8HmC">think tanks</a> with data collected by the <a href="/facts/Economist_Intelligence_Unit/c8ypqfFR">Economist Intelligence Unit</a>. The Index was first launched in 2007, with subsequent reports being released annually. In 2015 it ranked 165 countries, up from 121 in 2007. The study was conceived by Australian technology entrepreneur <a href="/facts/Steve_Killelea/6aM2t9Ng">Steve Killelea</a>, and is endorsed by individuals such as former <a href="/facts/UN_Secretary-General/2nNU9WMu">UN Secretary-General</a> <a href="/facts/Kofi_Annan/x5YdH5wX">Kofi Annan</a>, <a href="/facts/14th_Dalai_Lama/zYdSD0AB">the Dalai Lama</a>, and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate <a href="/facts/Martti_Ahtisaari/1bVTRsMK">Martti Ahtisaari</a>. The updated index is released each year at events in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, and at the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Secretariat/cueFTl8X">United Nations Secretariat</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>.
The 2024 GPI indicates <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a>, <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a>, <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>, <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a>, <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a>, <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a>, <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a> and <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a> to be the most peaceful countries, while <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Yemen</a>, <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Sudan/DacJpKfT">South Sudan</a>, <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Congo</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>, <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> and <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a> to be the least peaceful. Among the top 7 most populous nations accounting for over half of the world's population and approximately half of the total <a href="/facts/Gross_domestic_product/zQRgyFKc">GDP</a> of the world, <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a> ranks 48th overall on the Global Peace Index, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> 88th, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> 116th, <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a> 131st, <a href="/facts/The_United_States/P0sCdLe5">the United States</a> 132nd, <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> 140th and <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a> 147th. Findings of the 2024 GPI indicate a less peaceful world over the last 16 years, a 6 per cent deterioration in the global level of peace over the preceding 16 years, and a growing inequality in peace between the most and least peaceful countries.
Ten indicators broadly assess what might be described as safety and security in society. Their assertion is that low crime rates, minimal incidences of terrorist acts and violent demonstrations, harmonious relations with neighbouring countries, a stable political scene, and a small proportion of the population being internally displaced or refugees can be suggestive of peacefulness.

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