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What Country is Ranked the Most Peaceful?

posted by n1 on Sunday August 10 2014, @03:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the no,-your-guess-wasn't-even-close dept.

gewg_ writes:

AlterNet reports:

"We are living in the most peaceful century in human history; however, the 2014 Global Peace Index shows that the last seven years has shown a notable deterioration in levels of peace."

So begins this year's peace index [script heavy site], an annual report released by the nonprofit Institute for Economics and Peace. The study ranks 162 countries (covering 99.6% of the world's population) according to a complex set of indicators that gauge the absence of violence and political instability. These include a nation's level of military expenditure, its relations with neighboring countries and the percentage of the population held in prisons.

Check out this infographic [pdf] to see which countries are the most and least peaceful, and access the IEP's full report here [pdf].

Most peaceful countries
1. Iceland
2. Denmark
3. Austria
4. New Zealand
5. Switzerland
6. Finland
7. Canada
8. Japan
9. Belgium
10. Norway

Least peaceful countries
1. Syria
2. Afghanistan
3. South Sudan
4. Iraq
5. Somalia
6. Sudan
7. Central African Republic
8. Democratic Republic of the Congo
9. Pakistan
10. North Korea
 
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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Sunday August 10 2014, @03:27PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Sunday August 10 2014, @03:27PM (#79667)

    Very disappointing to see the security and police factor in Canada drop in the last couple of years. It now matches the US and is below Somalia.

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  • (Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Sunday August 10 2014, @04:18PM

    by Buck Feta (958) on Sunday August 10 2014, @04:18PM (#79680) Journal

    At least you haven't burnt anyone's capital city to the ground in a while.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday August 10 2014, @05:46PM

      by c0lo (156) on Sunday August 10 2014, @05:46PM (#79702) Journal
      I'd say... don't tempt them.
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      • (Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Sunday August 10 2014, @07:15PM

        by Buck Feta (958) on Sunday August 10 2014, @07:15PM (#79729) Journal

        Some days I'm not entirely sure it would be a bad thing.

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        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday August 10 2014, @11:49PM

          by c0lo (156) on Sunday August 10 2014, @11:49PM (#79835) Journal

          Some days I'm not entirely sure it would be a bad thing.

          If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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      • (Score: 1) by EETech1 on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:13PM

        by EETech1 (957) on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:13PM (#79792)

        Don't tempt them AY.

        Dooontcha-noo...

  • (Score: 1) by arslan on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:41PM

    by arslan (3462) on Sunday August 10 2014, @10:41PM (#79816)

    Think in terms of peacefulness to the world population. I was gonna comment about a few 3rd world countries I've lived in as well, but then realized, well for whatever crime rate and problems that country has, it is actually pretty peaceful at the world stage or at least its immediate surrounding regional area. So this Index really is a Global Index. Most countries have its own internal horror stories, loonies and problems, its whether that spills over its borders, which is what this seems to try to indicate. From that perspective it looks pretty accurate.