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AlterNet reports:
Most peaceful countries"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].
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
(Score: 4, Informative) by maxwell demon on Sunday August 10 2014, @05:34PM
If you look at the first link, you have quite a few individual numbers to select (in total 22, if I counted correctly). Just click on "Specify indicator".
Particularly in the jailed population the U.S. are second worst, with only North Korea being worse. On the other hand, surprisingly the U.S. are ranking first place for violent crime (that is, less violent crime than any other country in the world).
Note that the site offers also an U.S. peace index. The least peaceful U.S. state is Lousiana, the most peaceful state is Maine.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.