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Is it Safe Yet?
Worldwide Peace Index May Cause You to Re-examine Traditional Views of Which Countries are Safest to Visit and Live in.
(6/23/2007)
The Global Peace Index, recently published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, has ranked 121 countries in terms of their overall "peacefulness."
In dispensing its peacefulness ratings, The Economist Intelligence Unit evaluated 24 separate indices, including availability of weapons, military expenditures, local corruption, and the level of respect for human rights.
The researchers also sought out patterns of peacefulness discovering that countries that placed a premium on democracy, governmental transparency, education and material well-being were generally more tranquil places to live. The U.S. which ranked high in many of these areas lost out to other countries in the final tally, including Indonesia, because of its engagement in external conflicts and high level of military spending, as well as its high rates of incarceration and homicide.
The index, created by Australian IT entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Killelea, is intended to provide a systematic exploration of the "texture of peace" while inspiring world leaders to work for a more peaceful world. Numbered among those who have lent enthusiastic support for the index and its findings are former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson and Harriet Fulbright of the Fulbright Center.
These influential leaders have lauded the index saying it broadens the definition of peace while at the same time providing a road map for world leaders seeking to achieve peace. In the words of Harriet Fulbright, "Peace isn't just the absence of war; it's the absence of violence."
How Does Your Country Rank?
121 countries were evaluate by The Economist Intelligence Unit using nearly 3,000 data points plus another 4,000 tied to "drivers of peace."
Here's the Global Peace Index for 121 countries and their scores out of a total potential 6,897 points with the most peaceful countries achieving the lowest score:
1. Norway 1.357
2. New Zealand 1.363
3. Denmark 1.377
4. Ireland 1.396
5. Japan 1.413
6. Finland 1.447
7. Sweden 1.478
8. Canada 1.481
9 . Portugal 1.481
10. Austria 1.483
11. Belgium 1.498
12. Germany 1.523
13. Czech Republic 1.524
14. Switzerland 1.526
15. Slovenia 1.539
16. Chile 1.568
17. Slovakia 1.571
18. Hungary 1.575
19. Bhutan 1.611
20. Netherlands 1.620
21. Spain 1.633
22. Oman 1.641
23. Hong Kong 1.657
24. Uruguay 1.661
25. Australia 1.664
26. Romania 1.682
27. Poland 1.683
28. Estonia 1.684
29. Singapore 1.692
30. Qatar 1.702
31. Costa Rica 1.702
32. South Korea 1.719
33. Italy 1.724
34. France 1.729
35. Vietnam 1.729
36. Taiwan 1.731
37. Malaysia 1.744
38. United Arab Emirates 1.747
39. Tunisia 1.762
40. Ghana 1.765
41. Madagascar 1.766
42. Botswana 1.786
43. Lithuania 1.788
44. Greece 1.791
45. Panama 1.798
46. Kuwait 1.818
47. Latvia 1.848
48. Morocco 1.893
49. United Kingdom 1.898
50. Mozambique 1.909
51. Cyprus 1.915
52. Argentina 1.923
53. Zambia 1.930
54. Bulgaria 1.936
55. Paraguay 1.946
56. Gabon 1.952
57. Tanzania 1.966
58. Libya 1.967
59. Cuba 1.968
60. China 1.980
61. Kazakhstan 1.995
62. Bahrain 1.995
63. Jordan 1.997
64. Namibia 2.003
65. Senegal 2.017
66. Nicaragua 2.020
67. Croatia 2.030
68. Malawi 2.038
69. Bolivia 2.052
70. Peru 2.056
71. Equatorial Guinea 2.059
72. Moldova 2.059
73. Egypt 2.068
74. Dominican Republic 2.071
75. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.089
76. Cameroon 2.093
77. Syria 2.106
78. Indonesia 2.111
79. Mexico 2.125
80. Ukraine 2.150
81. Jamaica 2.164
82. Macedonia 2.170
83. Brazil 2.173
84. Serbia 2.181
85. Cambodia 2.197
86. Bangladesh 2.219
87. Ecuador 2.219
88. Papua New Guinea 2.223
89. El Salvador 2.244
90. Saudi Arabia 2.246
91. Kenya 2.258
92. Turkey 2.272
93. Guatemala 2.285
94. Trinidad and Tobago 2.286
95. Yemen 2.309
96. United States of America 2.317
97. Iran 2.320
98. Honduras 2.390
99. South Africa 2.399
100. Philippines 2.428
101. Azerbaijan 2.448
102. Venezuela 2.453
103. Ethiopia 2.479
104. Uganda 2.489
105. Thailand 2.491
106. Zimbabwe 2.495
107. Algeria 2.503
108. Myanmar 2.524
109. India 2.530
110. Uzbekistan 2.542
111. Sri Lanka 2.575
112. Angola 2.587
113. Cote d'Ivoire 2.638
114. Lebanon 2.662
115. Pakistan 2.697
116. Colombia 2.770
117. Nigeria 2.898
118. Russia 2.903
119. Israel 3.033
120. Sudan 3.182
121. Iraq 3.437.
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