global
peace
index

2012
global peace
index rankings
most peaceful

least peaceful

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Rank

1
2
2
4
5
6
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

Country

Score

Rank

Iceland

1.113

Denmark
New Zealand
Canada
Japan
Austria
Ireland
Slovenia
Finland
Switzerland
Belgium
Qatar
Czech Republic
Sweden
Germany
Portugal
Hungary
Norway
Bhutan
Malaysia
Mauritius
Australia
Singapore

1.239
1.239
1.317
1.326
1.328
1.328
1.330
1.348
1.349
1.376
1.395
1.396
1.419
1.424
1.470
1.476
1.480
1.481
1.485
1.487
1.494
1.521

85
85
87
88

Poland
Spain
Slovakia
Taiwan
Netherlands

1.524
1.548
1.590
1.602
1.606

29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56

United Kingdom
Chile
Botswana
Romania
Uruguay
Vietnam
Croatia
Costa Rica
Laos
Italy
Bulgaria
France
Estonia
South Korea
Lithuania
Argentina
Latvia
United Arab
Emirates
Kuwait
Mozambique
Namibia
Ghana
Zambia
Sierra Leone
Lesotho
Morocco
Tanzania
Burkina Faso

1.609
1.616
1.621
1.627
1.628
1.641
1.648
1.659
1.662
1.690
1.699
1.710
1.715
1.734
1.741
1.763
1.774
1.785
1.792
1.796
1.804
1.807
1.830
1.855
1.864
1.867
1.873
1.881

56
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
66
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
81
83
84

Djibouti
Mongolia
Oman
Malawi
Panama
Jordan
Indonesia
Serbia
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Albania
Moldova
Macedonia (FYR)
Guyana
Cuba
Ukraine
Tunisia
Cyprus
Gambia
Gabon
Paraguay
Greece
Senegal
Peru
Nepal
Montenegro
Nicaragua
Brazil
Bolivia

1.881
1.884
1.887
1.894
1.899
1.905
1.913
1.920
1.923
1.927
1.927
1.935
1.937
1.951
1.953
1.955
1.957
1.961
1.972
1.973
1.976
1.994
1.995
2.001
2.006
2.006
2.017
2.021

89
90
91
92
93
94
95
95
97
98
99
99
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109

Country

Score

Ecuador
Swaziland
Equatorial Guinea
United States of
America
China
Dominican
Republic
Bangladesh
Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
Trinidad and
Tobago
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Cameroon
Uganda
Madagascar
Tajikistan
Liberia
Mali

2.028
2.028
2.039

Sri Lanka
Republic
of Congo
Kazakhstan
Saudi Arabia
Haiti
Cambodia
Belarus

2.145

2.058
2.061
2.068
2.071
2.073
2.076
2.082
2.105
2.105
2.113
2.121
2.124
2.124
2.131
2.132

2.148
2.151
2.178
2.179
2.207
2.208

110
111
111
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138

Uzbekistan
Egypt
El Salvador
Jamaica
Benin
Armenia
Niger
Turkmenistan
Bahrain
Rwanda
Kenya
Algeria
Eritrea
Venezuela
Guatemala
Mauritania
Thailand
South Africa
Iran
Honduras
Turkey
Kyrgyz Republic

2.219
2.220
2.220
2.222
2.231
2.238
2.241
2.242
2.247
2.250
2.252
2.255
2.264
2.278
2.287
2.301
2.303
2.321
2.324
2.339
2.344
2.359

Azerbaijan
Philippines
Cote d’Ivoire
Mexico
Lebanon
Ethiopia
Burundi

2.360
2.415
2.419
2.445
2.459
2.504
2.524

139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
147
149
150
151
152
153
154

155
156
157
158

Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Georgia
India
Yemen
Colombia
Chad
Nigeria
Libya
Syria
Pakistan
Israel
Central African
Republic
North Korea
Russia
Democratic
Republic of the
Congo
Iraq
Sudan
Afghanistan
Somalia

2.525
2.538
2.541
2.549
2.601
2.625
2.671
2.801
2.830
2.830
2.833
2.842
2.872
2.932
2.938

3.073
3.192
3.193
3.252
3.392

©Institute for Economics and Peace 2012