Yesterday the Economist Intelligence Unit published a Global Peace Index (GPI) that ranks 121 countries according to their level of violence. There were 24 different factors (internal and external) which went into calculating each country’s score. Factors included items such as the level of violence within a country, organized crime, the number of people in prison, and military expenditure.
The study, which was supported by a number of Nobel laureates, found New Zealand and Norway to be the most peaceful countries, and Iraq and Sudan to be the least peaceful.
To see how other countries fared check out the graph below:
No real surprises here, I think they have hit the nail on the head basically across the board. What will be interesting to see are follow-up studies in years to come. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the United States turn to red within five years.
Canada, anyone?
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US in a low state of peace according to the GPI…
No real surprises here, I think they have hit the nail on the head basically across the board. What will be interesting to see are follow-up studies in years to come. I wouldn t be surprised to see the United States turn to red within five years. Canad…