Mapped: The World’s Peacefulness in 2024

Julia Wendling
2024-10-13 14:15:00
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Mapped: World’s Peacefulness in 2024

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Global geopolitical tensions have taken center stage in recent years as regional wars and trade conflicts have intensified. This graphic from Rajesh Palanisamy maps out countries by level of peacefulness in 2024, based on data from the Institute for Economics and Peace.

What is GPI and How’s it Measured?

Global Peace Index (GPI) is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources to measure peace across three domains: Societal Safety and Security, Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and Militarization.

RANK	COUNTRY	SCORE	STATE OF PEACE
1	Iceland	1.112	Very High
2	Republic of Ireland	1.303	Very High
3	Austria	1.313	Very High
4	New Zealand	1.323	Very High
5	Singapore	1.339	Very High
6	Switzerland	1.350	Very High
7	Portugal	1.372	Very High
8	Denmark	1.382	Very High
9	Slovenia	1.395	Very High
10	Malaysia	1.427	Very High
11	Canada	1.449	Very High
12	Czech Republic	1.459	High
13	Finland	1.474	High
14	Hungary	1.502	High
15	Croatia	1.504	High
16	Belgium	1.510	High
17	Japan	1.525	High
18	Netherlands	1.527	High
19	Australia	1.536	High
20	Germany	1.542	High
21	Bhutan	1.564	High
22	Mauritius	1.577	High
23	Spain	1.597	High
24	Estonia	1.615	High
25	Kuwait	1.622	High
26	Bulgaria	1.629	High
27	Slovakia	1.634	High
28	Norway	1.638	High
29	Qatar	1.656	High
30	Latvia	1.661	High
31	Lithuania	1.672	High
32	Poland	1.678	High
33	Italy	1.692	High
34	United Kingdom	1.703	High
35	Montenegro	1.746	High
36	Romania	1.755	High
37	Oman	1.761	High
38	North Macedonia	1.764	High
39	Sweden	1.782	High
40	Greece	1.793	High
41	Vietnam	1.802	High
42	Albania	1.809	High
43	Taiwan	1.818	High
44	Madagascar	1.838	High
45	Mongolia	1.845	High
46	South Korea	1.848	High
47	Argentina	1.855	High
48	Indonesia	1.857	High
49	Laos	1.861	High
50	Botswana	1.863	High
51	East Timor	1.882	High
52	Uruguay	1.893	High
53	United Arab Emirates	1.897	High
54	Serbia	1.930	Medium
55	Ghana	1.938	Medium
56	Kosovo	1.945	Medium
57	Zambia	1.948	Medium
58	Costa Rica	1.950	Medium
59	Kazakhstan	1.954	Medium
60	Uzbekistan	1.957	Medium
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.961	Medium
62	Namibia	1.972	Medium
63	Moldova	1.976	Medium
64	Chile	1.978	Medium
65	Tanzania	1.987	Medium
66	Sierra Leone	1.993	Medium
67	Jordan	1.998	Medium
68	Bolivia	2.009	Medium
69	Liberia	2.025	Medium
70	Cambodia	2.028	Medium
71	Tajikistan	2.035	Medium
72	Angola	2.043	Medium
73	Paraguay	2.044	Medium
73	Tunisia	2.044	Medium
75	Thailand	2.048	Medium
76	Armenia	2.052	Medium
77	Kyrgyzstan	2.053	Medium
78	Morocco	2.054	Medium
79	Malawi	2.063	Medium
80	Nepal	2.069	Medium
81	Bahrain	2.072	Medium
82	The Gambia	2.079	Medium
82	Turkmenistan	2.079	Medium
84	Senegal	2.084	Medium
85	Guinea-Bissau	2.085	Medium
86	France	2.088	Medium
87	Trinidad and Tobago	2.092	Medium
88	China	2.101	Medium
88	Cyprus	2.101	Medium
90	Algeria	2.110	Medium
91	Jamaica	2.119	Medium
92	Rwanda	2.120	Medium
93	Bangladesh	2.126	Medium
94	Equatorial Guinea	2.132	Medium
95	Mauritania	2.136	Medium
96	Panama	2.140	Medium
97	Dominican Republic	2.157	Medium
98	Cuba	2.160	Medium
99	Peru	2.179	Medium
100	Georgia	2.195	Medium
100	Sri Lanka	2.195	Medium
102	Saudi Arabia	2.206	Medium
103	Eswatini	2.209	Medium
104	Philippines	2.210	Medium
105	Egypt	2.212	Medium
106	Azerbaijan	2.248	Medium
107	Mozambique	2.250	Medium
107	El Salvador	2.250	Medium
109	Ivory Coast	2.255	Medium
110	Republic of the Congo	2.261	Medium
111	Guyana	2.286	Medium
112	Belarus	2.291	Medium
113	Nicaragua	2.295	Medium
114	Benin	2.306	Medium
115	Papua New Guinea	2.315	Medium
116	India	2.319	Medium
117	Guatemala	2.332	Medium
118	Gabon	2.372	Low
119	Djibouti	2.374	Low
120	Togo	2.381	Low
121	Zimbabwe	2.396	Low
122	Kenya	2.409	Low
123	Honduras	2.415	Low
124	Guinea	2.423	Low
125	Lesotho	2.461	Low
126	Uganda	2.477	Low
127	South Africa	2.507	Low
128	Libya	2.528	Low
129	Burundi	2.567	Low
130	Ecuador	2.572	Low
131	Brazil	2.589	Low
132	United States	2.622	Low
133	Iran	2.682	Low
134	Lebanon	2.693	Low
135	Chad	2.704	Low
136	Eritrea	2.748	Low
137	Cameroon	2.773	Low
138	Mexico	2.778	Low
139	Turkey	2.780	Low
140	Niger	2.792	Low
140	Pakistan	2.783	Low
142	Venezuela	2.821	Low
143	Haiti	2.827	Low
144	Ethiopia	2.845	Low
145	Palestinian Authority	2.872	Low
146	Colombia	2.887	Low
147	Nigeria	2.907	Very Low
148	Myanmar	2.943	Very Low
149	Burkina Faso	2.969	Very Low
150	Central African Republic	3.009	Very Low
151	Iraq	3.045	Very Low
152	North Korea	3.055	Very Low
153	Somalia	3.091	Very Low
154	Mali	3.095	Very Low
155	Israel	3.115	Very Low
156	Syria	3.173	Very Low
157	Russia	3.249	Very Low
158	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.264	Very Low
159	Ukraine	3.280	Very Low
160	Afghanistan	3.294	Very Low
161	South Sudan	3.324	Very Low
162	Sudan	3.327	Very Low
163	Yemen	3.397	Very Low

Global Peace Index 2024

This year’s results show that the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.56%. This marks the 12th deterioration in peacefulness over the past 16 years, with 65 countries improving and 97 countries experiencing a decline in peacefulness. This is the highest number of countries to deteriorate in peacefulness in a single year since the index began. Additionally, this is the fifth consecutive year of global peacefulness deterioration.

Europe remains the most peaceful region in the world, hosting seven of the 10 most peaceful countries. However, it experienced a decline in peacefulness over the past year, recording its largest year-on-year deterioration in the Militarization domain since the GPI began in 2008.

North America experienced the largest regional decline in peacefulness, with both Canada and the U.S., showing significant decreases. This decline was driven by increases in violent crime and perceptions of criminality.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains the least peaceful, housing four of the 10 least peaceful countries in the world, including the two least peaceful, Sudan and Yemen.

Main Factor affecting Global Peace

The conflict in Gaza and the ongoing war in Ukraine primarily drove the decline in global peacefulness. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has resulted in over 2,000 fatalities per month for nearly every month in the past two years, with neither side making significant gains. Since October 2023, the Gaza conflict has caused over 35,000 deaths, leading to a severe humanitarian crisis.

Technology and the rise of asymmetric warfare are making it much easier for smaller non-state groups, as well as smaller or less powerful states, to engage in conflict with larger states or governments. Over the past five years, the use of drones by non-state groups has surged, with the number of drone strikes increasing by over a thousand percent since 2018. The economic impact of war is severe; for instance, Syria’s GDP plummeted by 85 percent, from $252 billion in 2010 to $8.9 billion in 2020.

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