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In this blog, we will be talking about the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2021. We will explain in detail what GPI is, rankings of different countries in the index and other related points. So read till the end to know in detail about the various facts related to GPI.
What is the Global Peace Index?
Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report which measures the position of different countries according to the peacefulness in their region. It is produced by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The report presents the most detailed, data-driven analysis on trends in peace, its economic value and ways to develop peaceful societies.
GPI measures 163 countries and territories and covers 99.7 percent of the world’s population. It consists of 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources. These indicators are classified into three main domains: ongoing conflict, safety and security and militarization.
GPI 2021
On 17th June International Peace Institute (IPI) together with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the 15th edition Global Peace Index. The event was hosted virtually.
Key points made in GPI 2021 report
- The year’s report indicated that the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.07 percent.
- This was the ninth deterioration in the last thirteen years.
- Out of 163 countries, 87 showed improvement while deteriorations were recorded in 73 and two showed no improvement.
- Among the three GPI domains mentioned earlier, Ongoing Conflict and Safety and Security deteriorated by 6.2 percent and 2.5 percent respectively over the decade. The only domain that improved was Militarization.
- Only three of the nine regions of the world became more peaceful over the past year.
- The largest improvement was seen in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) followed by Europe and South Asia. The largest regional deterioration occurred in North America across all the three GPI domains.
Rankings of the country
Globally
Iceland continued to be the most peaceful country in the world since 2008. It was ranked 1st with an index score of 1.1. It was joined at the top by New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal and Slovenia.
India moved up two places from last year to rank 135 with an index score of 2.553.
Afghanistan (163) continued to be the least peaceful country for the fourth consecutive year. It was followed by Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Iraq.
South Asia Region
India was ranked 5th in the South Asia region. Bhutan and Nepal were first and second most peaceful in this region.
Pakistan ranked 150th globally and 6th in this region.
Bangladesh was 91 out of 163 globally and 3rd in South Asia.
Sri Lanka slipped by 19 positions to rank 95th globally and 4th in the South Asia region.
Institute of Economic and peace (IEP)
Founder & Executive Chairman – Steve Killelea
Headquarters – Sydney, Australia
With this, we come to the end of this blog. We briefed you about the Global Peace Index, ranking of different countries globally. We also discussed the various points made by the 2021 GPI report.
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