13-Jun-2019: Global Peace Index 2019
India's is ranked 141 among 163 countries on the Global Peace Index 2019.
The GPI was founded by Steve Killelea, an Australian technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. It is released by Australian think tank Institute for Economics & Peace. It ranks countries according to the level of peacefulness based on three thematic domains:
- The level of societal safety and security.
- The extent of ongoing domestic and international conflict.
- The degree of militarisation.
Possible effects of climate change on peace is newly included in this research.
In the last five year, the global score of GPI has improved, with 86 countries improving and 76 recording deteriorations.
Most peaceful: Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008. Other countries at top of the Global Peace Index (GPI) are New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, and Denmark.
Least peaceful: Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world, replacing Syria, which is now the second least peaceful. South Sudan, Yemen, and Iraq comprise the remaining five least peaceful countries
Position of South Asian countries: Bhutan topped the index with 15th rank, Sri Lanka 72, Nepal 76, Bangladesh 101 and Pakistan 153rd on the index.
Climate hazards: India together with the Philippines, Japan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Pakistan are the nine countries with the highest risk of multiple climate hazards. India has the 7th highest overall natural hazard score.
Military expenditure: US, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and India are the top five countries with the largest total military expenditure.
6-Jun-2018: Global Peace Index 2018: India’s rank moved up to 136.
India’s rank has marginally improved in “global peacefulness”, at a time when there is an overall decline of global peace owing to escalation of violence in West Asia and North Africa. Pakistan too has improved marginally, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI), released by Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
The IEP, world’s leading think tank that develops metrics to analyse peace and quantify its economic value, released the 12th edition of the GPI, or measure of global peacefulness.
India’s GPI rank was 137 out of 163 countries in 2017, when the year 2016 was assessed. In 2018, when the year 2017 is assessed, India’s rank moved up to 136. This is in line with the performance of some of the South Asian countries. Nepal moved up from 93 to 84, while Sri Lanka moved up too, from position 80 to 67. Pakistan moved from 152 to 151. South Asia experienced the largest regional improvement in peacefulness. However, the best performer of South Asia, Bhutan, has slipped from 13 to 19, while Bangladesh’ peace index deteriorated sharply. Bangladesh moved from 84 to 93.
Peace continues to record a “gradual, sustained fall” across the world.
The results of the 2018 GPI find that the global level of peace has deteriorated by 0.27% last year, marking the fourth successive year of deteriorations. Syria remained the least peaceful country in the world, a position that it had held for the past five years.
Iceland continues to remain the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008.