Global Peace Index 2012: How Safe Is Your Country?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Carian Thus

Global Peace Index 2012: How Safe Is Your Country?

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Good news! The world has become ‘slightly more peaceful’ for the first time since 2009 according to the annual Global Peace Index (GPI). This index ranks 158 countries and is made up of 23 indicators of peace, such as political instability, military expenditure, relations with neighbouring countries and access to weapons. So what does the 2012 rankings show us? Watch the video below to find out.

How peaceful is your country compared to previous years and other countries? Check out the complete GPI rankings over the past six years below, or play with an interactive map here.

Global Peace Index 2007-2012

Country	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Source: Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
Iceland	1	1	2	4	1
Denmark	2	4	7	2	2	3
New Zealand	2	2	1	1	4	2
Canada	4	8	14	8	11	8
Japan	5	3	3	7	5	5
Ireland	6	11	6	12	6	4
Austria	6	6	4	5	10	10
Slovenia	8	10	11	10	16	15
Finland	9	7	9	9	8	6
Switzerland	10	16	18	18	12	14
Belgium	11	14	17	15	15	11
Qatar	12	12	15	17	33	30
Czech Republic	13	5	12	11	17	13
Sweden	14	13	10	6	13	7
Germany	15	15	16	16	14	12
Portugal	16	17	13	14	7	9
Hungary	17	20	20	27	18	18
Norway	18	9	5	2	3	1
Bhutan	19	34	36	40	26	19
Malaysia	20	19	22	26	38	37
Mauritius	21
Australia	22	18	19	19	27	25
Singapore	23	24	30	23	29	29
Poland	24	22	29	32	31	27
Spain	25	28	25	28	30	21
Slovakia	26	23	21	24	20	17
Taiwan	27	27	35	37	44	36
Netherlands	28	25	27	22	22	20
United Kingdom	29	26	31	35	49	49
Chile	30	38	28	20	19	16
Botswana	31	35	33	34	46	42
Romania	32	40	45	31	24	26
Uruguay	33	21	24	25	21	24
Vietnam	34	30	38	39	37	35
Croatia	35	37	41	49	60	67
Costa Rica	36	31	26	29	34	31
Laos	37	32	34	45	51
Italy	38	45	40	36	28	33
Bulgaria	39	53	50	56	57	54
France	40	36	32	30	36	34
Estonia	41	47	46	38	35	28
Korea, South	42	50	43	33	32	32
Lithuania	43	43	42	43	41	43
Argentina	44	55	71	66	56	52
Latvia	45	46	54	54	39	47
United Arab Emirates	46	33	44	41	42	38
Kuwait	47	29	39	42	45	46
Mozambique	48	48	47	53	50	50
Namibia	49	54	59	65	77	64
Ghana	50	42	48	52	40	40
Zambia	51	52	51	58	53	53
Sierra Leone	52	61	53
Lesotho	53
Morocco	54	58	58	63	63	48
Tanzania	55	56	55	59	58	57
Burkina Faso	56	51	57	71	81
Djibouti	56
Mongolia	58	57	92	89	88
Oman	59	41	23	21	25	22
Malawi	60	39	52	47	73	68
Panama	61	49	61	59	48	45
Jordan	62	64	68	64	65	63
Indonesia	63	68	67	67	68	78
Serbia	64	84	90	78	85	84
Bosnia and Herzegovina	65	60	60	50	66	75
Albania	66	63	65	76	79
Moldova	66	59	66	75	83	72
Macedonia	68	78	84	88	87	82
Guyana	69	88	91	97
Cuba	70	67	72	68	62	59
Ukraine	71	69	97	82	84	80
Tunisia	72	44	37	44	47	39
Cyprus	73	71	76	48	52	51
Gambia	74	62
Gabon	75	81	74	51	55	56
Paraguay	76	66	78	73	70	55
Greece	77	65	62	57	54	44
Senegal	78	77	79	80	71	65
Peru	79	85	89	79	80	70
Nepal	80	95	82	77
Montenegro	81	89	88	91
Nicaragua	81	72	64	61	59	66
Brazil	83	74	83	85	90	83
Bolivia	84	76	81	81	78	69
Ecuador	85	90	101	109	100	87
Swaziland	85	70	73
Equatorial Guinea	87	75	69	61	64	71
United States	88	82	85	83	97	96
China	89	80	80	74	67	60
Dominican Republic	90	91	93	70	82	74
Bangladesh	91	83	87	90	86	86
Guinea	92	92
Papua New Guinea	93	94	95	93	95	88
Trinidad and Tobago	94	79	94	87	98	94
Angola	95	87	86	100	110	112
Guinea-Bissau	95
Cameroon	97	86	106	95	92	76
Uganda	98	96	100	103	114	104
Madagascar	99	105	77	72	43	41
Tajikistan	99	103
Liberia	101	97	99
Mali	102	100	109	96	99
Sri Lanka	103	126	133	125	125	111
Congo	104	98	102	106	117
Kazakhstan	105	93	95	84	72	61
Saudi Arabia	106	101	108	104	108	90
Haiti	107	113	114	116	109
Cambodia	108	115	111	105	91	85
Belarus	109	112	105	98	94
Uzbekistan	110	109	110	106	111	110
El Salvador	111	102	103	94	89	89
Egypt	111	73	49	54	69	73
Jamaica	113	106	98	102	96	81
Benin	114
Armenia	115	109	113
Niger	116	119
Turkmenistan	117	108	117	101	102
Bahrain	118	123	70	69	74	62
Rwanda	119	99	75	86	76
Kenya	120	111	120	113	119	91
Algeria	121	129	116	110	112	107
Eritrea	122	104
Venezuela	123	124	122	120	123	102
Guatemala	124	125	112	111	103	93
Mauritania	125	130	123	124	120
Thailand	126	107	124	118	118	105
South Africa	127	118	121	123	116	99
Iran	128	119	104	99	105	97
Honduras	129	117	125	112	104	98
Turkey	130	127	126	121	115	92
Kyrgyzstan	131	114
Azerbaijan	132	122	119	115	101	101
Philippines	133	136	130	114	113	100
Cote d’ Ivoire	134	128	118	117	122	113
Mexico	135	121	107	108	93	79
Lebanon	136	137	134	132	132	114
Ethiopia	137	131	127	128	121	103
Burundi	138	132	131	127
Myanmar	139	133	132	126	126	108
Zimbabwe	140	140	135	135	124	106
Georgia	141	134	142	134
India	142	135	128	122	107	109
Yemen	143	138	129	119	106	95
Colombia	144	139	138	130	130	116
Chad	145	141	141	138	135
Nigeria	146	142	137	129	129	117
Libya	147	143	56	46	61	58
Syria	147	116	115	92	75	77
Pakistan	149	146	145	137	127	115
Israel	150	145	144	141	136	119
Central African Republic	151	144	136	133	134
Korea, North	152	149	139	131	133
Russia	153	147	143	136	131	118
Congo, Democratic Republic of	154	148	140	139	128
Iraq	155	152	149	144	140	121
Sudan	156	151	146	140	138	120
Afghanistan	157	150	147	143	137
Somalia	158	153	148	142	139