Global Peace Index
The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. It is maintained by the Economist, an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks. It rates 121 countries from Algeria to Zimbabwe, looking at factors like levels of violence, organised crime and military expenditure.
Most of the European country rank in the top half of the league, while USA is 96th place and Russia even 118th.
The top 25 on the Global Peace Index:
1 Norway
2 New Zealand
3 Denmark
4 Ireland
5 Japan
6 Finland
7 Sweden
8 Canada
9 Portugal
10 Austria
11 Belgium
12 Germany
13 Czech Republic
14 Switzerland
15 Slovenia
16 Chile
17 Slovakia
18 Hungary
19 Bhutan
20 Netherlands
21 Spain
22 Oman
23 Hong Kong
24 Uruguay
25 Australia
The bottom 10 on the Global Peace Index:
112 Angola
113 Ivory Coast
114 Lebanon
115 Pakistan
116 Colombia
117 Nigeria.
118 Russia
119 Israel
120 Sudan
121 Iraq
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Luca @ June 2, 2007