Every year, the Institute for Economics and Peace releases its Global Peace Index report. This report is the only one of its kind that measures how dangerous or safe a nation is based on 23 different indicators, including political terror, deaths from internal conflict, and murder rate. (higher scores are less safe)
Afghanistan — 3.554
Yemen — 3.394
Syria — 3.356
Russia — 3.275
South Sudan — 3.184
DR Congo — 3.166
Iraq — 3.157
Somalia — 3.125
Central African Republic — 3.021
Sudan — 3.007
Ukraine — 2.971
North Korea — 2.942
Libya — 2.930
Mali — 2.911
Ethiopia — 2.806
Venezuela — 2.798
Pakistan — 2.789
Burkina Faso — 2.786
Turkey — 2.785
Colombia — 2.729
Compared to the 2021 Global Peace Index, the 2022 GPI saw global peace deteriorate by 0.3% overall, the eleventh decline in the past fourteen years. While 90 countries became safer and more peaceful, 71 became less so (and two stayed the same), which led to an overall slide. Declines in peace and safety, the report points out, happen faster and move further than improvements.
Unsurprisingly, two of the largest increases in danger from the 2021 report to the 2022 report occurred in Russia and Ukraine, which were at war with one another following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. The other three countries with the greatest increase in danger were Burkina Faso, Haiti, and Guinea, all of which were involved in armed conflicts to one degree or another.
Afghanistan — 3.554
Yemen — 3.394
Syria — 3.356
Russia — 3.275
South Sudan — 3.184
DR Congo — 3.166
Iraq — 3.157
Somalia — 3.125
Central African Republic — 3.021
Sudan — 3.007
Ukraine — 2.971
North Korea — 2.942
Libya — 2.930
Mali — 2.911
Ethiopia — 2.806
Venezuela — 2.798
Pakistan — 2.789
Burkina Faso — 2.786
Turkey — 2.785
Colombia — 2.729
Compared to the 2021 Global Peace Index, the 2022 GPI saw global peace deteriorate by 0.3% overall, the eleventh decline in the past fourteen years. While 90 countries became safer and more peaceful, 71 became less so (and two stayed the same), which led to an overall slide. Declines in peace and safety, the report points out, happen faster and move further than improvements.
Unsurprisingly, two of the largest increases in danger from the 2021 report to the 2022 report occurred in Russia and Ukraine, which were at war with one another following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. The other three countries with the greatest increase in danger were Burkina Faso, Haiti, and Guinea, all of which were involved in armed conflicts to one degree or another.
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