Vision of Humanity: The Global Peace Index
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Vision of Humanity: The Global Peace Index
Did you know that they have a measurement for almost everything, even peace?!
Vision of Humanity has a fantastic site dedicated to showing the peacefulness of the world’s nations. It has an interactive map showing the global peace index of nations and it even shows you the changes throughout different years too (and it’s color coordinated for all you OCD’er out there reading!)
The Vision of Humanity
The Global Peace Index
The world’s leading measure of national peacefulness, the Global Peace Index (GPI) measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators.
It’s no surprise that red equals bad…
The Global Peace Index Top 5 Peaceful Nations
- Iceland
- Denmark
- New Zealand
- Austria
- Switzerland
Followed closely with Japan, many other Eastern European Countries, Canada & Australia. Surprising to me is that the United States of America is more on the non-peaceful side of the Global Peace Index at 99 out of 162!
The Global Peace Index Top 5 Non-Peaceful Nations
- Afganistan
- Somalia
- Syria
- Iraq
- Sudan
Followed closely with other neighboring Middle Eastern Countries, African countries, Russia & North Korea.
The Global Peace Index Categories
There are really so many different categories to choose from and explore with the Global Peace Index. You can customize your search results to:
- Perceived criminality in society
- Security officers and police
- Homicides
- Jailed population
- Access to weapons
- Organized conflict
- Violent demonstrations
- Violent Crime
- Political Instability
- Political terror
- Weapon Imports
- Terrorist Activity
- Deaths from conflict
- Military Expendature
- Armed Service Professionals
- Nuclear and Heavy Weapons
- UN Peacekeeping Fundings
- Weapon Exports
- Neighboring Country Relations
- Conflicts Fought
- Deaths from Conflict
Where Does Your Country Stand in the Global Peace Index?
Let me know in where your country stands in the Global Peace Index in the comment section below and remember to Like & Share this post if you found value in it!
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