The newly released Global Peace Index researches the most peaceful countries in the world–where's the safest country on the planet?
for 2021 shows that the world is still deteriorating in terms of global peacefulness, if only by 0.07%–it is the ninth year that global peace has deteriorated.8 out of the top 10 safest countries in the world are in Europe–this is the most European countries to ever be in the top ten.Iceland also ranks third in the world for being the happiest country
. New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal, and Slovenia rounded out the top five safest countries in 2021. Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Czech Republic and Canada round out the top ten safest countries. The largest regional deterioration reported was in North America, where growing civil unrest led to more violent demonstrations. The U.S. stands at number 122, one place down from the previous two years. .Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world for the fourth consecutive year, with Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and Iraq rounding out the bottom five.
The research project examines 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators and measures the state of peace across three domains:the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; andExamples of these indicators are incarceration rates, homicide rates, deaths from internal conflict, perceptions of criminality, etc with an average taken for an overall score—a country is safer with a lower score.
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