Global Peace Index
How peaceful a country is, across ongoing conflict, societal safety and security, and militarisation. A lower score means more peaceful.
Global Peace Index: 2008 ranked 144 of 161; 2009 ranked 142 of 161; 2010 ranked 145 of 161; 2011 ranked 147 of 161; 2012 ranked 142 of 162; 2013 ranked 146 of 162; 2014 ranked 145 of 162; 2015 ranked 140 of 162; 2016 ranked 137 of 163; 2017 ranked 138 of 163; 2018 ranked 132 of 163; 2019 ranked 138 of 163; 2020 ranked 140 of 163; 2021 ranked 141 of 163; 2022 ranked 132 of 163; 2023 ranked 125 of 163; 2024 ranked 126 of 163; 2025 ranked 124 of 163; 2026 ranked 127 of 163.
What the publisher changed
- Institute for Economics and Peace recomputes its whole history each edition, so the earlier figures here are the current ones for those years, not the numbers printed at the time.
Coverage
161-163 countries; nineteen editions from 2008.
Limitations
The publisher recomputes every earlier year on the current edition's method, so these ranks differ from those printed at the time. Militarisation indicators count capability rather than intent, so a large country with a large standing army scores worse whether or not it is at war.
Every stored edition
| Year | Rank | Field | GPI score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 163 | 2.409 |
| 2025 | 124 | 163 | 2.34 |
| 2024 | 126 | 163 | 2.371 |
| 2023 | 125 | 163 | 2.367 |
| 2022 | 132 | 163 | 2.439 |
| 2021 | 141 | 163 | 2.572 |
| 2020 | 140 | 163 | 2.571 |
| 2019 | 138 | 163 | 2.505 |
| 2018 | 132 | 163 | 2.379 |
| 2017 | 138 | 163 | 2.407 |
| 2016 | 137 | 163 | 2.37 |
| 2015 | 140 | 162 | 2.372 |
| 2014 | 145 | 162 | 2.407 |
| 2013 | 146 | 162 | 2.418 |
| 2012 | 142 | 162 | 2.347 |
| 2011 | 147 | 161 | 2.481 |
| 2010 | 145 | 161 | 2.456 |
| 2009 | 142 | 161 | 2.399 |
| 2008 | 144 | 161 | 2.345 |
- Edition published
- 16 June 2026
- Coverage
- 161-163 countries; nineteen editions from 2008.