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Global Peace Index ranks New Zealand as the world’s most peaceful country, Iraq as least peaceful

July 10, 2009

Here is how the countries ranked:

1 New Zealand 1.202

2 Denmark 1.217

2 Norway 1.217

4 Iceland 1.225

5 Austria 1.252

6 Sweden 1.269

7 Japan 1.272

8 Canada 1.311

9 Finland 1.322

9 Slovenia 1.322

11 Czech Republic 1.328

12 Ireland 1.333

13 Luxembourg 1.341

14 Portugal 1.348

15 Belgium 1.359

16 Germany 1.392

16 Qatar 1.392

18 Switzerland 1.393

19 Australia 1.476

20 Chile 1.481

21 Oman 1.520

22 Netherlands 1.531

23 Singapore 1.533

24 Slovakia 1.539

25 Uruguay 1.557

26 Malaysia 1.561

27 Hungary 1.575

28 Spain 1.577

29 Costa Rica 1.578

30 France 1.579

31 Romania 1.591

32 Poland 1.599

33 South Korea 1.627

34 Botswana 1.643

35 United Kingdom 1.647

36 Italy 1.648

37 Taiwan 1.652

38 Estonia 1.661

39 Vietnam 1.664

40 Bhutan 1.667

40 United Arab Emirates 1.667

42 Kuwait 1.680

43 Lithuania 1.687

44 Tunisia 1.698

45 Laos 1.701

46 Libya 1.710

47 Malawi 1.711

48 Cyprus 1.737

49 Croatia 1.741

50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.755

51 Gabon 1.758

52 Ghana 1.761

53 Mozambique 1.765

54 Egypt 1.773

54 Latvia 1.773

56 Bulgaria 1.775

57 Greece 1.778

58 Zambia 1.779

59 Panama 1.798

59 Tanzania 1.798

61 Equatorial Guinea 1.801

61 Nicaragua 1.801

63 Morocco 1.811

64 Jordan 1.832

65 Namibia 1.841

66 Argentina 1.851

67 Indonesia 1.853

68 Cuba 1.856

69 Bahrain 1.881

70 Dominican Republic

71 Burkina Faso 1.905

72 Madagascar 1.912

73 Paraguay 1.916

74 China 1.921

75 Moldova 1.925

75 Albania 1.925

77 Nepal 1.939

78 Serbia 1.951

79 Peru 1.972

80 Senegal 1.984

81 Bolivia 1.990

82 Ukraine 2.010

83 United States of America 2.015

84 Kazakhstan 2.018

85 Brazil 2.022

86 Rwanda 2.027

87 Trinidad and Tobago 2.035

88 Macedonia 2.039

89 Mongolia 2.040

90 Bangladesh 2.045

91 Montenegro 2.046

92 Syria 2.049

93 Papua New Guinea 2.059

94 El Salvador 2.068

95 Cameroon 2.073

96 Mali 2.086

97 Guyana 2.098

98 Belarus 2.103

99 Iran 2.104

100 Angola 2.105

101 Turkmenistan 2.110

102 Jamaica 2.111

103 Uganda 2.140

104 Saudi Arabia 2.167

105 Cambodia 2.179

106 Congo (Brazzaville) 2.202

106 Uzbekistan 2.202

108 Mexico 2.209

109 Ecuador 2.211

110 Algeria 2.212

Rank Country Score

111 Guatemala 2.218

112 Honduras 2.265

113 Kenya 2.266

114 Azerbaijan 2.327

114 Philippines 2.327

116 Haiti 2.330

117 Cote d’ Ivoire 2.342

118 Thailand 2.353

119 Yemen 2.363

120 Venezuela 2.381

121 Turkey 2.389

122 India 2.422

123 South Africa 2.437

124 Mauritania 2.478

125 Sri Lanka 2.485

126 Myanmar 2.501

127 Burundi 2.529

128 Ethiopia 2.551

129 Nigeria 2.602

130 Colombia 2.645

131 North Korea 2.717

132 Lebanon 2.718

133 Central African Republic 2.733

134 Georgia 2.736

134 Zimbabwe 2.736

136 Russia 2.750

137 Pakistan 2.859

138 Chad 2.880

139 Democratic Republic of the Congo

140 Sudan 2.922

141 Israel 3.035

142 Somalia 3.257

143 Afghanistan 3.285

144 Iraq 3.341

 

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