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Global Peace Index 2011

Which countries are the most violent? Which countries are the most peaceful? Is your country a warmonger or a peace dove? The some of these rating will come as no surprise; whereas others might shock you.

For a full analysis of the results and to understand how a nation scores it rating, see Global Peace Index 2011

And the results for 2011 (from the most to the least peaceful nations of Earth) are:

1 Iceland 1.148
2 New Zealand 1.279
3 Japan 1.287
4 Denmark 1.289
5 Czech Republic 1.320
6 Austria 1.337
7 Finland 1.352
8 Canada 1.355
9 Norway 1.356
10 Slovenia 1.358
11 Ireland 1.370
12 Qatar 1.398
13 Sweden 1.401
14 Belgium 1.413
15 Germany 1.416
16 Switzerland 1.421
17 Portugal 1.453
18 Australia 1.455
19 Malaysia 1.467
20 Hungary 1.495
21 Uruguay 1.521
22 Poland 1.545
23 Slovakia 1.576
24 Singapore 1.585
25 Netherlands 1.628
26 United Kingdom 1.631
27 Taiwan 1.638
28 Spain 1.641
29 Kuwait 1.667
30 Vietnam 1.670
31 Costa Rica 1.681
32 Laos 1.687
33 United Arab Emirates 1.690
34 Bhutan 1.693
35 Botswana 1.695
36 France 1.697
37 Croatia 1.699
38 Chile 1.710
39 Malawi 1.740
40 Romania 1.742
41 Oman 1.743
42 Ghana 1.752
43 Lithuania 1.760
44 Tunisia 1.765
45 Italy 1.775
46 Latvia 1.793
47 Estonia 1.798
48 Mozambique 1.809
49 Panama 1.812
50 South Korea 1.829
51 Burkina Faso 1.832
52 Zambia 1.833
53 Bulgaria 1.845
54 Namibia 1.850
55 Argentina 1.852
56 Tanzania 1.858
57 Mongolia 1.880
58 Morocco 1.887
59 Moldova 1.892
60 Bosnia and Hercegovina 1.893
61 Sierra Leone 1.904
62 The Gambia 1.910
63 Albania 1.912
64 Jordan 1.918
65 Greece 1.947
66 Paraguay 1.954
67 Cuba 1.964
68 Indonesia 1.979
69 Ukraine 1.995
69 Swaziland 1.995
71 Cyprus 2.013
72 Nicaragua 2.021
73 Egypt 2.023
74 Brazil 2.040
75 Equatorial Guinea 2.041
76 Bolivia 2.045
77 Senegal 2.047
78 Macedonia 2.048
79 Trinidad and Tobago 2.051
80 China 2.054
81 Gabon 2.059
82 United States of America 2.063
83 Bangladesh 2.070
84 Serbia 2.071
85 Peru 2.077
86 Cameroon 2.104
87 Angola 2.109
88 Guyana 2.112
89 Montenegro 2.113
90 Ecuador 2.116
91 Dominican Republic 2.125
92 Guinea 2.126
93 Kazakhstan 2.137
94 Papua New Guinea 2.139
95 Nepal 2.152
96 Liberia 2.159
96 Uganda 2.159
98 Congo (Brazzaville) 2.165
99 Rwanda 2.185
100 Mali 2.188
101 Saudi Arabia 2.192
102 El Salvador 2.215
103 Tajikistan 2.225
104 Eritrea 2.227
105 Madagascar 2.239
106 Jamaica 2.244
107 Thailand 2.247
108 Turkmenistan 2.248
109 Armenia 2.260
109 Uzbekistan 2.260
111 Kenya 2.276
112 Belarus 2.283
113 Haiti 2.288
114 Kyrgyz Republic 2.296
115 Cambodia 2.301
116 Syria 2.322
117 Honduras 2.327
119 Iran 2.356
119 Niger 2.356
121 Mexico 2.362
122 Azerbaijan 2.379
123 Bahrain 2.398
124 Venezuela 2.403
125 Guatemala 2.405
126 Sri Lanka 2.407
127 Turkey 2.411
128 Cote d’ Ivoire 2.417
129 Algeria 2.423
130 Mauritania 2.425
131 Ethiopia 2.468
132 Burundi 2.532
133 Myanmar 2.538
134 Georgia 2.558
135 India 2.570
136 Philippines 2.574
137 Lebanon 2.597
138 Yemen 2.670
139 Colombia 2.700
140 Zimbabwe 2.722
141 Chad 2.740
142 Nigeria 2.743
143 Libya 2.816
144 Central African Republic 2.869
145 Israel 2.901
146 Pakistan 2.905
147 Russia 2.966
148 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.016
149 North Korea 3.092
150 Afghanistan 3.212
151 Sudan 3.223
152 Iraq 3.296
153 Somalia 3.379


Added: Jun-20-2011 Occurred On: Jun-20-2011
By: Bah_Humbug
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  • Syria 116
    Iran 119
    Brazil 74
    Rwanda 99
    Congo 98

    Would love to know how they got these ratings????

    Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
    Freejay (4149.76)  

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    • @Freejay Rwanda, Iran, Congo...civil wars. Syria is always threatening Israel (as is Iran). And Brazil just has an out of control crime rate.

      Posted Jun-21-2011 By 
      Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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  • Those who stand up for no one, who scream, "Someone (meaning the US) should do something!" - while not risking the lives of their own citizens - are naturally more peaceful.

    Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
    viennachoirboy (193.12)

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    • @viennachoirboy I've never heard anyone asking the US (or anyone else for that matter) to step in. The only except is NATO, who do get asked to step in.

      We in America just have a nasty habit of sticking our heads in where it doesn't belong.

      Posted Jun-21-2011 By 
      Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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  • looks about right.

    Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
    mannixxx (651.74)  

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    • @mannixxx - with respect to your comment, I actually think it's VERY naive. Unless I see how the rankings were developed, and an explanation of the extenuating circumstances behind them, I think it's rubbish.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      viennachoirboy (193.12)

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    • @viennachoirboy If you'd clicked on the link (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/) you'd have had your answer.

      Posted Jun-21-2011 By 
      Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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  • I was a little surprised to see two Muslim countries in the top 20. That kind of blows all the hate-mongers out of the water. Still, the bottom 20 is pretty much Muslim-heavy.

    Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
    Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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    • @Bah_Humbug bottom 20 are muslim heavy? You want to revise that? From my reckoning it's split 50/50 with the likelihood that more than half are non-muslim.

      If you had said bottom 5 then that would be an affirmative.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      CargeLock (2088.62)  

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    • @CargeLock I stand corrected. I'm still trying to make some sense of the data though. What does it mean, exactly. Does it mean that Muslims aren't the bloodthirsty warmongers I like to think of them as? Or does it simply mean that just some of them, not all of them, are warmongers? And...what does it say about us? I'm just thinking here.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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    • @Bah_Humbug

      Malaysia is not in the middle east
      They have far more resources.

      Qatar is only a small oil rich country, that doesnt get involved in the ME turmoil.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      Freejay (4149.76)  

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    • @Freejay Resources? Now I'm confused. Are Muslim countries supposed to be violent because of their lack of resource or because they're Muslims? This is why the statistics have me confused.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      Bah_Humbug (13.10)  

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    • @Bah_Humbug
      Lets just say citizens from Qatar are more educated.

      Posted Jun-20-2011 By 
      Freejay (4149.76)  

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