2011 Global Peace Index

June 13, 2011 1 comment

The Global Peace Index (GPI) is a measure of relative position of nations and regions peacefulness. It was developed by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and it was first launched in May 2007.

For 2011 index, it was released on 25th May 2011. The index based on 23 indicators and divided into three broad categories as below

Ongoing domestic and international conﬂict
Safety and security in society
Militarisation

In 2011, Malaysia ranked 19th out of 153 countries in the world, up 3 position from 22 in 2010. In the same year, Malaysia also ranked 4th in Asia Pacific behind New Zealand, Japan and Australia.

The table below is full list 2011 Global Peace Index.

Country	2011 Rank	2010 Rank
Iceland	1	2
New Zealand	2	1
Japan	3	3
Denmark	4	7
Czech Republic	5	12
Austria	6	4
Finland	7	9
Canada	8	14
Norway	9	5
Slovenia	10	11
Ireland	11	6
Qatar	12	15
Sweden	13	10
Belgium	14	17
Germany	15	16
Switzerland	16	18
Portugal	17	13
Australia	18	19
Malaysia	19	22
Hungary	20	20
Uruguay	21	24
Poland	22	29
Slovakia	23	21
Singapore	24	30
Netherlands	25	27
United Kingdom	26	31
Republic of China (Taiwan)	27	35
Spain	28	25
Kuwait	29	39
Vietnam	30	38
Costa Rica	31	26
Laos	32	34
United Arab Emirates	33	44
Bhutan	34	36
Botswana	35	33
France	36	32
Croatia	37	41
Chile	38	28
Malawi	39	51
Romania	40	45
Oman	41	23
Ghana	42	48
Lithuania	43	42
Tunisia	44	37
Italy	45	40
Latvia	46	54
Estonia	47	46
Mozambique	48	47
Panama	49	61
South Korea	50	43
Burkina Faso	51	57
Zambia	52	51
Bulgaria	53	50
Namibia	54	59
Argentina	55	71
Tanzania	56	55
Mongolia	57	92
Morocco	58	58
Moldova	59	66
Bosnia and Herzegovina	60	60
Sierra Leone	61	53
Gambia	62	63
Albania	63	65
Jordan	64	68
Greece	65	62
Paraguay	66	77
Cuba	67	72
Indonesia	68	67
Ukraine	69	97
Swaziland	69	73
Cyprus	71	76
Nicaragua	72	64
Egypt	73	49
Brazil	74	83
Equatorial Guinea	75	68
Bolivia	76	81
Senegal	77	79
Macedonia	78	83
Trinidad and Tobago	79	94
People’s Republic of China	80	80
Gabon	81	74
United States of America	82	85
Bangladesh	83	87
Serbia	84	90
Peru	85	89
Cameroon	86	106
Angola	87	86
Guyana	88	91
Montenegro	89
Ecuador	90	101
Dominican Republic	91	93
Guinea	92
Kazakhstan	93	95
Papua New Guinea	94	95
Nepal	95	82
Liberia	96	99
Uganda	96	100
Republic of the Congo	98	102
Rwanda	99	75
Mali	100	109
Saudi Arabia	101	107
El Salvador	102	103
Tajikistan	103
Eritrea	104
Madagascar	105	77
Jamaica	106	98
Thailand	107	124
Turkmenistan	108	117
Armenia	109	113
Uzbekistan	109	110
Kenya	111	120
Belarus	112	105
Haiti	113	114
Kyrgyzstan	114
Cambodia	115	111
Syria	116	115
Honduras	117	125
South Africa	118	121
Iran	119	104
Niger	119
Mexico	121	107
Azerbaijan	122	119
Bahrain	123	70
Venezuela	124	122
Guatemala	125	112
Sri Lanka	126	133
Turkey	127	126
Cote d’Ivoire	128	118
Algeria	129	116
Mauritania	130	123
Ethiopia	131	127
Burundi	132	131
Myanmar	133	132
Georgia	134	142
India	135	128
Philippines	136	130
Lebanon	137	134
Yemen	138	129
Colombia	139	138
Zimbabwe	140	135
Chad	141	141
Nigeria	142	137
Libya	143	56
Central African Republic	144	136
Israel	145	144
Pakistan	146	145
Russia	147	143
Democratic Republic of the Congo	148	140
North Korea	149	139
Afghanistan	150	147
Sudan	151	146
Iraq	152	149
Somalia	153	148