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1 SNAPSHOT . 2018. GLOBAL PEACE 2018 key highlights INDEX SNAPSHOT gg 92 countries deteriorated whilst 71 countries improved between 2016 and 2017. MEASURING PEACE IN gg Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Iraq and Somalia are the least peaceful countries in the world A COMPLEX WORLD gg Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark are the most peaceful countries in the world The Global Peace Index 2018 report finds that the gg Countries that improved in peace over the last decade had global level of peace has deteriorated by seven times higher GDP growth rates over the last year. This is the fourth successive gg Military expenditure compared to country GDP has been year of deterioration, finding that 92 countries steadily falling in more countries than increasing have deteriorated, while 71 countries have gg Battle deaths have risen steadily over the last 10 years, improved.

2 The report reveals a world in which increasing by 264%. tensions, conflicts and crises that have emerged gg Both Europe and North America become less peaceful, with 23/36 countries in Europe deteriorating last year over the past decade remain unresolved, causing gg Sub-Saharan Africa was home to four of the five largest a gradual, sustained decline in global levels of improvements in peacefulness peacefulness.. FOR MORE OF SECTION 1: RESULTS, SEE THE 2018. REPORT. Five most & least Global economic peaceful countries impact of violence In the 2018 GPI, 92 countries deteriorated while 71 countries The global economic impact of violence, higher in 2017 than improved, with the global average deteriorating by per at any point in the last decade, was $ trillion PPP in 2017, cent.

3 This is the highest number of countries to deteriorate in equivalent to per cent of global GDP, or $1,988 per person. peacefulness in a single year since the 2010 GPI. 2017. MOST PEACEFUL SCORE CHANGE trillion PPP. 1 Iceland . 2 New Zealand 12%. 3 Austria 1. 4. 5. Portugal Denmark 1.. GLOBAL. GDP OR $1,988. PER PERSON. LEAST PEACEFUL. 159 Somalia 2017. 160 Iraq 1 Rise corresponding with the start of the Syrian war and rising 161 South Sudan 1 violence in the aftermath of the Arab Uprising in the MENA. 16%. 162 Afghanistan . 163 Syria . SINCE 2012. FOR MORE OF SECTION 1: FOR MORE OF SECTION 3: RESULTS, SEE THE 2018 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF VIOLENCE, REPORT SEE THE 2018 REPORT.

4 THE GAMBIA. *. 2018 improvements LIBERIA. IRAQ BURUNDI. SENEGAL. & deteriorations CHANGE IN GPI SCORE 2017 2018. SPAIN MYANMAR. TOGO. DRC. QATAR. Five largest improvements & deteriorations DOWNLOAD THE FULL 2018 GPI REPORT, INCLUDING DETAILED CHAR. Trends GPIYEAR. TEN trend GPI by overall TREND score, BY OVERALL 2008-2018. SCORE, 2008 2018 FIVE LARGEST IMPROVEMENTS & DETERIORATIONS BY INDICATOR. 1 YEAR. Violent Crime Military Expenditure (% GDP). Less peaceful Terrorism Impact Violent Demonstrations Weapons Exports Ongoing Conflict Intensity of Internal Conflict Political Terror Scale Peacefulness has declined More peaceful year on year for eight of the External Conflicts Fought last ten years.

5 UN Peacekeeping Funding 10 YEARS. UN Peacekeeping Funding Homicide Rate Armed Services Personnel Rate 2008 2013 2018 Militarisation*. Political Terror Scale Source: IEP. External Conflicts Fought Intensity of Internal Conflict Violent Demonstrations Perceptions of Criminality The 25 least peaceful countries The 25 most peaceful countries Terrorism Impact declined by per cent on improved by an average per average over the last decade. cent over the last decade. *Domain FOR MORE SECTION 2: TRENDS, SEE THE 2018. REPORT. Source: IEP. Positive Peace The Pillars of Positive Peace The average global level of Positive Peace increased steadily Positive Peace is defined as the attitudes, structures and between 2005 and 2013.

6 However, this trend levelled out in the institutions that underpin and sustain peaceful societies. two years to 2015, after which Positive Peace deteriorated in 2016. Global average Positive Peace score, 2005-2016. GLOBAL AVERAGE POSITIVE PEACE SCORE, 2005-2016 Well- POSITIVE PEACE INDEX SCORE Functioning Government Sound Equitable Business Distribution Weaker Environment of Resources Positive Peace has improved. PEACE. Low Levels of Free Flow of Corruption Information Stronger Acceptance Good of the Rights Relations with 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 of Others Neighbours Source: IEP High Levels of Human Capital FOR MORE OF SECTION 4: POSITIVE PEACE, SEE THE.

7 2018 REPORT. 71. In the 2018 GPI, 92 countries deteriorated while 71 countries improved, with the global average deteriorating by per cent. This is the highest number of countries to deteriorate in peacefulness in a single year since the 2010 GPI. COUNTRIES. 92. COUNTRIES. FOR MORE OF SECTION 1: RESULTS, SEE THE 2018. REPORT. RTS, METHODOLOGY AND COUNTRY PROFILES AT 2018. GLOBAL. PEACE. INDEX. A SNAPSHOT OF THE. GLOBAL STATE OF PEACE. THE STATE OF PEACE. VERY HIGH HIGH MEDIUM LOW VERY LOW NOT INCLUDED. The GTI is developed by the Institute for Economics & Peace, an The Global Peace Index, produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), ranks 163.

8 Independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the countries ( of the world's population) according to 23 qualitative and quantitative world's focus to peace as a positive, achievable and tangible measure of indicators of peace. human wellbeing and progress. See the full list of rankings and explore the data on the interactive map at IEP is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in New York, The Hague, Mexico City and Brussels. It works with a wide range of partners Click on a country to see the levels of peacefulness, compare two or internationally and collaborates with intergovernmental organisations on more countries and use the timeline to see the changes in levels of peacefulness since 2008.

9 Measuring and communicating the economic value of peace. @GlobPeaceIndex GlobalPeaceIndex @IndicedePaz