Ukraine is included in the list of least peace-loving countries in the world
Ukraine took 152nd place in the ranking of the most peaceful countries in the world in the Global Peace Index, published on Wednesday, June 6, by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Last year, Ukraine was among the ten least peace-loving countries, but over the year it rose two places, ending up in 12th place.
In addition to Ukraine, five other states received a “very low” rating: Nigeria, Turkey, North Korea, Pakistan and Sudan.
According to experts, the situation is even less favorable in only nine countries - the Central African Republic, Congo, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Syria.
Belarus (101st line) and almost all Central Asian countries received a “medium” rating, Kazakhstan (70th place) received a “high” rating. Over the past year, Russia has dropped in the ranking by one line, entering the top ten.
13 countries are recognized as the most peace-loving states (“very high” rating): Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, Denmark, Canada, the Czech Republic, Singapore, Japan, Ireland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Australia. Germany, as in 2017, was in 17th position, also behind Sweden, Finland and Norway.
When compiling the rating, 23 indicators were taken into account in three different categories - “community security”, “ongoing conflicts” and “militarization”. The first category looked in particular at homicide rates, prison populations, police numbers and perceptions of crime, while the latter looked at military numbers, arms spending as a share of GDP, and arms exports.
As IEP founder and director Steve Killeley told DW, the level of peacefulness on the planet has declined, with the negative trend continuing for the fourth year in a row. In 92 countries, the situation worsened compared to 2017, and in 71 countries it improved. According to Killeley, the least peaceful regions of the world are the Middle East and North Africa.
Despite discussions in Europe about increasing arms spending, the global trend is moving in the opposite direction, Killeley noted.
“Over the past ten years, 104 countries have reduced spending on weapons in relation to GDP, 115 countries have reduced the size of their armies,” said the head of the IEP.
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