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Country:
Germany
Iceland
United Kingdom
United States of America
Overall peace index
DE
IS
GB
US
Rank
16
4
35
83
Score
1.392
1.225
1.647
2.015
Indicator information
DE
IS
GB
US
Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2002-2007
1.5
1.5
3.5
1.5
Estimated number of deaths from organised conflict (external)
1
1
2
3
Number of deaths from organised conflict (internal)
1
1
1
1
Level of organised conflict (internal)
1
1
1
1
Relations with neighbouring countries
1
1
1
2
Perceptions of criminality in society
2
2
3
2
Number of displaced people as a percentage of the population
1
1
1
1
Political instability
1
1.25
1.125
1.25
Respect for human rights
1
1
2
3
Potential for terriorist acts
2
1
3
3
Number of homicides per 100,000 people
1
1
1
2
Level of violent crime
2
1
1
2
Likelihood of violent demonstrations
2
2
1.5
2
Number of jailed population per 100,000 people
1
1
1.5
5
Number of internal security officers and police 100,000 people
2
2
2
2
Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP
1
1
1.5
2
Number of armed services personnel per 100,000 people
1
1
1
1
Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons as supplier (exports) per 100,000 people
3
1
2
2.5
Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons, as recipient (Imports) per 100,000 people
1
1
1
1
Funding for UN peacekeeping missions (percentage of assessed contribution)
1
1
1
1
Aggregate number of heavy weapons per 100,000 people
1
1
1
1
Ease of access to weapons of minor destruction
2
1
2
3
Military capability/sophistication
3
3
4
5
Driver information
DE
IS
GB
US
democracy and transparency
DE
IS
GB
US
Electoral process
9.58
10
9.58
8.75
Functioning of government
8.57
9.64
8.57
7.86
Political participation
7.78
8.89
5
7.22
Political culture
8.75
10
8.75
8.75
Civil liberties
9.41
9.71
8.82
8.53
Corruption perceptions (CPI score: 10 = highly clean, 0 = highly corrupt)
7.9
8.9
7.7
7.3
Women in parliament (as a percentage of the total number of representatives in the lower house)
32.2
33.3
19.5
17
Political Democracy Index
8.82
9.65
8.15
8.22
Gender Inequality
0.76
0.78
0.74
0.7
Freedom of the press
4.5
1.5
5.5
8
international openness
DE
IS
GB
US
Exports + Imports % of GDP
74.2
68.8
41.2
23.9
Foreign Direct Investment (flow) % of GDP
1.3%
27%
3.9%
1.9%
Number of visitors as % of domestic population
28.6%
315.3%
50.6%
17.1%
Net Migration (% of total population)
1.2%
0.9%
1.6%
2.2%
demographics
DE
IS
GB
US
15-34 year old males as a % of total population
11.8%
14.2%
13%
14.4%
Gender ratio of population: women/men
0.96
1.01
0.96
0.97
regional & international framework/conditions
DE
IS
GB
US
The extent of regional integration
1
2
1
2
education
DE
IS
GB
US
Current education spending (% of GDP)
4.5%
7.6%
5.5%
5.3%
Primary school enrolment ratio (% Net)
98.3%
98.1%
98.7%
91.6%
Secondary school enrolment ratio (% Net)
37%
88.7%
95.3%
88.4%
Higher education enrolment (% Gross)
48.7%
70.4%
59.4%
82.2%
Mean years of schooling
15.9
18.2
16.1
15.7
Adult literacy rate (% of pop over 15)
99%
99.9%
99%
99%
culture
DE
IS
GB
US
Hostility to foreigners/private property
1
0
0
1
Importance of religion in national life
2
1
1
3
Willingness to fight
2
1
2
2
material well-being
DE
IS
GB
US
Nominal GDP (US$PPP bn)
2862.776
12.645
2179.211
14264.6
Nominal GDP (US$bn)
3663.24
16.56
2676.5975
14264.6
GDP per capita
44290
52390
43580
46950
Gini-coefficient
28.3
25
36
40.8
Unemployment %
7.8%
1.6%
5.7%
5.8%
Life expectancy
79.1
81.2
79.1
77.8
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births
3.7
2.2
4.9
6.5