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Regional Splits - Global Peace Index 2009

Select Region:
Africa
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Botswana  Botswana
34
1.643
1
Malawi  Malawi
47
1.711
2
Gabon  Gabon
51
1.758
3
Ghana  Ghana
52
1.761
4
Mozambique  Mozambique
53
1.765
5
Zambia  Zambia
58
1.779
6
Tanzania  Tanzania
59
1.798
7
Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea
61
1.801
8
Namibia  Namibia
65
1.841
9
Burkina Faso  Burkina Faso
71
1.905
10
Madagascar  Madagascar
72
1.912
11
Senegal  Senegal
80
1.984
12
Rwanda  Rwanda
86
2.027
13
Cameroon  Cameroon
95
2.073
14
Mali  Mali
96
2.086
15
Angola  Angola
100
2.105
16
Uganda  Uganda
103
2.140
17
Congo (Brazzaville)  Congo (Brazzaville)
106
2.202
18
Kenya  Kenya
113
2.266
19
Cote d'Ivoire  Cote d'Ivoire
117
2.342
20
South Africa  South Africa
123
2.437
21
Mauritania  Mauritania
124
2.478
22
Burundi  Burundi
127
2.529
23
Ethiopia  Ethiopia
128
2.551
24
Nigeria  Nigeria
129
2.602
25
Central African Republic  Central African Republic
133
2.733
26
Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe
134
2.736
27
Chad  Chad
138
2.880
28
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Democratic Republic of the Congo
139
2.888
29
Sudan  Sudan
140
2.922
30
Somalia  Somalia
142
3.257
31
Average
96
2.223
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Asia & Australia
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
New Zealand  New Zealand
1
1.202
1
Japan  Japan
7
1.272
2
Australia  Australia
19
1.476
3
Singapore  Singapore
23
1.533
4
Malaysia  Malaysia
26
1.561
5
South Korea  South Korea
33
1.627
6
Taiwan  Taiwan
37
1.652
7
Vietnam  Vietnam
39
1.664
8
Bhutan  Bhutan
40
1.667
9
Laos  Laos
45
1.701
10
Indonesia  Indonesia
67
1.853
11
China  China
74
1.921
12
Nepal  Nepal
77
1.939
13
Mongolia  Mongolia
89
2.040
14
Bangladesh  Bangladesh
90
2.045
15
Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea
93
2.059
16
Cambodia  Cambodia
105
2.179
17
Philippines  Philippines
114
2.327
18
Thailand  Thailand
118
2.353
19
India  India
122
2.422
20
Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka
125
2.485
21
Myanmar  Myanmar
126
2.501
22
North Korea  North Korea
131
2.717
23
Pakistan  Pakistan
137
2.859
24
Afghanistan  Afghanistan
143
3.285
25
Average
75
2.014
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Central & Eastern Europe
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Slovenia  Slovenia
9
1.322
1
Czech Republic  Czech Republic
11
1.328
2
Slovakia  Slovakia
24
1.539
3
Hungary  Hungary
27
1.575
4
Romania  Romania
31
1.591
5
Poland  Poland
32
1.599
6
Estonia  Estonia
38
1.661
7
Lithuania  Lithuania
43
1.687
8
Croatia  Croatia
49
1.741
9
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina
50
1.755
10
Latvia  Latvia
54
1.773
11
Bulgaria  Bulgaria
56
1.775
12
Albania  Albania
75
1.925
14
Moldova  Moldova
75
1.925
13
Serbia  Serbia
78
1.951
15
Ukraine  Ukraine
82
2.010
16
Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan
84
2.018
17
Macedonia  Macedonia
88
2.039
18
Montenegro  Montenegro
91
2.046
19
Belarus  Belarus
98
2.103
20
Turkmenistan  Turkmenistan
101
2.110
21
Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan
106
2.202
22
Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan
114
2.327
23
Turkey  Turkey
121
2.389
24
Georgia  Georgia
134
2.736
25
Russia  Russia
136
2.750
26
Average
70
1.918
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Central & South America
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Chile  Chile
20
1.481
1
Uruguay  Uruguay
25
1.557
2
Costa Rica  Costa Rica
29
1.578
3
Panama  Panama
59
1.798
4
Nicaragua  Nicaragua
61
1.801
5
Argentina  Argentina
66
1.851
6
Cuba  Cuba
68
1.856
7
Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic
70
1.890
8
Paraguay  Paraguay
73
1.916
9
Peru  Peru
79
1.972
10
Bolivia  Bolivia
81
1.990
11
Brazil  Brazil
85
2.022
12
Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago
87
2.035
13
El Salvador  El Salvador
94
2.068
14
Guyana  Guyana
97
2.098
15
Jamaica  Jamaica
102
2.111
16
Mexico  Mexico
108
2.209
17
Ecuador  Ecuador
109
2.211
18
Guatemala  Guatemala
111
2.218
19
Honduras  Honduras
112
2.265
20
Haiti  Haiti
116
2.330
21
Venezuela  Venezuela
120
2.381
22
Colombia  Colombia
130
2.645
23
Average
83
2.012
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Middle East & North Africa
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Qatar  Qatar
16
1.392
1
Oman  Oman
21
1.520
2
United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates
40
1.667
3
Kuwait  Kuwait
42
1.680
4
Tunisia  Tunisia
44
1.698
5
Libya  Libya
46
1.710
6
Egypt  Egypt
54
1.773
7
Morocco  Morocco
63
1.811
8
Jordan  Jordan
64
1.832
9
Bahrain  Bahrain
69
1.881
10
Syria  Syria
92
2.049
11
Iran  Iran
99
2.104
12
Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia
104
2.167
13
Algeria  Algeria
110
2.212
14
Yemen  Yemen
119
2.363
15
Lebanon  Lebanon
132
2.718
16
Israel  Israel
141
3.035
17
Iraq  Iraq
144
3.341
18
Average
78
2.053
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North America
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Canada  Canada
8
1.311
1
United States of America  United States of America
83
2.015
2
Average
46
1.663
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Western Europe
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Denmark  Denmark
2
1.217
1
Norway  Norway
2
1.217
1
Iceland  Iceland
4
1.225
3
Austria  Austria
5
1.252
4
Sweden  Sweden
6
1.269
5
Finland  Finland
9
1.322
6
Ireland  Ireland
12
1.333
7
Luxembourg  Luxembourg
13
1.341
8
Portugal  Portugal
14
1.348
9
Belgium  Belgium
15
1.359
10
Germany  Germany
16
1.392
11
Switzerland  Switzerland
18
1.393
12
Netherlands  Netherlands
22
1.531
13
Spain  Spain
28
1.577
14
France  France
30
1.579
15
United Kingdom  United Kingdom
35
1.647
16
Italy  Italy
36
1.648
17
Cyprus  Cyprus
48
1.737
18
Greece  Greece
57
1.778
19
Average
20
1.430
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