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Regional Splits - Global Peace Index 2008

Select Region:
Africa
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Ghana  Ghana
40
1.723
1
Madagascar  Madagascar
43
1.770
2
Botswana  Botswana
46
1.792
3
Mozambique  Mozambique
50
1.803
4
Zambia  Zambia
53
1.856
5
Gabon  Gabon
55
1.878
6
Tanzania  Tanzania
58
1.919
7
Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea
64
1.964
8
Senegal  Senegal
71
2.011
9
Malawi  Malawi
73
2.024
10
Rwanda  Rwanda
76
2.030
11
Namibia  Namibia
77
2.042
12
Burkina Faso  Burkina Faso
81
2.062
13
Cameroon  Cameroon
92
2.182
14
Mali  Mali
99
2.238
15
Angola  Angola
110
2.364
16
Uganda  Uganda
114
2.391
17
South Africa  South Africa
116
2.412
18
Congo (Brazzaville)  Congo (Brazzaville)
117
2.417
19
Kenya  Kenya
119
2.429
20
Mauritania  Mauritania
120
2.435
21
Ethiopia  Ethiopia
121
2.439
22
Cote d'Ivoire  Cote d'Ivoire
122
2.451
23
Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe
124
2.513
24
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Democratic Republic of the Congo
128
2.707
25
Nigeria  Nigeria
129
2.724
26
Central African Republic  Central African Republic
134
2.857
27
Chad  Chad
135
3.007
28
Sudan  Sudan
138
3.189
29
Somalia  Somalia
139
3.293
30
Average
95
2.297
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Asia & Australia
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
New Zealand  New Zealand
4
1.350
1
Japan  Japan
5
1.358
2
Hong Kong  Hong Kong
23
1.608
3
Bhutan  Bhutan
26
1.616
4
Australia  Australia
27
1.652
5
Singapore  Singapore
29
1.673
6
South Korea  South Korea
32
1.691
7
Vietnam  Vietnam
37
1.720
8
Malaysia  Malaysia
38
1.721
9
Taiwan  Taiwan
44
1.779
10
Laos  Laos
51
1.810
11
China  China
67
1.981
12
Indonesia  Indonesia
68
1.983
13
Bangladesh  Bangladesh
86
2.118
14
Mongolia  Mongolia
88
2.155
15
Cambodia  Cambodia
91
2.179
16
Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea
95
2.224
17
India  India
107
2.355
18
Philippines  Philippines
113
2.385
19
Thailand  Thailand
118
2.424
20
Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka
125
2.584
21
Myanmar  Myanmar
126
2.590
22
Pakistan  Pakistan
127
2.694
23
North Korea  North Korea
133
2.850
24
Afghanistan  Afghanistan
137
3.126
25
Average
72
2.065
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Central & Eastern Europe
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Slovenia  Slovenia
16
1.491
1
Czech Republic  Czech Republic
17
1.501
2
Hungary  Hungary
18
1.576
3
Slovakia  Slovakia
20
1.576
4
Romania  Romania
24
1.611
5
Poland  Poland
31
1.687
6
Estonia  Estonia
35
1.702
7
Latvia  Latvia
39
1.723
8
Lithuania  Lithuania
41
1.723
9
Bulgaria  Bulgaria
57
1.903
10
Croatia  Croatia
60
1.926
11
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina
66
1.974
12
Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan
72
2.018
13
Albania  Albania
79
2.044
14
Moldova  Moldova
83
2.091
15
Ukraine  Ukraine
84
2.096
16
Serbia  Serbia
85
2.110
17
Macedonia  Macedonia
87
2.119
18
Belarus  Belarus
94
2.194
19
Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan
101
2.287
20
Turkmenistan  Turkmenistan
102
2.302
21
Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan
111
2.377
22
Turkey  Turkey
115
2.403
23
Russia  Russia
131
2.777
24
Average
65
1.967
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Central & South America
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Chile  Chile
19
1.576
1
Uruguay  Uruguay
21
1.606
2
Costa Rica  Costa Rica
34
1.701
3
Panama  Panama
48
1.797
4
Argentina  Argentina
56
1.895
5
Nicaragua  Nicaragua
59
1.919
6
Cuba  Cuba
62
1.954
7
Paraguay  Paraguay
70
1.997
8
Bolivia  Bolivia
78
2.043
9
Peru  Peru
80
2.046
10
Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic
82
2.069
11
El Salvador  El Salvador
89
2.163
12
Brazil  Brazil
90
2.168
13
Mexico  Mexico
93
2.191
14
Jamaica  Jamaica
96
2.226
15
Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago
98
2.230
16
Ecuador  Ecuador
100
2.274
17
Guatemala  Guatemala
103
2.328
18
Honduras  Honduras
104
2.335
19
Haiti  Haiti
109
2.362
20
Venezuela  Venezuela
123
2.505
21
Colombia  Colombia
130
2.757
22
Average
79
2.097
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Middle East & North Africa
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Oman  Oman
25
1.612
1
Qatar  Qatar
33
1.694
2
United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates
42
1.745
3
Kuwait  Kuwait
45
1.786
4
Tunisia  Tunisia
47
1.797
5
Libya  Libya
61
1.927
6
Morocco  Morocco
63
1.954
7
Jordan  Jordan
65
1.969
8
Egypt  Egypt
69
1.987
9
Bahrain  Bahrain
74
2.025
10
Syria  Syria
75
2.027
11
Iran  Iran
105
2.341
12
Yemen  Yemen
106
2.352
13
Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia
108
2.357
14
Algeria  Algeria
112
2.378
15
Lebanon  Lebanon
132
2.840
16
Israel  Israel
136
3.052
17
Iraq  Iraq
140
3.514
18
Average
80
2.187
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North America
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Canada  Canada
11
1.451
1
United States of America  United States of America
97
2.227
2
Average
54
1.839
-
Western Europe
Overall rank
Overall score
Regional rank
Iceland  Iceland
1
1.176
1
Denmark  Denmark
2
1.333
2
Norway  Norway
3
1.343
3
Ireland  Ireland
6
1.410
4
Portugal  Portugal
7
1.412
5
Finland  Finland
8
1.432
6
Luxembourg  Luxembourg
9
1.446
7
Austria  Austria
10
1.449
8
Switzerland  Switzerland
12
1.465
9
Sweden  Sweden
13
1.468
10
Germany  Germany
14
1.475
11
Belgium  Belgium
15
1.485
12
Netherlands  Netherlands
22
1.607
13
Italy  Italy
28
1.653
14
Spain  Spain
30
1.683
15
France  France
36
1.707
16
United Kingdom  United Kingdom
49
1.801
17
Cyprus  Cyprus
52
1.847
18
Greece  Greece
54
1.867
19
Average
20
1.529
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