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August 1, 2007
Global Peace Index Rankings
Here is a list of countries sorted by their 'peace index'.
The peace index is calculated from a large number of factors from distrust of other citizens, through UN deployment, electoral openess, corruption levels, distrust of other nations etc. and ranges from 1 to 5 with 1 being the best.
I'm happy to say that Ireland is number 4 on the list with an index of 1.396, not far behind Norway (1.357), New Zealand (1.363) and Denmark (1.377).
As a comparison the U.K. is 49th with a score of 1.898, the United States is 96th (out of 121) with a score of 2.317. The U.S. is just one step above Iran, which scores 2.321.
Sadly, Iraq languishes last on the list with a score of 3.437
Posted by dottie at August 1, 2007 1:31 PM
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