The Institute for Economics and Peace publishes the 2025 Global Peace Index, ranking 163 nations and territories by three domains: societal safety and security, ongoing domestic and international conflict, and militarization. The index uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators, including incarceration and homicide rates, deaths from internal conflict, and perceptions of criminality. Scores are averaged into a composite where lower values indicate greater peace. The global average level of peace deteriorated by 0.36% since last year, with many conflict-preceding factors at their highest since World War II. Some indicators improved, including terrorism impact and homicide rates, and the United States ranks 128th.
To help quantify the topic of safety, the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) has released its 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), an annual, data-driven measurement of global peacefulness. To assemble the list, the IEP ranks 163 nations and territories using three domains of peacefulness: the level of societal safety and security, the extent of ongoing domestic and international conflict, and the degree of militarization.
The 2025 report shows that the world's average level of peace deteriorated by 0.36% since last year. In fact, many factors that precede major conflicts are at their highest levels since the end of World War II. This has led to the breaking of traditional alliances and the rise of military utilization overall. Despite this, some global indicators have improved over the last year, including terrorism impact and homicide rates.
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