2014 Global Peace Index REPORT
GLOBAL
PEACE
INDEX
2014
MEASURING PEACE AND ASSESSING COUNTRY RISK
QUANTIFYING PEACE AND ITS BENEFITS
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
IEP achieves its goals by developing new conceptual frameworks to define peacefulness; providing metrics for measuring peace; and uncovering the relationships between business, peace and prosperity as well as promoting a better understanding of the cultural, economic and political factors that create peace.
IEP has offices in Sydney, New York and Oxford. It works with a wide range of partners internationally and collaborates with intergovernmental organizations on measuring and communicating the economic value of peace.
For more information visit www.economicsandpeace.org
Contents
Executive Summary
Results, Findings & Methodology
Highlights
2014 Global Peace Index Rankings
Analysis of the Results
Regional Overview
Risers and Fallers
GPI Indicators: Annual Changes
Global Cost of Violence in 2013
Country Case Studies
GPI Methodology
trends in peace
01
03
03
05
07
07
12
16
17
18
38
41
Highlights 41
Has the World Become More or Less Peaceful?
42
Peace and Population
47
Sub-domains of the Global Peace Index
49
assessing country risk
55
Highlights 55
Results of IEP Risk Assessment
56
Conceptual Link Between Peace and Institutions
64
Practical Applications
82
Risk Tool Methodology
86
ANNEXES
92
Annex A: GPI Indicator Sources, Definitions and Scoring Criteria
92
Annex B: Violence Containment Costs by Country
100
Annex C: 2014 GPI Sub-domain Scores
102
References 104
executive summary This is the eighth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks nations according to their level of peace.
The Index is composed of 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources
PEACE
INDEX
2014
MEASURING PEACE AND ASSESSING COUNTRY RISK
QUANTIFYING PEACE AND ITS BENEFITS
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
IEP achieves its goals by developing new conceptual frameworks to define peacefulness; providing metrics for measuring peace; and uncovering the relationships between business, peace and prosperity as well as promoting a better understanding of the cultural, economic and political factors that create peace.
IEP has offices in Sydney, New York and Oxford. It works with a wide range of partners internationally and collaborates with intergovernmental organizations on measuring and communicating the economic value of peace.
For more information visit www.economicsandpeace.org
Contents
Executive Summary
Results, Findings & Methodology
Highlights
2014 Global Peace Index Rankings
Analysis of the Results
Regional Overview
Risers and Fallers
GPI Indicators: Annual Changes
Global Cost of Violence in 2013
Country Case Studies
GPI Methodology
trends in peace
01
03
03
05
07
07
12
16
17
18
38
41
Highlights 41
Has the World Become More or Less Peaceful?
42
Peace and Population
47
Sub-domains of the Global Peace Index
49
assessing country risk
55
Highlights 55
Results of IEP Risk Assessment
56
Conceptual Link Between Peace and Institutions
64
Practical Applications
82
Risk Tool Methodology
86
ANNEXES
92
Annex A: GPI Indicator Sources, Definitions and Scoring Criteria
92
Annex B: Violence Containment Costs by Country
100
Annex C: 2014 GPI Sub-domain Scores
102
References 104
executive summary This is the eighth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks nations according to their level of peace.
The Index is composed of 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources