GlobaI Peace Index, 2022

On June 15^th 2022, Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) published the 16^th edition of Global Peace Index.

The GPI covers 99.7% of the world’s population, using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources, and measures the state of peace across three domains:

1. the level of Societal Safety and Security,
2. ­the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict,
3. ­and the degree of Militarisation.

Key Findings: Despite recent commitments, militarisation has decreased in 113 countries since 2008.

• Terrorism continued to improve, with 70 countries recording no attacks in 2021. This is the best result since 2008.
• The global economic impact of violence was $16.5 trillion ....