Source: Religions for Peace
The
Global Peace Index (GPI), founded by Mr. Steve Killelea, Executive Chairman and
Founder, Institute for Economics and Peace, [International Treasurer and
Trustee of RfP] launched its 2014 Report on Wednesday 18 June in London.
The
GPI - the world’s leading benchmark for measuring the peacefulness of nations -
measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators
identifying the most and least peaceful countries, tracks trends in violence
and conflict, and calculates the economic impact of violence.
The
Report found that world global average peace score deteriorated slightly since
last year, mainly due to global increases in terrorist activity, the number of
conflicts fought and the number of refugees and displaced people.
The
top three most peaceful countries are Iceland, Denmark and Austria, while the
three least peaceful countries are South Sudan, Afghanistan and Syria.
The
Report also found that economic impact of containing and dealing with the
consequences of global violence last year was estimated to be US$9.8 trillion.
This is equivalent to 11.3% of global GDP - twice the combined GDP of African
countries.
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