Here’s yet another Singapore win to put out there – according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2023 report, Singapore has been named the sixth most peaceful country in the world. This marks an improvement for us as compared to last year’s report, where Singapore came in ninth.
The GPI takes into consideration 163 countries worldwide, which is essentially 99.7 percent of the world’s population. The index measures the level of peacefulness across three main factors: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation.
Summing up the year, the average level of peacefulness around the world has fallen by 0.42 percent. Unfortunately, this marks the ninth year that global peacefulness has deteriorated. In total, peacefulness improved in 84 countries and deteriorated in 79. However the scores indicate that the deterioration in peacefulness is generally larger than improvements.
Zooming into the Asia-Pacific region, it is worth noting that there has been a slight increase of 0.32 percent in the level of peacefulness in this year's GPI. The uptick in peacefulness is a result of improvements in both safety and security, as well as reduced militarisation. This positive shift can be attributed to factors such as a decrease in violent demonstrations and an increase in funding for UN peacekeeping efforts. The country that took the win in this region is New Zealand, followed by Singapore, and then Japan.
Here are the top 10 most peaceful countries in the world and their scores as of 2023 according to the GPI:
- Iceland (1.124)
- Denmark (1.31)
- Ireland (1.312)
- New Zealand (1.313)
- Austria (1.316)
- Singapore (1.332)
- Portugal (1.333)
- Slovenia (1.334)
- Japan (1.336)
- Switzerland (1.339)
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