Following the global travel alert issued by US authorities to its citizens some might reconsider their plans to visit new places. But, although the world might feel less secure after the Paris attacks, the fact is that some countries are more safe than others and none is safer than Iceland.
Topping the list as the world's most peaceful country for eighth consecutive years, Iceland’s geographical location, being an island in the North Atlantic, has more or less isolated the country from the evils of the world throughout the ages. And thankfully, there are no signs whatsoever on the horizon of that changing.
The list is called the Global Peace Index (GPI) and is the world’s leading measure of national peacefulness according to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP).
The Global Peace Index ranks 162 nations according to their ‘absence of violence’ and is now in its eighth year, with Iceland coming first from the start.
According to IEP, the index is composed of 22 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries, low murder rate, minimal violent crimes and the percentage of prison population.
The data is sourced from a wide range of respected sources, including the International Institute of Strategic Studies, The World Bank and various UN Agencies.
Following the global travel alert issued by US authorities to its citizens some might reconsider their plans to visit new places. But, although the world might feel less secure after the Paris attacks, the fact is that some countries are more safe than others and none is safer than Iceland.
Topping the list as the world's most peaceful country for eighth consecutive years, Iceland’s geographical location, being an island in the North Atlantic, has more or less isolated the country from the evils of the world throughout the ages. And thankfully, there are no signs whatsoever on the horizon of that changing.
The list is called the Global Peace Index (GPI) and is the world’s leading measure of national peacefulness according to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP).
The Global Peace Index ranks 162 nations according to their ‘absence of violence’ and is now in its eighth year, with Iceland coming first from the start.
According to IEP, the index is composed of 22 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries, low murder rate, minimal violent crimes and the percentage of prison population.
The data is sourced from a wide range of respected sources, including the International Institute of Strategic Studies, The World Bank and various UN Agencies.
