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The 10 Most Peaceful Countries in the World. The US Is 134th. |
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The Institute for Economics and Peace published its 20th Global Peace Index on 9 June. Iceland leads for the 19th year running. The United States comes 134th of 163 — its lowest ever, behind China, Brazil and India. |
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Source: Global Peace Index 2026, Institute for Economics and Peace, released 9 June 2026. Lower score is more peaceful; bars scaled inversely. |
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| What's Surprising |
Iceland scores 1.161 and has no army. Its lead over New Zealand is 0.182 points — the same distance that separates New Zealand from Canada, twelve places below. Nineteen straight years at the top.
The United States ranks 134th of 163, its lowest position since the index began in 2007. It sits behind China (118th), Brazil (124th) and India (127th). The fall of six places came from political instability and violent protest at home, not from war abroad.
Two of the ten most peaceful countries are in Asia — Singapore 8th, Japan 10th — with Malaysia 12th just outside. France is 99th, below Qatar, Bhutan and Mauritius.
| What's Not Surprising |
Peacefulness fell for the 12th year in a row. Ninety-nine countries got worse, 62 got better. 119 of the 163 are less peaceful than they were in 2008.
The decline is war. The ongoing-conflict domain fell 2.7% while safety and militarisation barely moved. There are 61 active state-based conflicts, the most since 1945, and just over 181,000 people died in them last year — six times the 2008 count.
Russia is last for the first time, with Sudan, the DR Congo, Ukraine and Israel above it. Ninety-seven countries raised military spending as a share of GDP and 44 cut it. World military spending hit a record $2.9 trillion.
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134th The United States' rank of 163, its lowest ever. China is 118th, Brazil 124th, India 127th. |
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61 Active state-based conflicts, more than at any time since the Second World War. |
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$21.8 trillion What violence cost the world economy in 2025. That is 10.5% of global GDP, or $2,657 a person. |
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0.182 Iceland's lead over second-placed New Zealand. The same gap separates New Zealand from Canada, twelve places down. |
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$49.2 billion Spent on peacebuilding and peacekeeping in 2025 — about 0.2% of what violence cost. |
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The next index lands in June 2027. Three of the bottom four are wars — Ukraine, Sudan, Israel — so an ending in any of them would move the table more than anything else. The institute puts the value of keeping the Iran conflict closed at $2.2 trillion. Drone attacks are up 11,500% since 2018. We'll be watching. |
