Uganda Beats America On The World’s Most Peaceful Countries Global Index 2023

Uganda has beaten USA as one of the most peaceful countries in the world in the latest Global Peace Index 2023.

Uganda ranked 124 compared to South Africa at 130 and USA in 131 position. Other notable countries Uganda has beaten on this index include Turkey , Brazil and India .

Iceland has maintained the title of the most peaceful country since the first the Global Peace Index launched 13 years ago.

The 2023 GPI indicates Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, and Austria to be the most peaceful countries, and Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo to be the least peaceful.

The key findings of the 2023 GPI include a less peaceful world over the last 15 years, a 5 per cent deterioration in the global level of peace over the last 15 years and a growing inequality in peace between the most and least peaceful countries.

Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness.

 The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world’s population) according to their levels of peacefulness. In the past decade, the GPI has presented trends of increased global violence and less peacefulness.^[3]

The GPI is developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected and collated by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The Index was first launched in May 2009, with subsequent reports being released annually. In 2015 it ranked 165 countries, up from 121 in 2007.

The study was conceived by Australian technology entrepreneur Steve Killelea, and is endorsed by individuals such as former UN Secretary-General the late  Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama, the late archbishop Desmond Tutu, former President of Finland and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, economist Jeffrey Sachs, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson and former United States president Jimmy Carter. The updated index is released each year at events in London, Washington, DC, and at the United Nations Secretariat in New York.

Country	2023[4]		2022[7]		2021[8]		2020[9]
	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score
Iceland	1	1.124	1	1.107	1	1.100	1	1.078
Denmark	2	1.310	4	1.296	3	1.256	5	1.283
Ireland	3	1.312	3	1.288	8	1.326	12	1.375
New Zealand	4	1.313	2	1.269	2	1.253	2	1.198
Austria	5	1.316	5	1.300	6	1.317	4	1.275
Singapore	6	1.332	9	1.326	11	1.347	7	1.321
Portugal	7	1.333	6	1.301	4	1.267	3	1.247
Slovenia	8	1.334	7	1.316	5	1.315	11	1.369
Japan	9	1.336	10	1.336	12	1.373	9	1.360
Switzerland	10	1.339	11	1.357	7	1.323	10	1.366
Canada	11	1.350	12	1.389	10	1.330	6	1.298
Czechia	12	1.379	8	1.318	9	1.329	8	1.337
Finland	13	1.399	14	1.439	13	1.402	14	1.404
Croatia	14	1.450	15	1.440	17=	1.480	26	1.615
Germany	15	1.456	16	1.462	17=	1.480	16	1.494
Netherlands	16	1.490	21	1.522	21	1.506	21	1.528
Bhutan	17	1.496	19	1.481	22	1.510	19	1.501
Hungary	18	1.508	13	1.411	19	1.494	24	1.559
Malaysia	19	1.513	18	1.471	23	1.515	20	1.525
Belgium	20	1.523	22	1.526	20	1.496	17=	1.496
Qatar	21	1.524	23	1.533	29	1.605	27	1.616
Australia	22	1.525	27	1.565	16	1.470	13	1.386
Mauritius	23	1.546	28	1.570	28	1.592	23	1.544
Norway	24	1.550	17	1.465	14	1.438	17=	1.496
Estonia	25	1.563	33	1.662	30	1.612	30	1.680
Slovakia	26	1.578	20	1.499	26	1.557	25	1.568
Latvia	27	1.582	35	1.673	35	1.686	34	1.700
Sweden	28	1.625	26	1.564	15	1.460	15	1.479
Poland	29	1.634	25	1.552	24	1.524	29	1.657
Bulgaria	30	1.640	24	1.541	27	1.577	28	1.628
Romania	31=	1.649	31	1.640	25	1.530	22	1.541
Spain	31=	1.649	29	1.603	31	1.621	38	1.712
Taiwan	31=	1.649	30	1.618	34	1.662	37	1.707
Italy	34	1.662	32	1.643	32	1.652	31	1.690
Kuwait	35	1.669	39	1.739	36	1.688	39=	1.723
Lithuania	36	1.671	37	1.724	37	1.689	36	1.705
United Kingdom	37	1.693	34	1.667	33	1.658	42	1.770
North Macedonia	38	1.713	36	1.704	40	1.744	62	1.900
Costa Rica	39	1.731	38	1.732	39	1.735	32	1.691
Albania	40=	1.745	41	1.761	48	1.824	55	1.872
Vietnam	40=	1.745	44	1.786	50	1.835	64=	1.920
Botswana	42	1.762	48=	1.801	41	1.753	33	1.693
South Korea	43	1.763	43	1.779	57	1.877	48	1.829
Mongolia	44	1.765	42	1.775	42=	1.783	39=	1.723
Montenegro	45	1.772	48=	1.801	51	1.847	69	1.944
Laos	46	1.779	51	1.809	45	1.809	50	1.843
Sierra Leone	47	1.792	50	1.803	46	1.813	46	1.820
Oman	48	1.794	64	1.889	73	1.982	68	1.941
Timor-Leste	49	1.796	54	1.839	56	1.873	54	1.863
Uruguay	50	1.798	46	1.795	47	1.817	35	1.704
Ghana	51	1.799	40	1.759	38	1.715	43	1.776
Senegal	52	1.827	70	1.916	54	1.864	47	1.824
Indonesia	53	1.829	47	1.800	42=	1.783	49	1.831
Argentina	54	1.837	69	1.911	68	1.945	74	1.978
Madagascar	55	1.846	84	1.995	70	1.963	63	1.905
Namibia	56	1.859	68	1.908	65	1.927	53	1.861
Moldova	57	1.873	62=	1.882	59=	1.909	71	1.950
Chile	58	1.874	55	1.840	49	1.831	45	1.804
The Gambia	59	1.888	45	1.792	53	1.853	60=	1.891
Greece	60	1.890	53	1.838	66	1.932	57=	1.877
Bosnia and Herzegovina	61	1.892	58	1.850	72	1.970	79	2.040
Jordan	62	1.895	57	1.849	63	1.916	72	1.958
Zambia	63	1.898	56	1.841	71	1.964	44	1.794
Cyprus	64	1.904	67	1.903	61	1.912	64=	1.920
Serbia	65	1.921	52	1.832	44	1.797	51	1.846
Armenia	66	1.929	83	1.992	94	2.075	99=	2.135
France	67	1.939	65=	1.895	55	1.868	66	1.930
Panama	68=	1.942	61	1.876	64	1.919	56	1.875
Paraguay	68=	1.942	77	1.976	75	1.997	75	1.991
Trinidad and Tobago	70=	1.946	88	2.005	84	2.029	88	2.078
Kosovo	70=	1.946	71	1.938	80=	2.017	85	2.070
Liberia	70=	1.946	75=	1.973	76=	1.998	57=	1.877
Cambodia	73	1.947	62=	1.882	78	2.008	78	2.011
Malawi	74	1.970	65=	1.895	59=	1.909	59	1.885
United Arab Emirates	75	1.979	60	1.865	52	1.848	41	1.752
Kazakhstan	76	1.980	97	2.071	67	1.936	70	1.948
Jamaica	77	1.986	81=	1.990	74	1.992	80	2.041
Bolivia	78	2.001	80	1.989	105	2.140	86=	2.074
Nepal	79	2.006	73	1.947	85	2.033	73	1.974
China	80	2.009	89	2.010	100=	2.114	104	2.166
Tunisia	81	2.010	85	1.996	98	2.108	92	2.090
Equatorial Guinea	82	2.013	59	1.863	62	1.915	60=	1.891
Dominican Republic	83	2.019	81=	1.990	82	2.024	76	1.992
Angola	84=	2.020	78	1.982	80=	2.017	91	2.087
Morocco	84=	2.020	74	1.969	79	2.015	83	2.057
Uzbekistan	86	2.033	86=	2.001	90	2.062	103	2.158
Guinea-Bissau	87	2.045	110	2.156	99	2.113	101=	2.157
Bangladesh	88=	2.051	96	2.067	91	2.068	97	2.121
Rwanda	88=	2.051	72	1.945	83	2.028	81	2.049
Cote d’Ivoire	90	2.053	108	2.144	103=	2.123	105	2.169
Tanzania	91	2.058	86=	2.001	58	1.892	52	1.850
Thailand	92	2.061	103	2.098	113	2.205	114	2.245
Gabon	93	2.068	75=	1.973	93	2.074	95=	2.116
Georgia	94	2.071	95	2.065	89	2.054	95=	2.116
Azerbaijan	95	2.090	128	2.437	121	2.334	120	2.300
Algeria	96	2.094	109	2.146	120	2.310	117=	2.287
Ecuador	97=	2.095	79	1.988	88	2.044	90	2.085
Papua New Guinea	97=	2.095	94	2.046	107	2.149	101=	2.157
Cuba	99	2.103	98	2.083	87	2.042	86=	2.074
Turkmenistan	100	2.107	104	2.116	109	2.154	116	2.276
Kyrgyz Republic	101	2.110	91	2.028	76=	1.998	93	2.094
Tajikistan	102	2.114	92	2.031	97	2.095	107	2.188
Guatemala	103=	2.130	106	2.139	111	2.195	115	2.267
Peru	103=	2.130	101	2.091	86	2.034	84	2.066
Togo	103=	2.130	102	2.094	115	2.239	108	2.201
Guyana	106	2.134	107	2.140	100=	2.114	82	2.050
Sri Lanka	107	2.136	90	2.020	95	2.083	77	2.003
Bahrain	108	2.145	99	2.085	102	2.121	110	2.209
Eswatini	109	2.168	93	2.033	69	1.995	67	1.934
Benin	110	2.177	105	2.125	96	2.093	106	2.182
Lesotho	111	2.191	100	2.089	112	2.202	98	2.131
Djibouti	112	2.196	113	2.213	106	2.146	112	2.215
Republic of the Congo	113	2.210	111	2.184	119	2.291	124	2.343
Mauritania	114	2.228	112	2.193	118	2.290	117=	2.287
Philippines	115	2.229	125	2.339	127	2.417	129	2.471
Belarus	116	2.248	116	2.259	117	2.285	94	2.111
Kenya	117	2.254	120	2.303	116	2.254	125	2.375
Mozambique	118	2.259	122	2.316	103=	2.123	99=	2.135
Saudi Arabia	119	2.260	119	2.288	125	2.376	128	2.443
Honduras	120	2.265	117	2.269	124	2.371	119	2.288
Egypt	121	2.267	126	2.342	126	2.397	130	2.481
El Salvador	122	2.279	114	2.231	110	2.184	113	2.243
Nicaragua	123	2.294	124	2.334	130	2.445	135	2.553
Zimbabwe	124=	2.300	127	2.350	133	2.490	131	2.485
Uganda	124=	2.300	121	2.309	114	2.219	109	2.202
India	126	2.314	135	2.578	135	2.553	139	2.628
Guinea	127	2.359	123	2.332	92	2.069	89	2.082
Burundi	128	2.393	131	2.470	129	2.434	132	2.506
Haiti	129	2.395	115	2.254	108	2.151	111	2.211
South Africa	130	2.405	118	2.283	123	2.344	123	2.317
United States of America	131	2.448	129	2.440	122	2.337	121	2.307
Brazil	132	2.462	130	2.465	128	2.430	126	2.413
Eritrea	133	2.505	132	2.494	136	2.555	136	2.567
Palestine	134	2.538	133	2.552	138	2.610	143	2.699
Lebanon	135	2.581	138	2.615	147	2.797	146	2.828
Mexico	136	2.599	137	2.612	140	2.620	137	2.572
Libya	137	2.605	151	2.930	156	3.166	157	3.258
Niger	138	2.625	140	2.655	137	2.589	138	2.608
Cameroon	139	2.660	142	2.709	145	2.700	141	2.650
Venezuela	140=	2.693	148	2.798	152	2.934	149	2.936
Colombia	140=	2.693	144	2.729	144	2.694	140	2.646
Chad	142	2.699	136	2.591	132	2.489	134	2.538
Israel	143	2.706	134	2.576	143	2.669	145	2.775
Nigeria	144	2.713	143	2.725	146	2.712	147	2.865
Myanmar	145	2.741	139	2.631	131	2.457	127	2.424
Pakistan	146	2.745	147	2.789	150	2.868	152	2.973
Turkey	147=	2.800	145	2.785	149	2.843	150	2.959
Iran	147=	2.800	141	2.687	141	2.637	142	2.672
North Korea	149	2.848	152	2.942	151	2.923	151	2.962
Burkina Faso	150	2.868	146	2.786	134	2.527	122	2.316
Ethiopia	151	2.872	149	2.806	139	2.613	133	2.526
Central African Republic	152	2.934	155	3.021	155	3.131	155	3.237
Mali	153	2.963	150	2.911	148	2.813	144	2.729
Iraq	154	3.006	157	3.157	159	3.257	161	3.487
Sudan	155	3.023	154	3.007	153	2.936	153	3.043
Somalia	156	3.036	156	3.125	158	3.211	158	3.302
Ukraine	157	3.043	153	2.971	142	2.660	148	2.927
Russia	158	3.142	160	3.275	154	2.993	154	3.049
Democratic Republic of the Congo	159	3.214	158

Others are Libya ,Central African Republic ,Somalia , Iraq, Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan

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