{"id":12915,"date":"2026-06-13T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12915"},"modified":"2026-06-13T14:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:15:52","slug":"global-peace-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/global-peace-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Peace Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Global Peace Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India ranked 127th place in the recently released Global Peace Index 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Global Peace Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by the <\/span><b>Institute for Economics &amp; Peace (IEP),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GPI is the world\u2019s leading <\/span><b>measure of global peacefulness.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It ranks <\/span><b>163 independent states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and territories according to their level of peacefulness, covering 99.7 percent of the world\u2019s population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Parameters used:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It uses <\/span><b>23 qualitative and quantitative indicators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to measure the state of peace across three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year it is the <\/span><b>20th edition of the GPI.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top Performing Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Iceland ranked first for the 19th consecutive year, followed by New Zealand, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Ireland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bottom Countries:<\/b> <b>Russia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>least peaceful country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, and Israel completing the bottom five.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/sri-lanka-ranked-67th-in-global-peace-index-and-second-in-south-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Peace Index  is produced by the Institute for Economics &#038; Peace (IEP), is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank. 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