17th Global Peace Index, 2023

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has published the Global Peace Index 2023.

About Global Peace Index 2023 Published in- June, 2023

  • Published in June, 2023
  • The GPI covers 163 countries comprising 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.

Key Findings

  • The average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.42 per cent in the 2023 Global Peace Index.
  • The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remained the world’s least peaceful.
  • Europe remains the most peaceful region in the world.
  • Iceland is the most peaceful country, a position i has held since the inception of the index.
  • Afghanistan remains the least peaceful country, a position it has held for the last five years.