Global Peace Index

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Global Peace Index

India ranks a lowly 143rd on a Global Peace Index, lagging way behind the likes of Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with Iceland emerging as the most peaceful nation in the world.
According to the nonprofit institute for economics and peace, Iceland, the thinly populated island in the midst of the North Atlantic, has retained its place as the most peaceful country in the world.
The institute released its Global Peace Index for 2015 recently, which ranks 162 nations around the globe based on factors like the level of violent crime, involvement in conflicts and the degree of militarization. The nations are given a score on that basis. The more the score, the less peaceful the country is.
India is ranked at 143 on the index with a score of 2.504. Pakistan fares badly ranked at 154 with its score deteriorating on the back of a worsening of its perceptions of criminality.
The US is also ranked at a lowly 94 scoring badly in terms of militarization, homicides and fear of violence. China is ranked 124.