Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Kumbaya and Peace and all that crap


The table below provides the GPI rankings for the 140 countries analysed in 2008 and the 121 countries analysed in 2007, as well as year-on-year comparison. Countries most at peace are ranked first. A lower score indicates a more peaceful country.

Country Rank Score
Iceland 1 1.176
Denmark 2 1.333
Norway 3 1.343
New Zealand 4 1.350
Japan 5 1.358
Ireland 6 1.410
Portugal 7 1.412
Finland 8 1.432
Luxembourg 9 1.446
Austria 10 1.449
Canada 11 1.451
Switzerland 12 1.465
Sweden 13 1.468
Germany 14 1.475
Belgium 15 1.485
Slovenia 16 1.491
Czech Republic 17 1.501
Hungary 18 1.576
Chile 19 1.576
Slovakia 20 1.576
Uruguay 21 1.606
Netherlands 22 1.607
Hong Kong 23 1.608
Romania 24 1.611
Oman 25 1.612
Bhutan 26 1.616
Australia 27 1.652
Italy 28 1.653
Singapore 29 1.673
Spain 30 1.683
Poland 31 1.687
South Korea 32 1.691
Qatar 33 1.694
Costa Rica 34 1.701
Estonia 35 1.702
France 36 1.707
Vietnam 37 1.720
Malaysia 38 1.721
Latvia 39 1.723
Ghana 40 1.723
Lithuania 41 1.723
United Arab Emirates 42 1.745
Madagascar 43 1.770
Taiwan 44 1.779
Kuwait 45 1.786
Botswana 46 1.792
Tunisia 47 1.797
Panama 48 1.797
United Kingdom 49 1.801
Mozambique 50 1.803
Laos 51 1.810
Cyprus 52 1.847
Argentina 56 1.895
Bulgaria 57 1.903
Nicaragua 59 1.919
Libya 61 1.927
Cuba 62 1.954
Morocco 63 1.954
China 67 1.981
Egypt 69 1.987
Kazakhstan 72 2.018
Syria 75 2.027
Serbia 85 2.110
El Salvador 89 2.163
Cambodia 91 2.179
Mexico 93 2.191
Jamaica 96 2.226
United States of America 97 2.227
Trinidad and Tobago 98 2.230
Mali 99 2.238
Ecuador 100 2.274
I cut out a few, wasn't interested, and stopped at 100 - no interest after that. I think the US should be 1000 on the list, or we declare war on the world. That would be fun. Now, a good question - if we declare war on Iceland, Norway, and Sweden - do their numbers drop. if so, I think we have three countries lined up for invasion.
We could team up with Jamaica and beat up Canada.

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Who's on First? Certainly isn't the Euro.