World's 10 Most Peaceful Nations

2. Denmark:

GPI Score- 1.207

The GPI score of Denmark still remains intact since 2012 and it still retains the rank of the world’s second most peaceful nation.  A trivial increase in the terrorism activity from a very minor base was an offset by a drop in imports of major conventional weapons, among ongoing budget constraints. Denmark outranks Iceland when it comes to internal peace as they have less number of police and internal security officers per capita. Denmark has good relations with neighboring countries like Sweden, Norway and Germany.

3. New Zealand:

GPI Score- 1.237

New Zealand is the third most peaceful country in the world. The overall score gets worse due to the marginal rise in the expenditure of the military.  The main GPI’s measures of safety and security put forward that the people of New Zealand are generally harmonious and an act of violence is fully condemned as such homicides and terrorist acts are very limited.

Though the jailed population has dropped, it does not have an impact on the nation’s overall GPI score having 194 per 100,000 persons, which is much higher than most of OECD countries specially Japan and Switzerland. The political scenario in the land of Kiwis is generally stable with the coalition of the Austrian People's Party and the Social Democratic Party. This country shares a cordial relationship with the neighboring countries especially with Australia.

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