Global Peace Index, 2025

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has released the Global Peace Index, 2025.

About the Global Peace Index

Publication: This index is being published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) since the year 2007.
Countries included: This index ranks 163 independent countries and territories based on their peace level, which covers 99.7% of the world's population.
Key indicators: It measures the level of peace in three main areas through 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators-
- Social security and safety
- Intensity of domestic and international conflict
- State of militarization

In the year 2025, a decline of 0.36% has been recorded in global peace, which is considered to be the biggest decline since the Second World War.
74 countries have improved while 87 countries have declined. This indicates that global instability is constantly increasing.
Countries' scores have declined by an average of 5.4% over the last 17 years, indicating a steady decline in global peacefulness since 2008.
Peace inequality has increased by 11.7% over 20 years.

Note: Iceland has consistently been the most peaceful country since 2008.

The continuation of the Russia-Ukraine war has raised concerns across the European has affected the peace of the region.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain the most unstable region for the tenth year.
Expenditure on peacebuilding: $47.2 billion was spent in 2024, which is only 0.52% of global military expenditure and has declined by 26% since 2008.
Internationalized internal conflicts: Increased by 175% since 2010. 78 countries were involved in external wars in 2023.