Global Peace Index 2008

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Executive Summary

The ground-breaking Global Peace Index (GPI) has been expanded and updated with the latest available figures for 2008, a year on from the completion of the first GPI, which ranked 121 nations according to their relative states of peace.

The index is composed of 24 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources, which combine internal and external factors ranging from a nation's level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries and the level of respect for human rights. These indicators were selected by an international panel of academics, business people, philanthropists and peace institutions. The GPI is collated and calculated by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

<center>Global Peace Index 2008 (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/2008/)</center>

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/141/small/iceland.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/iceland/2008/) Iceland (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/iceland/2008/)
1
1.176

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/2/small/denmark.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/denmark/2008/) Denmark (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/denmark/2008/)
2
1.333

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/1/small/norway.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/norway/2008/) Norway (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/norway/2008/)
3
1.343

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/78/small/new-zealand.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/new-zealand/2008/) New Zealand (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/new-zealand/2008/)
4
1.350

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/79/small/japan.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/japan/2008/) Japan (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/japan/2008/)
5
1.358

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/3/small/ireland.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/ireland/2008/) Ireland (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/ireland/2008/)
6
1.410

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/6/small/portugal.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/portugal/2008/) Portugal (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/portugal/2008/)
7
1.412

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/4/small/finland.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/finland/2008/) Finland (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/finland/2008/)
8
1.432

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/142/small/luxembourg.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/luxembourg/2008/) Luxembourg (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/luxembourg/2008/)
9
1.446

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/images/gpi/countries/7/small/austria.gif (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/austria/2008/) Austria (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/austria/2008/)
10
1.449



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