What is India's rank in the Global Peace Index 2018 ?

The correct answer is 136th.

Key Points:

• The Global Peace Index is released by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
• The GPI 2018 was the 12th edition.
• The 2018 GPI revealed a world in which the tensions, conflicts, and crises that emerged in the last decade remain unresolved, resulting in a gradual, sustained fall in peacefulness.
• The largest contributors to the deterioration were the escalations in both interstate and internal armed conflicts, rise in political terror and reduced commitment to the UN peacekeeping.
• Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Iraq and Somalia were the least peaceful countries whilst Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark were the most peaceful countries.
• The GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness.
• The report covers 99.7 per cent of the world’s population and uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources to compile the index.
• These indicators are grouped into three key domains-
  • ‘ongoing conflict’
  • ‘safety and security’
  • ‘militarisation’
• India’s rank on the Global Peace Index was 137th out of 163 countries in 2017 and was moved up to 136th rank in 2018 GPI.
• Iceland fetched 1st rank on the index in 2018 and 2019.

Additional Information:

• India has become the 135th most peaceful country in the world and the 5th in the South Asia region in the year 2021.
• Global Peace Index 2021 placed Bangladesh at 91st position compared to 98th of 2020, making it the third most peaceful country in South Asia placed behind Bhutan and Nepal.
• Globally, Iceland is on the top of the peace index followed by New Zealand, Denmark, and Portugal.
• Afghanistan has been ranked as the least peaceful country in the South Asian region.
• Global Peace Index (GPI) ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness.
• The report is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
• This report presents the most comprehensive data-driven analysis to date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies.