Hungary secures illustrious place on the Global Peace Index 2019!

Photo: Alpár Kató - Daily News Hungary

According to Global Peace Index 2019, Iceland remains the safest country in the world for many years in a row now. Hungary is #21 coming before Germany, Italy, UK, France and others in the European Union. The USA is #128 after several African and South American countries. The least safe is Afghanistan but Russia is also among the 10 least safest.

The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2019 report finds that the average level of global peacefulness improved very slightly in the 2019 GPI. This is the first time the index has improved in five years. The average country score improved by -0.09 per cent, with 86 countries improving, and 76 recording deteriorations. Over the last ten years, the average level of global peacefulness has deteriorated by 3.78%.

Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, while Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world, replacing Syria, which is now the second least peaceful.

Hungary is listed in the quite illustrious 21th place.

The GPI covers 99.7% of the world’s population, measuring the state of peace using three thematic domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation.

TOP 25:

Country	Peace Index (2019)		Peace Index (2018)		Change
Country	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score
Iceland	1	1.072	1	1.096	0	-0.024
New Zealand	2	1.221	2	1.188	0	+0.033
Portugal	3	1.274	5	1.315	+2	-0.041
Austria	4	1.291	3	1.273	-1	+0.018
Denmark	5	1.316	4	1.313	-1	+0.003
Canada	6	1.327	6	1.338	0	-0.011
Singapore	7	1.347	9	1.382	+2	-0.035
Slovenia	8	1.355	10	1.390	+2	-0.035
Japan	9	1.369	8	1.381	-1	-0.012
Czech Republic	10	1.375	7	1.379	-3	-0.004
Switzerland	11	1.383	13	1.403	+2	-0.020
Ireland	12	1.390	11	1.394	-1	-0.004
Australia	13	1.419	12	1.398	-1	+0.021
Finland	14	1.488	14	1.505	0	-0.017
Bhutan	15	1.506	17	1.521	+2	-0.015
Malaysia	16	1.529	25	1.616	+9	-0.087
Netherlands	17	1.530	19	1.528	+2	+0.002
Belgium	18	1.533	21	1.538	+3	-0.005
Sweden	18	1.533	15	1.507	-3	+0.026
Norway	20	1.536	16	1.515	-4	+0.021
Hungary	21	1.540	22	1.542	+1	-0.002
Germany	22	1.547	18	1.527	-4	+0.020
Slovakia	23	1.550	23	1.564	0	-0.014
Mauritius	24	1.562	20	1.530	-4	+0.032
Romania	25	1.606	24	1.592	-1	+0.014