Ghana was ranked second most peaceful African country and 40th overall in the 2022 GPI report.
Ghana is Africa's second most peaceful country, trailing only Mauritius.
This is according to the report 2021 Global Peace Index.
Ghana retained its 2021 ranking but fell to 40th overall.
Ghana is the second most peaceful country in Sub-Saharan Africa, trailing only the island nation of Mauritius.
This is according to the Global Peace Index, GPI, 2022 report, which was released this week.
The country's overall score was 1.759, up from 1.715 in 2021; the score also ranked Ghana as the 40th most peaceful country out of 163 in the world.
The global rank means Ghana dropped two steps from the 38th spot in 2021. Per the 2021 global scores, Ghana is sandwiched between Kuwait and Albania.
Completing the top five most peaceful African countries are The Gambia (45th globally), Botswana (48th) and Sierra Leone (50th) in that order.
Ghana is currently suffering from an economic downturn, prompting the government to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund. The government attributes some of the blame to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Conflicts between protesters and police have been among Ghana's security challenges in recent months, with the most recent being a clash between Arise Ghana protesters and police in late June.
There is, however, a looming threat of terrorist violence being imported from across the Sahel, especially given recent attacks in neighboring countries.
As of last year, the report came out at amid rising insecurity with most citizens expressing grave concerns about rising insecurity following the murder of a bullion van police escort and a hawker in Jamestown plus a series of robbery incidents across the country.
About the GPI report
This is the 16th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness.
Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. This report presents the most comprehensive data-driven analysis to-date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies.
The GPI covers 163 countries comprising 99.7 per cent of the world’s population, using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources,
and measures the state of peace across three domains: the level of societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation.
In addition to discussing the findings from the 2022 GPI, the report includes an analysis of the military conflict in Ukraine. It covers likely increases in military spending, new and emerging uses of technology in the war, its impact on food prices and global shipping routes.
The report also includes a more in-depth examination of violent protests around the world.
According to this year's findings, the average level of global peacefulness has decreased by 0.3%. Although minor, this is the eleventh deterioration in peacefulness in the last fourteen years, with 90 countries improving, 71 deteriorating, and two remaining stable, demonstrating that countries tend to deteriorate much faster than they improve.
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