Ghana also took the most peaceful in the world in the index published by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), a group of independent, not partisan and non -profit experts dedicated to changing the approach of the world to peace as a Positive, measured and tangible measure of human well -being and progress.
The GPI covers 163 countries that comprise 99.7 percent of the world's population, using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators of highly respected sources, and measures the state of peace in three domains: the level of social security and security; the scope of the current national and international conflict; and the degree of militarization.
The best classified sub -Saharan countries were Mauricio (1st), Ghana (2nd), Gambia (3rd), Botswana (4th) and Sierra Leone (5th).
Sub -Saharan Africa registered a slight fall in tranquility in the 2022 GPI, with the average score of the country deteriorated by 0.022 points, or one percent. Of the 44 countries of the region, 21 improved in score, while 22 deteriorated and one remained unchanged.
The region is less peaceful than the global average on security and ongoing conflict domains, but more peaceful than the global average in the militarization domain.
Five coups, as well as disputes about electoral results and accusations of corruption, which led to an increase in civil disturbances and political instability throughout the region, which resulted in an average deterioration throughout the region in the 6.9 percent political terrorist indicator.
The greatest improvement in tranquility in the region occurred in Zambia, which recorded an improvement of 3.9 percent in its GPI score. This was largely driven by an improvement in Zambia's relationship with its neighbors, as well as a 17 percent drop in military spending as a percentage of GDP.
Global index
Iceland is still the most peaceful country in the world, a position that has held since 2008.
It is attached at the top of the index by New Zealand (2nd), Ireland (3rd), Denmark (4th) and Austria (5th).
Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world during the fifth consecutive year, followed by Yemen, Syria, Russia and South Sudan. All these countries have been among the ten less peaceful countries during the last three years.
Two of the five countries with the greatest deterioration in tranquility were Russia and Ukraine, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Haiti joined.
Europe is the most peaceful region in the world, where there are seven of the ten most peaceful countries.
Five of the nine regions of the world became more peaceful during the past year. The largest improvements occurred in the region of South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (Mena).
The result of southern Asia was driven by a substantial improvement in the domain of ongoing conflicts, since many countries experienced reductions in the number of deaths from internal conflicts
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