Every year, the Institute for Economics and Peace releases its Global Peace Index report. This report is the only one of its kind that measures how dangerous or safe a nation is based on 23 different indicators, including political terror, deaths from internal conflict, and murder rate.
The GPI report evaluates 163 countries with account for over 99% of the world’s total population. The factors analyzed in the report are grouped into three different areas:
The countries on the GPI list have a score. The lower the score, the more peaceful the country. The higher the score, the more dangerous it is. According to the 2018 report, Syria has the highest score – a score of 3.6 – and is the most dangerous country in the world. This ranking remains unchanged from the previous report in 2017.
The second-most dangerous country in the world is Afghanistan with a score of 3.585. This nation’s ranking remained the same as it was on the 2017 report. Rounding out the top 3 is South Sudan, which has a score of 3.508 and dropped one position since the previous report.
The top 10 most dangerous countries according to the 2018 GPI report are:
All of the top 10 most dangerous states have a “very low” state of peace. Other nations that have a “very low” state of peace and are considered the world’s most dangerous include:
| Rank | Country | Peace Index | Population 2019 |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 3.574 | 38,041,754 |
| 2 | Syria | 3.566 | 17,070,135 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 3.526 | 11,062,113 |
| 4 | Yemen | 3.412 | 29,161,922 |
| 5 | Iraq | 3.369 | 39,309,783 |
| 6 | Somalia | 3.3 | 15,442,905 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.296 | 4,745,185 |
| 8 | Libya | 3.285 | 6,777,452 |
| 9 | Dr Congo | 3.218 | 86,790,567 |
| 10 | Russia | 3.093 | 145,872,256 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 3.072 | 216,565,318 |
| 12 | Turkey | 3.015 | 83,429,615 |
| 13 | Sudan | 2.995 | 42,813,238 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 2.95 | 43,993,638 |
| 15 | North Korea | 2.921 | 25,666,161 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 2.898 | 200,963,599 |
| 17 | Lebanon | 2.8 | 6,855,713 |
| 18 | Israel | 2.735 | 8,519,377 |
| 19 | Mali | 2.71 | 19,658,031 |
| 20 | Venezuela | 2.671 | 28,515,829 |
| 21 | Colombia | 2.661 | 50,339,443 |
| 22 | Palestine | 2.608 | 4,981,420 |
| 23 | India | 2.605 | 1,366,417,754 |
| 24 | Mexico | 2.6 | 127,575,529 |
| 25 | Iran | 2.542 | 82,913,906 |
| 26 | Cameroon | 2.538 | 25,876,380 |
| 27 | Chad | 2.522 | 15,946,876 |
| 28 | Egypt | 2.521 | 100,388,073 |
| 29 | Burundi | 2.52 | 11,530,580 |
| 30 | Philippines | 2.516 | 108,116,615 |
| 31 | Eritrea | 2.504 | 3,497,117 |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 2.463 | 14,645,468 |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 2.434 | 112,078,730 |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 2.425 | 10,047,718 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 2.409 | 34,268,528 |
| 36 | United States | 2.401 | 329,064,917 |
| 37 | South Africa | 2.399 | 58,558,270 |
| 38 | Niger | 2.394 | 23,310,715 |
| 39 | Myanmar | 2.393 | 54,045,420 |
| 40 | Bahrain | 2.357 | 1,641,172 |
| 41 | Honduras | 2.341 | 9,746,117 |
| 42 | Mauritania | 2.333 | 4,525,696 |
| 43 | Republic Of The Congo | 2.323 | 5,380,508 |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 2.312 | 6,545,502 |
| 45 | Kenya | 2.3 | 52,573,973 |
| 46 | Armenia | 2.294 | 2,957,731 |
| 47 | Thailand | 2.278 | 69,625,582 |
| 48 | Brazil | 2.271 | 211,049,527 |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 2.265 | 5,942,089 |
| 50 | Guatemala | 2.264 | 17,581,472 |
| 51 | El Salvador | 2.262 | 6,453,553 |
| 52 | Guinea Bissau | 2.237 | 1,920,922 |
| 53 | Algeria | 2.219 | 43,053,054 |
| 54 | China | 2.217 | 1,433,783,686 |
| 55 | Djibouti | 2.207 | 973,560 |
| 56 | Togo | 2.205 | 8,082,366 |
| 57 | Ivory Coast | 2.203 | 25,716,544 |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 2.196 | 9,321,018 |
| 58 | Uganda | 2.196 | 44,269,594 |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 2.176 | 20,321,378 |
| 61 | Lesotho | 2.167 | 2,125,268 |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 2.166 | 32,981,716 |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 2.128 | 163,046,161 |
| 64 | Guinea | 2.125 | 12,771,246 |
| 65 | Georgia | 2.122 | 3,996,765 |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 2.118 | 8,776,109 |
| 67 | Belarus | 2.115 | 9,452,411 |
| 68 | Gabon | 2.112 | 2,172,579 |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.105 | 6,415,850 |
| 70 | Mozambique | 2.099 | 30,366,036 |
| 71 | Trinidad And Tobago | 2.094 | 1,394,973 |
| 72 | Guyana | 2.075 | 782,766 |
| 73 | Cuba | 2.073 | 11,333,483 |
| 74 | Morocco | 2.07 | 36,471,769 |
| 75 | Cambodia | 2.066 | 16,486,542 |
| 76 | Paraguay | 2.055 | 7,044,636 |
| 77 | Haiti | 2.052 | 11,263,077 |
| 78 | Bolivia | 2.044 | 11,513,100 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 2.041 | 10,738,958 |
| 80 | Jamaica | 2.038 | 2,948,279 |
| 81 | Tunisia | 2.035 | 11,694,719 |
| 82 | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 2.019 | 3,301,000 |
| 83 | Peru | 2.016 | 32,510,453 |
| 84 | Rwanda | 2.014 | 12,626,950 |
| 86 | Jordan | 2.012 | 10,101,694 |
| 85 | Angola | 2.012 | 31,825,295 |
| 87 | Nepal | 2.003 | 28,608,710 |
| 88 | Argentina | 1.989 | 44,780,677 |
| 91 | Swaziland | 1.986 | 1,148,130 |
| 90 | Benin | 1.986 | 11,801,151 |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 1.986 | 21,323,733 |
| 92 | Ecuador | 1.98 | 17,373,662 |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.957 | 1,355,986 |
| 94 | Oman | 1.953 | 4,974,986 |
| 95 | Moldova | 1.951 | 4,043,263 |
| 96 | Montenegro | 1.939 | 627,987 |
| 98 | Macedonia | 1.933 | 2,083,459 |
| 97 | Greece | 1.933 | 10,473,455 |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 1.932 | 18,551,427 |
| 100 | Cyprus | 1.914 | 1,198,575 |
| 101 | Gambia | 1.908 | 2,347,706 |
| 103 | Namibia | 1.892 | 2,494,530 |
| 102 | France | 1.892 | 65,129,728 |
| 104 | Liberia | 1.889 | 4,937,374 |
| 105 | Senegal | 1.883 | 16,296,364 |
| 106 | Vietnam | 1.877 | 96,462,106 |
| 108 | Madagascar | 1.867 | 26,969,307 |
| 107 | South Korea | 1.867 | 51,225,308 |
| 109 | Tanzania | 1.86 | 58,005,463 |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 1.847 | 9,770,529 |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 1.822 | 7,813,215 |
| 112 | Albania | 1.821 | 2,880,917 |
| 113 | Serbia | 1.812 | 8,772,235 |
| 115 | Timor Leste | 1.805 | 1,293,119 |
| 114 | Zambia | 1.805 | 17,861,030 |
| 116 | Panama | 1.804 | 4,246,439 |
| 118 | Laos | 1.801 | 7,169,455 |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 1.801 | 67,530,172 |
| 119 | Ghana | 1.796 | 30,417,856 |
| 120 | Kuwait | 1.794 | 4,207,083 |
| 121 | Mongolia | 1.792 | 3,225,167 |
| 122 | Indonesia | 1.785 | 270,625,568 |
| 123 | Malawi | 1.779 | 18,628,747 |
| 124 | Italy | 1.754 | 60,550,075 |
| 125 | Lithuania | 1.728 | 2,759,627 |
| 126 | Estonia | 1.727 | 1,325,648 |
| 127 | Taiwan | 1.725 | 23,773,876 |
| 128 | Latvia | 1.718 | 1,906,743 |
| 129 | Uruguay | 1.711 | 3,461,734 |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 1.706 | 5,047,561 |
| 131 | Spain | 1.699 | 46,736,776 |
| 132 | Qatar | 1.696 | 2,832,067 |
| 133 | Botswana | 1.676 | 2,303,697 |
| 134 | Poland | 1.654 | 37,887,768 |
| 135 | Croatia | 1.645 | 4,130,304 |
| 136 | Chile | 1.634 | 18,952,038 |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 1.607 | 7,000,119 |
| 138 | Romania | 1.606 | 19,364,557 |
| 139 | Mauritius | 1.562 | 1,269,668 |
| 140 | Slovakia | 1.55 | 5,457,013 |
| 141 | Germany | 1.547 | 83,517,045 |
| 142 | Hungary | 1.54 | 9,684,679 |
| 143 | Norway | 1.536 | 5,378,857 |
| 145 | Sweden | 1.533 | 10,036,379 |
| 144 | Belgium | 1.533 | 11,539,328 |
| 146 | Netherlands | 1.53 | 17,097,130 |
| 147 | Malaysia | 1.529 | 31,949,777 |
| 148 | Bhutan | 1.506 | 763,092 |
| 149 | Finland | 1.488 | 5,532,156 |
| 150 | Australia | 1.419 | 25,203,198 |
| 151 | Ireland | 1.39 | 4,882,495 |
| 152 | Switzerland | 1.383 | 8,591,365 |
| 153 | Czech Republic | 1.375 | 10,689,209 |
| 154 | Japan | 1.369 | 126,860,301 |
| 155 | Slovenia | 1.355 | 2,078,654 |
| 156 | Singapore | 1.347 | 5,804,337 |
| 157 | Canada | 1.327 | 37,411,047 |
| 158 | Denmark | 1.316 | 5,771,876 |
| 159 | Austria | 1.291 | 8,955,102 |
| 160 | Portugal | 1.274 | 10,226,187 |
| 161 | New Zealand | 1.221 | 4,783,063 |
| 162 | Iceland | 1.072 | 339,031 |