Which country has the highest Global Peace Index?

Russia has the highest Global Peace Index in 2026, at 3.367, followed by Sudan (3.195) and DR Congo (3.189).

Which country has the lowest Global Peace Index?

Iceland has the lowest Global Peace Index in 2026, at 1.161.

What is the median Global Peace Index across countries?

The median is 1.993 across the 162 countries with data in 2026.

Where does this safest countries in the world data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Peace Index 2022 - Institute for Economics and Peace; These Are the Safest Countries - US News; Most Dangerous and Safest Countries Index - TravelSafe Abroad.

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Safest Countries in the World

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Russia has the highest Global Peace Index in 2026 (3.367), followed by Sudan (3.195) and DR Congo (3.189). Iceland has the lowest (1.161).

Crime & Safety194 countries · 5 metricsUpdated Oct 12, 2025Original page

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Global Peace Index, 2026

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Ranking

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

1.993

Middle half 1.741 – 2.304

Average

2.081

162 countries

Highest

3.367

Russia

Lowest

1.161

Iceland

Over time · 2021–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

Median of all countries
Russia
Sudan
DR Congo
Ukraine
Israel

Data

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194 countries · # = rank by Global Peace Index

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1	Russia	3.367	6.267	34	High	80th
2	Sudan	3.195	—	55	High	—
3	DR Congo	3.189	6.768	21	High	—
4	Ukraine	3.184	2.003	30	High	89th
5	Israel	3.124	7.463	60	Medium	88th
6	South Sudan	3.116	—	10	High	—
7	Afghanistan	3.106	7.262	14	High	—
8	Yemen	3.081	5.08	10	High	—
9	Syria	3.067	8.006	10	High	—
10	Mali	2.996	7.907	31	High	—
11	Somalia	2.973	7.614	16	High	—
12	Pakistan	2.919	8.374	26	High	—
13	Myanmar	2.911	6.929	39	Medium	68th
14	Central African Republic	2.906	0.957	32	High	—
15	Burkina Faso	2.882	8.581	41	Medium	—
16	Palestine	2.877	4.93	—	—	—
17	North Korea	2.845	—	21	High	—
18	Niger	2.832	7.776	37	High	—
19	Chad	2.769	5.032	32	High	—
20	Iran	2.759	6.056	35	High	77th
21	Nigeria	2.755	7.658	33	Medium	—
21	Haiti	2.755	—	42	High	—
23	Colombia	2.735	6.381	42	Medium	86th
24	Iraq	2.662	6.582	14	High	—
25	Mexico	2.65	0.582	65	Medium	81st
26	Ethiopia	2.648	0.787	41	High	—
27	Cameroon	2.634	6.944	36	High	84th
28	Turkey	2.605	3.968	45	Medium	43rd
29	Ecuador	2.539	1.55	55	Low	79th
30	United States	2.535	3.517	68	Low	47th
31	Venezuela	2.516	0.71	33	High	—
32	Kenya	2.447	5.366	45	Medium	72nd
33	Lebanon	2.435	1.237	35	High	87th
34	Uganda	2.42	3.702	49	Medium	—
35	Burundi	2.417	4.043	30	High	—
36	Eritrea	2.412	—	32	Medium	—
37	India	2.409	6.411	47	Medium	82nd
38	Mozambique	2.383	6.251	46	High	—
39	Libya	2.361	1.612	21	High	—
40	Brazil	2.333	1.43	52	Medium	85th
41	South Africa	2.308	—	48	Medium	83rd
42	Benin	2.293	4.802	45	Medium	—
43	El Salvador	2.264	—	50	Medium	67th
44	Republic of the Congo	2.256	—	54	Medium	—
45	Togo	2.251	5.004	69	Medium	—
46	China	2.231	1.863	66	Medium	54th
47	Bangladesh	2.226	3.03	49	Medium	75th
48	Guinea	2.22	—	39	Medium	—
49	Belarus	2.216	0.233	77	Low	78th
50	Rwanda	2.2	—	37	Low	—
51	Egypt	2.186	4.416	38	Medium	52nd
52	Mauritania	2.184	—	35	High	—
53	Nepal	2.143	1.113	59	Medium	—
54	Azerbaijan	2.142	0.233	51	Medium	59th
55	Cuba	2.139	—	47	Medium	—
56	Bahrain	2.131	0.059	46	Low	38th
57	Peru	2.12	2.062	50	Medium	50th
58	Nicaragua	2.107	—	46	Medium	—
59	Djibouti	2.098	1.461	38	Medium	—
60	Eswatini	2.095	0.087	47	Medium	—
61	Guyana	2.093	—	43	Medium	—
62	Philippines	2.092	5.166	47	Medium	62nd
63	Thailand	2.089	4.63	48	Medium	46th
64	Gabon	2.086	—	45	High	—
65	France	2.083	2.712	64	Medium	30th
66	Tanzania	2.08	1.573	—	—	—
67	Cambodia	2.075	0.423	68	Low	76th
67	Honduras	2.075	—	49	Medium	63rd
69	Saudi Arabia	2.067	0.845	46	Medium	39th
70	Georgia	2.066	—	63	Low	—
71	Ivory Coast	2.061	1.454	37	Medium	—
72	Bolivia	2.054	—	57	Low	—
73	Algeria	2.053	2.415	44	Medium	64th
74	Zimbabwe	2.051	—	53	Medium	69th
75	Dominican Republic	2.038	—	54	Medium	60th
76	Guatemala	2.025	—	54	Medium	74th
77	Liberia	2.024	—	45	Medium	—
78	Lesotho	2.016	—	47	Medium	—
79	Guinea-Bissau	2.012	—	36	Medium	—
80	Papua New Guinea	2.002	—	47	Medium	—
81	Malawi	1.994	—	—	—	—
82	Zambia	1.992	—	52	Medium	—
83	Panama	1.976	—	65	Medium	61st
84	Cyprus	1.967	0.347	75	Low	31st
85	Trinidad and Tobago	1.959	—	43	High	—
86	Angola	1.955	1.657	48	High	—
87	Tunisia	1.947	2.184	53	Medium	58th
88	Ghana	1.943	—	73	Medium	70th
89	Senegal	1.939	1.578	45	High	—
90	Sierra Leone	1.937	—	50	Medium	—
91	United Arab Emirates	1.927	1.178	79	Low	25th
92	Argentina	1.922	0.801	70	Low	53rd
93	Serbia	1.919	0.582	77	Medium	66th
93	Jamaica	1.919	—	55	Medium	—
95	Indonesia	1.918	4.17	58	Medium	51st
96	Jordan	1.913	2.913	53	Medium	49th
97	Sri Lanka	1.91	—	60	Medium	73rd
98	Turkmenistan	1.903	—	42	Medium	—
99	Morocco	1.887	—	54	Medium	45th
100	Paraguay	1.882	0.073	45	Low	—
101	Namibia	1.872	—	71	Medium	—
102	Costa Rica	1.86	—	64	Medium	48th
103	Kyrgyzstan	1.853	—	38	Medium	—
104	Oman	1.85	2.927	76	Low	42nd
105	Madagascar	1.849	—	49	Medium	—
106	Laos	1.846	—	51	Medium	—
107	South Korea	1.839	0.582	82	Low	29th
108	Gambia	1.837	—	69	Medium	—
109	Moldova	1.836	—	67	Medium	—
110	Greece	1.828	2.928	73	Low	20th
111	Chile	1.826	5.162	79	Medium	57th
112	Armenia	1.825	0.72	60	Low	—
113	Botswana	1.823	—	77	Low	—
114	Kuwait	1.813	—	66	Low	41st
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.81	1.218	48	Low	—
116	Tajikistan	1.799	0.999	38	Medium	—
117	North Macedonia	1.792	—	55	Low	—
118	Romania	1.788	—	80	Low	40th
119	Kazakhstan	1.771	—	72	Low	65th
120	Uruguay	1.754	0.059	77	Low	56th
121	Taiwan	1.751	—	54	Low	—
122	Vietnam	1.738	—	73	Low	55th
123	Sweden	1.732	1.842	83	Low	3rd
124	United Kingdom	1.73	2.639	77	Low	18th
125	Equatorial Guinea	1.729	—	68	Medium	—
126	Uzbekistan	1.726	0.233	40	Medium	71st
127	Albania	1.725	—	75	Low	—
128	Italy	1.712	0.929	77	Medium	23rd
129	Mongolia	1.692	—	71	Low	—
130	Norway	1.688	1.198	85	Low	2nd
131	Timor-Leste	1.681	—	48	High	—
132	Qatar	1.676	—	84	Low	24th
133	Montenegro	1.672	—	70	Low	—
134	Slovakia	1.661	1.023	80	Low	34th
135	Germany	1.657	4.748	85	Medium	17th
136	Spain	1.654	1.256	83	Medium	21st
137	Bulgaria	1.628	—	80	Low	37th
138	Estonia	1.623	—	82	Low	36th
139	Lithuania	1.62	0.423	79	Low	33rd
140	Croatia	1.619	—	83	Low	28th
141	Poland	1.615	1.962	84	Low	22nd
142	Belgium	1.608	1.347	70	Low	10th
143	Australia	1.602	1.973	86	Low	9th
144	Latvia	1.589	0.423	80	Low	35th
145	Mauritius	1.586	—	80	Low	—
146	Netherlands	1.566	1.402	75	Low	11th
147	Bhutan	1.546	—	70	Low	—
148	Hungary	1.538	—	83	Low	26th
149	Canada	1.525	1.87	88	Low	6th
150	Czechia	1.517	2.906	88	Low	27th
151	Malaysia	1.513	1.626	69	Medium	44th
152	Denmark	1.504	0.72	94	Low	5th
153	Japan	1.489	0.949	83	Low	16th
154	Finland	1.478	0.949	86	Low	7th
155	Singapore	1.435	—	90	Low	19th
156	Portugal	1.427	—	57	Low	15th
157	Austria	1.421	0.582	92	Low	4th
158	Ireland	1.371	0.233	83	Low	12th
159	Slovenia	1.369	—	87	Low	32nd
160	Switzerland	1.363	1.265	89	Low	1st
161	New Zealand	1.343	0.217	90	Low	8th
162	Iceland	1.161	0.123	95	Low	13th
—	Puerto Rico	—	—	34	Medium	—
—	Fiji	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Luxembourg	—	—	74	Low	14th
—	Suriname	—	—	62	Medium	—
—	Malta	—	—	78	Low	—
—	Maldives	—	—	46	Low	—
—	Brunei	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Belize	—	—	43	Medium	—
—	Bahamas	—	—	49	Low	—
—	Vanuatu	—	—	70	Low	—
—	French Polynesia	—	—	92	Low	—
—	Barbados	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Samoa	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Curacao	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Saint Lucia	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Seychelles	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Grenada	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Aruba	—	—	90	Low	—
—	Tonga	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Cayman Islands	—	—	50	Medium	—
—	Dominica	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Bermuda	—	—	90	Low	—
—	Greenland	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Gibraltar	—	—	90	Low	—
—	Liechtenstein	—	—	89	Low	—
—	British Virgin Islands	—	—	89	Low	—
—	Monaco	—	—	88	Low	—
—	Palau	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Anguilla	—	—	70	Low	—
—	Nauru	—	—	80	Low	—
—	Montserrat	—	—	70	Low	—

What correlates with Global Peace Index (2026)?

Pearson r against 1,463 other country metrics sharing at least 98 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Global Peace Index tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Security ApparatusFailed States
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 160
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Fragile States Index
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 161
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Failed States IndexFailed States
r = +0.77 · very strong · n = 160
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VulnerabilityNatural Disaster Risk by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 160
Plot
Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 157
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Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 158
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Global Peace Index tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Governance ValuePolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 161
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LP Safety & SecurityLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 158
Plot
Political Stability ScorePolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 162
Plot
Percentile RankPolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 161
Plot
WJP RoLI Order and Security ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 129
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Women, Peace and Security Index (WPSI)Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = −0.77 · very strong · n = 158
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Global Peace Index?: Russia has the highest Global Peace Index in 2026, at 3.367, followed by Sudan (3.195) and DR Congo (3.189).
Which country has the lowest Global Peace Index?: Iceland has the lowest Global Peace Index in 2026, at 1.161.
What is the median Global Peace Index across countries?: The median is 1.993 across the 162 countries with data in 2026.
Where does this safest countries in the world data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Peace Index 2022 - Institute for Economics and Peace; These Are the Safest Countries - US News; Most Dangerous and Safest Countries Index - TravelSafe Abroad.