SIPRI Yearbook 2011
II. Highlights and changes
In the Global Peace Index 2011 Iceland is ranked as the country most at peace, replacing New Zealand. Iceland topped the GPI in 2008, but dropped to fourth place in 2009 amid the country’s unprecedented economic collapse and political crisis, which saw an increase in the number of police and security officers and an increase in the incarceration rate. This year Iceland has regained first place due to restored stability in the country’s political scene and a drop in its level of military capability and sophistication, as austerity measures led to reductions in the already small military budget. Small, stable and democratic countries are consistently ranked highest; 14 of the top 20 countries are in Western or Central Europe. This is, however, a reduction from 15 in 2010, and
Table 2B.2. Countries with the greatest change in Global Peace Index scores, 2010–11
|
Country |
Score, 2011 |
Change in score, 2010–11 |
Rank, 2011 |
Change in rank, 2010–11a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Top 5 risers |
||||
|
Georgia |
2.558 |
–0.412 |
134 |
+12 |
|
Chad |
2.740 |
–0.224 |
141 |
+4 |
|
Mongolia |
1.880 |
–0.221 |
57 |
+36 |
|
Sri Lanka |
2.407 |
–0.215 |
126 |
+11 |
|
Thailand |
2.247 |
–0.147 |
107 |
+19 |
|
Top 5 fallers |
||||
|
Libya |
2.816 |
+0.977 |
143 |
–83 |
|
Bahrain |
2.398 |
+0.429 |
123 |
–47 |
|
Egypt |
2.023 |
+0.239 |
73 |
–25 |
|
North Korea |
3.092 |
+0.236 |
149 |
–6 |
|
Madagascar |
2.239 |
+0.220 |
105 |
–26 |
(a) The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2010 included only 149 countries while the 2011 GPI includes 153 countries, which affects changes in ranking between 2010 and 2011.
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- Schippa, Camilla, and Daniel Hyslop. "2. Resources and armed conflict." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 15 Oct. 2024. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-22.xml>.
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- Schippa, C., & Hyslop, D. (2016). 2. Resources and armed conflict. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 Oct. 2024, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-22.xml
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- Schippa, Camilla, and Daniel Hyslop. "2. Resources and armed conflict." In SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 15 Oct. 2024, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-22.xml
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