The Global Peace Index

Six out of ten most peaceful countries in the world are constitutional monarchies!

The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. It is maintained by the Institute for Economics and Peace (www.visionofhumanity.org/peace-initiatives/4/institute-for-economics-and-peace/) and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks, together with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, Australia with data analysed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Countrie's eacefulness is measured based on wide range of indicators, 24 in all. Serbia is 84th in the 2007 ranking.

Rank	Country	Global Peace Index 2007
1.	Norway	1.357
2.	New Zealand	1.363
3.	Denmark	1.377
4.	Ireland	1.396
5.	Japan	1.413
6.	Finland	1.447
7.	Sweden	1.478
8.	Canada	1.481
9.	Portugal	1.481
10.	Austria	1.483
11.	Belgium	1.498
12.	Germany	1.523
13.	Czech Republic	1.524
14.	Switzerland	1.526
15.	Slovenia	1.539
16.	Chile	1.568
17.	Slovakia	1.571
18.	Hungary	1.575
19.	Bhutan	1.611
20.	Netherlands	1.620
21.	Spain	1.633
22.	Oman	1.641
23.	Uruguay	1.661
24.	Australia	1.664
25.	Romania	1.682
26.	Poland	1.683
27.	Estonia	1.684
28.	Singapore	1.692
29.	Qatar	1.702
30.	Costa Rica	1.702