Give Peace a Number

Time Magazine

The U.S. is one of the world's least peaceful countries, according to the Global Peace Index, a new gauge from the Economist Intelligence Unit, which ranks countries based on peacefulness, both domestically and abroad. Using 24 indicators, including the number of soldiers killed overseas, the level of violent domestic crimes and relations with neighboring countries, the rankings show how poorly the U.S. and Russia score compared with other members of the Group of Eight (in red).

1 NORWAY

2 NEW ZEALAND

3 DENMARK

4 IRELAND

5 JAPAN

6 FINLAND

7 SWEDEN

8 CANADA

9 PORTUGAL

10 AUSTRIA

11 BELGIUM

12 GERMANY

13 CZECH REPUBLIC

14 SWITZERLAND

15 SLOVENIA

16 CHILE

17 SLOVAKIA

18 HUNGARY

19 BHUTAN

20 THE NETHERLANDS

21 SPAIN

22 OMAN

23 HONG KONG

24 URUGUAY

25 AUSTRALIA

26 ROMANIA

27 POLAND

28 ESTONIA

29 SINGAPORE

30 QATAR

31 COSTA RICA

32 SOUTH KOREA

33 ITALY

34 FRANCE

35 VIETNAM

36 TAIWAN

37 MALAYSIA

38 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

39 TUNISIA

40 GHANA

41 MADAGASCAR

42 BOTSWANA

43 LITHUANIA

44 GREECE

45 PANAMA

46 KUWAIT

47 LATVIA

48 MOROCCO

49 BRITAIN

50 MOZAMBIQUE

51 CYPRUS

52 ARGENTINA

53 ZAMBIA

54 BULGARIA

55 PARAGUAY

56 GABON

57 TANZANIA

58 LIBYA

59 CUBA

60 CHINA

61 KAZAKHSTAN

62 BAHRAIN

63 JORDAN

64 NAMIBIA

65 SENEGAL

66 NICARAGUA

67 CROATIA

68 MALAWI

69 BOLIVIA

70 PERU

71 EQUATORIAL GUINEA

72 MOLDOVA

73 EGYPT

74 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

75 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

76 CAMEROON

77 SYRIA

78 INDONESIA

79 MEXICO

80 UKRAINE

81 JAMAICA

82 MACEDONIA

83 BRAZIL

84 SERBIA

85 CAMBODIA

86 BANGLADESH

87 ECUADOR

88 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

89 EL SALVADOR

90 SAUDI ARABIA

91 KENYA

92 TURKEY

93 GUATEMALA

94 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

95 YEMEN

96 U.S.

97 IRAN

98 HONDURAS

99 SOUTH AFRICA

100 THE PHILIPPINES

101 AZERBAIJAN

102 VENEZUELA

103 ETHIOPIA

104 UGANDA

105 THAILAND

106 ZIMBABWE

107 ALGERIA

108 MYANMAR

109 INDIA

110 UZBEKISTAN

111 SRI LANKA

112 ANGOLA

113 IVORY COAST

114 LEBANON

115 PAKISTAN

116 COLOMBIA

117 NIGERIA

118 RUSSIA

119 ISRAEL

120 SUDAN

121 IRAQ

CRIME

Life at the Extremes

Driven by a big jump in robberies, violent crime in the U.S. edged up 1.3% last year, according to preliminary FBI data. Only in the Northeast did the crime rate hold steady. Violent crimes per 1,000 people (cities with a population of at least 100,000) [This article contains a complex diagram and map. Please see hardcopy of magazine.]