Georgia ranks 95th in Global Peace Index, improves its ranking by four points
Georgia has improved its ranking in the Global Peace Index. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has ranked 95th in the Global Peace Index among 167 foreign states, improving its ranking by four points compared to the 2019 GPI.
The ranking showed that the level of global peacefulness deteriorated, with the average country score falling by 0.34 per cent, said the survey.
This is the ninth deterioration in peacefulness in the last twelve years, with 81 countries improving, and 80 recording deteriorations over the past year. The 2020 GPI reveals a world in which the conflicts and crises that emerged in the past decade have begun to abate, only to be replaced with a new wave of tension and uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said the survey.
Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008. It is joined at the top of the index by New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, and Denmark.
Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world for the second year in a row, followed by Syria, Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen. All, except Yemen, have been ranked amongst the five least peaceful since at least 2015.
The survey says that only two of the nine regions in the world became more peaceful over the past year, adding that the greatest improvement occurred in the Russia and Eurasia region, followed by North America.
In the newest rankings by Global Finance Georgia takes 49th place among 128 countries with a safety index score of 9.68. With this result, Georgia is the safest country in the region.
Georgia’s Minister of Defence Levan Izoria, who is now paying an official visit in Germany, has stressed Georgia is firm in its position to contribute to international peace and security through active participation in foreign missions in the future.
Georgia is becoming a more peaceful nation and the main contributor in its region to ensuring global peace, according to a survey released by international think-tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
Georgia is becoming a more peaceful country while many other countries around the world are descending into chaos.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said the country is “a green island of peace in terms of containing the coronavirus pandemic. However, to preserve this, all citizens must demonstrate even more public responsibility in their daily activities. As of June 13, Georgia has confirmed a total of 851 cases of COVID-19, including the eight new cases.
The United Nations places Georgia in 58tg place amongst 166 countries for sustainable development goals (SDG) in its Sustainable Development Report 2020.
Georgia has shown an improvement in the World Bank's recent study 'Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)' in terms of government effectiveness and regulatory quality.