The United States is among the least peaceful nations in the world, ranking ... 96th out of 121 nations, just worse than Yemen and just better than Iran, Honduras and South Africa.
According to the Global Peace Index, created by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Norway is the most peaceful nation in the world and Iraq is the least, just after Russia, Israel and Sudan.
The index was compiled based on 24 indicators measuring peace inside and outside of a country. They included the number of wars a country was involved in the past five years, how many soldiers were killed overseas and how much money was made in arms sales.Domestic indicators included the level of violent crimes, relations with neighboring countries and level of distrust in other citizens.
The fact the United States has the world's largest prison population per share of overall population also pulled down the score. It also has relatively high levels of violent crime.
Leo Abruzzese, the North American editorial director of the intelligence unit that is part of The Economist Group, said ... they found in general the most peaceful countries were the smallest, the most politically stable and democratic.
[Reuters]
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