Is the Middle East Safe?

How safe is the Middle East?




Iraq is different from the United Arab Emirates (abu Dhabi, Dubai), Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia



Global Peace Index Rankings

The table below provides the GPI rankings for the 140 countries analysed in 2008 and the 121 countries analysed in 2007, as well as year-on-year comparison. Countries most at peace are ranked first. A lower score indicates a more peaceful country. You can click on a country to see the detail of its peace indicators and drivers.


Iceland Denmark Norway New Zealand Japan Ireland Portugal Finland Luxembourg Austria Canada Switzerland Sweden Germany Belgium
Slovenia Czech Republic Hungary Chile Slovakia Uruguay Netherlands Hong Kong Romania Oman Bhutan Australia Italy Singapore Spain Poland South Korea Qatar Costa Rica Estonia France Vietnam Malaysia Latvia Ghana Lithuania United Arab Emirates Madagascar Taiwan Kuwait Botswana Tunisia Panama United Kingdom Mozambique Laos Cyprus Zambia Greece Gabon Argentina Bulgaria Tanzania Nicaragua Croatia Libya Cuba Morocco Equatorial Guinea Jordan Bosnia and Herzegovina China Indonesia Egypt Paraguay Senegal Kazakhstan Malawi Bahrain Syria Rwanda Namibia Bolivia Albania Peru Burkina Faso Dominican Republic Moldova Ukraine Serbia Bangladesh Macedonia Mongolia El Salvador Brazil Cambodia Cameroon Mexico Belarus Papua New Guinea Jamaica United States of America Trinidad and Tobago Mali Ecuador Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Guatemala Honduras Iran Yemen India Saudi Arabia Haiti Angola Uzbekistan Algeria Philippines Uganda Turkey South Africa Congo (Brazzaville) Thailand Kenya Mauritania Ethiopia Cote d'Ivoire Venezuela Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Myanmar Pakistan Democratic Republic of the Congo Nigeria Colombia Russia Lebanon North Korea Central African Republic Chad Israel Afghanistan Sudan Somalia Iraq