Singapore ranked 6th in the Global Peace Index 2025, a measure of global peacefulness produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, covering 163 independent states and territories.
Japan and Malaysia ranked 12th and 13th, respectively, while Vietnam and Taiwan ranked 38th.
Timor-Leste ranked 44th in the index, Indonesia 49th, Thailand 86th, Sri Lanka 97th, and China 98th.
The Philippines in South Asia ranked 105th, India 115th, Myanmar 153rd, and Pakistan 144th.
Kazakhstan in Central Asia ranked 56th, Mongolia 37th, and Afghanistan 158th.
Qatar in Western Asia ranked 27th, Kuwait 31st, the United Arab Emirates 52nd, and Saudi Arabia 90th.
South Korea in East Asia ranked 41st, and North Korea 149th.
The institute found that “South Asia recorded the largest average deterioration of all regions, with significant falls in peacefulness in both Bangladesh and Pakistan.”
The institute noted that South Asia is the second least peaceful region in the world and cited Afghanistan as the least peaceful country in the region.
The United States ranked 128th in the survey. Israel and Iran ranked 155th and 142nd, respectively.
Ukraine, 162nd, and Russia, 163rd, are the countries at the bottom of the index.
Most of the states in the top ranks are European countries, including Iceland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, and Portugal.
The following is the Global Peace Index 2025 top 10:
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Iceland
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Ireland
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New Zealand
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Austria
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Switzerland
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Singapore
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Portugal
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Denmark
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Slovenia
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Finland
According to the institute, this year’s study found that the average level of global peacefulness declined by 0.36 percent.
The institute noted the 13th deterioration in peacefulness in the last 17 years, with 74 countries improving and 87 deteriorating in peacefulness.
“Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008,” the institute said.
The states in the top 10, except for Switzerland, were also ranked among the most peaceful countries in the first year of the index. The 2025 index is its 19th edition.
“These countries have high Positive Peace ratings, underscoring the resilience created by the high levels of Positive Peace,” the institute said.
For the first time, Russia is the least peaceful country in the world on the Global Peace Index, the institute noted.
“Western and Central Europe are the most peaceful places in the world, home to eight of the ten most peaceful countries, although their peacefulness has been falling over the last four years,” the institute said.
The Middle East and North Africa are the world’s least peaceful places, the institute noted.
The index placed Israel, the United States, North Korea, Ukraine, and Russia, respectively, in the five least peaceful countries under the militarization domain.
The institute used 23 global peace indicators to measure the state of peace across three domains, namely Societal Safety, Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and Militarization.
The global peace indicators include, among others, the following: external conflicts fought, internal conflicts fought, deaths from internal conflicts, deaths from external conflicts, violent crime, access to small arms, homicide rate, political terror scale, and nuclear and heavy weapons.
The Global Peace Index, published annually since 2007, was established by Steve Killelea and is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness.
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