Iceland Is The World’s Most Peaceful Country

October 28, 2025

Today, Western and Central Europe stand as the most peaceful region in the world.

This comes at a time when global conflict deaths have reached a 25-year high, and 106 countries have become more militarized over the past two years—reversing two decades of decline. Meanwhile, the successful resolution of conflicts has fallen to its lowest level in 50 years.

The graphic below, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows how peaceful countries are in 2025, based on the IEP’s Global Peace Index 2025.

Methodology

For the analysis, the IEP used 23 equal-weighted indicators to assess the stability countries, including:

Overall, 99.7% of the global population was covered across 163 countries and territories.

The Global Peace Index Rankings

Below, we show each country’s peacefulness rankings in 2025:

Rank	Country	Global Peace Index Score 2025	Category
1	🇮🇸 Iceland	1.10	Very High
2	🇮🇪 Ireland	1.26	Very High
3	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1.28	Very High
4	🇦🇹 Austria	1.29	Very High
5	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1.29	Very High
6	🇸🇬 Singapore	1.36	Very High
7	🇵🇹 Portugal	1.37	Very High
8	🇩🇰 Denmark	1.39	Very High
9	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1.41	Very High
10	🇫🇮 Finland	1.42	Very High
11	🇨🇿 Czechia	1.44	Very High
12	🇯🇵 Japan	1.44	Very High
13	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1.47	High
14	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1.49	High
14	🇨🇦 Canada	1.49	High
16	🇧🇪 Belgium	1.49	High
17	🇭🇺 Hungary	1.50	High
18	🇦🇺 Australia	1.51	High
19	🇭🇷 Croatia	1.52	High
20	🇩🇪 Germany	1.53	High
21	🇧🇹 Bhutan	1.54	High
22	🇱🇻 Latvia	1.56	High
22	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1.56	High
24	🇪🇪 Estonia	1.56	High
25	🇪🇸 Spain	1.58	High
26	🇲🇺 Mauritius	1.59	High
27	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.59	High
28	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1.61	High
29	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1.61	High
30	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1.63	High
31	🇰🇼 Kuwait	1.64	High
32	🇳🇴 Norway	1.64	High
33	🇮🇹 Italy	1.66	High
34	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1.69	High
35	🇸🇪 Sweden	1.71	High
36	🇵🇱 Poland	1.71	High
37	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1.72	High
38	🇷🇴 Romania	1.72	High
38	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1.72	High
40	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1.73	High
41	🇰🇷 South Korea	1.74	High
42	🇴🇲 Oman	1.74	High
43	🇧🇼 Botswana	1.74	High
44	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	1.76	High
45	🇬🇷 Greece	1.76	High
46	🇦🇷 Argentina	1.77	High
47	🇱🇦 Laos	1.78	High
48	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1.78	High
49	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1.79	High
50	🇳🇦 Namibia	1.79	High
51	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	1.80	High
52	🇦🇱 Albania	1.81	High
52	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	1.81	High
54	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1.84	High
55	🇬🇲 The Gambia	1.86	High
56	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1.88	High
57	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	1.89	High
58	🇦🇲 Armenia	1.89	High
59	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1.90	High
59	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.90	High
61	🇬🇭 Ghana	1.90	High
62	🇨🇱 Chile	1.90	High
63	🇽🇰 Kosovo	1.91	Medium
64	🇷🇸 Serbia	1.91	Medium
64	🇿🇲 Zambia	1.91	Medium
66	🇲🇩 Moldova	1.92	Medium
67	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	1.93	Medium
68	🇨🇾 Cyprus	1.93	Medium
69	🇸🇳 Senegal	1.94	Medium
70	🇱🇷 Liberia	1.94	Medium
71	🇲🇼 Malawi	1.96	Medium
72	🇯🇴 Jordan	1.96	Medium
73	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1.97	Medium
74	🇫🇷 France	1.97	Medium
75	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1.98	Medium
76	🇳🇵 Nepal	1.99	Medium
76	🇦🇴 Angola	1.99	Medium
78	🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic	1.99	Medium
79	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	2.00	Medium
79	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2.00	Medium
81	🇹🇳 Tunisia	2.00	Medium
82	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	2.00	Medium
83	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2.01	Medium
84	🇵🇦 Panama	2.01	Medium
85	🇲🇦 Morocco	2.01	Medium
86	🇹🇭 Thailand	2.02	Medium
87	🇰🇭 Cambodia	2.02	Medium
87	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.02	Medium
89	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2.02	Medium
90	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	2.04	Medium
91	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2.04	Medium
92	🇩🇿 Algeria	2.04	Medium
93	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2.05	Medium
94	🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	2.07	Medium
95	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	2.07	Medium
96	🇵🇪 Peru	2.07	Medium
97	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2.08	Medium
98	🇨🇳 China	2.09	Medium
99	🇸🇿 Eswatini	2.09	Medium
100	🇧🇭 Bahrain	2.10	Medium
101	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	2.11	Medium
102	🇨🇺 Cuba	2.12	Medium
103	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	2.13	Medium
104	🇸🇻 El Salvador	2.14	Medium
105	🇵🇭 Philippines	2.15	Medium
106	🇬🇾 Guyana	2.15	Medium
107	🇪🇬 Egypt	2.16	Medium
108	🇬🇹 Guatemala	2.17	Medium
109	🇬🇪 Georgia	2.19	Medium
110	🇲🇷 Mauritania	2.20	Medium
111	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	2.21	Medium
112	🇧🇯 Benin	2.21	Medium
113	🇺🇬 Uganda	2.22	Medium
114	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2.22	Medium
115	🇮🇳 India	2.23	Medium
116	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	2.23	Medium
117	🇬🇦 Gabon	2.24	Medium
118	🇬🇳 Guinea	2.25	Medium
119	🇱🇸 Lesotho	2.27	Medium
119	🇧🇾 Belarus	2.27	Medium
121	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2.27	Medium
122	🇩🇯 Djibouti	2.28	Medium
123	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2.32	Medium
124	🇿🇦 South Africa	2.35	Medium
124	🇭🇳 Honduras	2.35	Medium
126	🇹🇬 Togo	2.38	Low
127	🇰🇪 Kenya	2.39	Low
128	🇺🇸 United States of America	2.44	Low
129	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2.46	Low
130	🇧🇷 Brazil	2.47	Low
131	🇱🇾 Libya	2.48	Low
132	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.54	Low
133	🇧🇮 Burundi	2.57	Low
134	🇹🇩 Chad	2.59	Low
135	🇲🇽 Mexico	2.64	Low
136	🇱🇧 Lebanon	2.67	Low
137	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2.68	Low
138	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2.69	Low
139	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2.69	Low
140	🇨🇴 Colombia	2.70	Low
141	🇭🇹 Haiti	2.73	Low
142	🇮🇷 Iran	2.75	Low
143	🇳🇪 Niger	2.76	Low
144	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2.80	Low
145	🇵🇸 Palestine	2.81	Low
146	🇹🇷 Türkiye	2.85	Low
147	🇮🇶 Iraq	2.86	Low
148	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2.87	Low
149	🇰🇵 North Korea	2.91	Very Low
150	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	2.91	Very Low
151	🇸🇴 Somalia	2.98	Very Low
152	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	3.02	Very Low
153	🇲🇲 Myanmar	3.05	Very Low
154	🇲🇱 Mali	3.06	Very Low
155	🇮🇱 Israel	3.11	Very Low
156	🇸🇸 South Sudan	3.12	Very Low
157	🇸🇾 Syria	3.18	Very Low
158	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	3.23	Very Low
159	🇾🇪 Yemen	3.26	Very Low
160	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.29	Very Low
161	🇸🇩 Sudan	3.32	Very Low
162	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3.43	Very Low
163	🇷🇺 Russia	3.44	Very Low

Ranking in first is Iceland, leading the global scoreboard for the last 17 consecutive years.

Overall, just 12 countries fell into the “Very High” category, with nine of these located in Western and Central Europe. Among the key outliers are New Zealand (#3), Singapore (#5), and Japan (#12).

By contrast, Russia ranks in last place, seeing one of the largest deteriorations in peace over the year. It is followed by Ukraine and Sudan, while Israel ranked 155th, and Palestine stood at 145th.

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