Ghana more peaceful than UK, USA and China – Report

General News of Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2018-06-20

Ghana Peaceful  ReportGhana ranked ahead of the UK – which fell six places to 57th

Ghana moved up four places to rank 41st ahead of the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America on the list of the most peaceful countries in the world.

Ghana ranked ahead of the UK – which fell six places to 57th, while the United States of America (USA) sits at 121st.

The West African country also placed fifth among the African countries on the list behind Mauritius (20th), Botswana (29th), Sierra Leone (35th) and Madagascar (38th) on the rankings based on a report from the Institute for Economics and Peace, a global think tank headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

It takes into account statistical factors such as murder rates and military expenditure, as well as perceptions of criminality and terrorism levels. The factors are combined into a single number listed in the Global Peace Index (GPI). The lower this is, the safer a country is regarded.

“The 2018 GPI reveals a world in which the tensions, conflicts, and crises that emerged in the past decade remain unresolved, resulting in this gradual, sustained fall in peacefulness,” says the Institute.

“Although in some instances long-running conflicts have begun to decline or at least plateau, the underlying causes of many of these conflicts have not been addressed, and the potential for violence to flare up remains very real.”

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