NIGERIA IS 15TH IN THE "MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD" LIST!

The most dangerous countries in the world have been updated for 2016. The world is a more dangerous place than it was a year ago according to the latest Global Peace Index (GPI) report from the Institute for Economics and Peace.

The 10th edition of the report – the only statistical measure of its kind – makes it possible to rank 163 independent states based on how peaceful they are (or, conversely, how dangerous).

The 163 states cover over 99% of the world’s population and are assessed using 23 indicators, each banded or normalised on a scale of 1-5. The index measures global peace using three broad themes: the level of safety and security in society, the extent of domestic and international conflict, and the degree of militarisation.

The index allows for analysis of individual geographical regions. Regional conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) intensified meaning the most dangerous countries in the world of 2015 became even more volatile. It’s startling that the current concentration of violence and conflict in MENA is so intense that when considered separately, the rest of the world’s average peace levels improved.

Syria, South Sudan and Iraq are the most dangerous countries in the world. Other deeply fragile states include Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen and the Central African Republic. Pakistan and North Korea moved out of the top 10 while Ukraine is now ranked eighth due to the ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region. According to the report:

“The number of refugees and displaced persons has risen dramatically over the last decade, doubling to approximately 60 million people between 2007 and 2016, nearly 1% of the world’s population. There are now nine countries with more than 10% of their population displaced in some form; 20% of Somalia and South Sudan’s population respectively, and over 60% of Syria’s.”

Europe remained the most peaceful geographical region with Iceland, Denmark and Austria the most peaceful countries in the world. However, despite Europe’s relative peacefulness, the average score in Europe deteriorated. This is due to terrorism incidents in Paris and Brussels as well as the escalation of violence and instability in Turkey – a country which has also suffered deeply – now ranked 19th from 28th last year.

The largest improvement since 2016 was in Central America and the Caribbean, while South America also made progress in its levels of peacefulness. MENA had the largest decline, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific respectively.

RANK	COUNTRY	SCORE
1	Syria	3.806
2	South Sudan	3.593
3	Iraq	3.570
4	Afghanistan	3.538
5	Somalia	3.414
6	Yemen	3.399
7	Central African Republic	3.354
8	Ukraine	3.287
9	Sudan	3.269
10	Libya	3.200
11	Pakistan	3.145
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.112
13	Russia	3.079
14	North Korea	2.944
15	Nigeria	2.877
16	Palestine	2.832
17	Colombia	2.764
18	Lebanon	2.752
19	Turkey	2.710
20	Israel	2.656
21	Venezuela	2.651
22	Egypt	2.574
23	India	2.566
24	Mexico	2.557
25	Philippines	2.511
26	Burundi	2.500
27	Mali	2.489
28	Chad	2.464
29	Eritrea	2.460
30	Azerbaijan	2.450
31	Iran	2.411
32	Bahrain	2.398
33	Kenya	2.379
34	Cameroon	2.356
35	Saudi Arabia	2.338
36	Rwanda	2.323
37	Zimbabwe	2.322
38	South Africa	2.316
39	Thailand	2.312
40	Kyrgyz Republic	2.297
41	Mauritania	2.295
42	Tajikistan	2.293
43	Djibouti	2.292
44	China	2.288
45	Ethiopia	2.284
46	Cote d' Ivoire	2.279
47	Guatemala	2.270
48	Guinea-Bissau	2.264
49	Myanmar	2.256
50	Republic of the Congo	2.249
51	Niger	2.239
52	Honduras	2.237
53	El Salvador	2.237
54	Armenia	2.218
55	Uzbekistan	2.216
56	Algeria	2.213
57	Belarus	2.202
58	Turkmenistan	2.202
59	Brazil	2.176
60	Cambodia	2.161
61	United States of America	2.154
62	Guinea	2.148
63	Uganda	2.148
64	Dominican Republic	2.143
65	Papua New Guinea	2.143
66	Angola	2.140
67	Sri Lanka	2.133
68	Jordan	2.127
69	Guyana	2.105
70	Macedonia (FYR)	2.092
71	The Gambia	2.091
72	Jamaica	2.091
73	Morocco	2.086
74	Swaziland	2.074
75	Haiti	2.066
76	Burkina Faso	2.063
77	Cuba	2.057
78	Georgia	2.057
79	Peru	2.057
80	Trinidad and Tobago	2.056
81	Bangladesh	2.045
82	Greece	2.044
83	Bolivia	2.038
84	Paraguay	2.037
85	Gabon	2.033
86	Nepal	2.026
87	Kosovo	2.022
88	Ecuador	2.020
89	Kazakhstan	2.019
90	Oman	2.016
91	Benin	1.998
92	Liberia	1.998
93	Cyprus	1.994
94	Senegal	1.978
95	Nicaragua	1.975
96	Mozambique	1.963
97	Argentina	1.957
98	Togo	1.954
99	Moldova	1.953
100	Tunisia	1.949
101	Lesotho	1.941
102	Equatorial Guinea	1.940
103	United Arab Emirates	1.931
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.915
105	Vietnam	1.906
106	Tanzania	1.899
107	Montenegro	1.884
108	Timor-Leste	1.879
109	Namibia	1.873
110	Albania	1.867
111	South Korea	1.858
112	Laos	1.852
113	Kuwait	1.842
114	Mongolia	1.838
115	Panama	1.837
116	Serbia	1.834
117	United Kingdom	1.830
118	France	1.829
119	Malawi	1.817
120	Ghana	1.809
121	Sierra Leone	1.805
122	Indonesia	1.799
123	Taiwan	1.787
124	Zambia	1.783
125	Italy	1.774
126	Madagascar	1.763
127	Lithuania	1.735
128	Estonia	1.732
129	Uruguay	1.726
130	Qatar	1.716
131	Costa Rica	1.699
132	Latvia	1.680
133	Romania	1.649
134	Malaysia	1.648
135	Bulgaria	1.646
136	Botswana	1.639
137	Chile	1.635
138	Croatia	1.633
139	Spain	1.604
140	Slovakia	1.603
141	Mauritius	1.559
142	Poland	1.557
143	Netherlands	1.541
144	Singapore	1.535
145	Hungary	1.534
146	Belgium	1.528
147	Norway	1.500
148	Germany	1.486
149	Australia	1.465
150	Sweden	1.461
151	Bhutan	1.445
152	Ireland	1.433
153	Finland	1.429
154	Slovenia	1.408
155	Japan	1.395
156	Canada	1.388
157	Switzerland	1.370
158	Czech Republic	1.360
159	Portugal	1.356
160	New Zealand	1.287
161	Austria	1.278
162	Denmark	1.246
163	Iceland	1.192

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