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Czech Republic ranks among most peaceful
The country is seventh in global peace but 17th in societal safety
The Czech Republic came in seventh on the 2018 edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace
While
The last two spots went to Afghanistan and Syria.
In the ranking that matters most to people living in the Czech Republic, the country was 17th in societal safety and security. That category refers to internal aspects of violence, such as homicide, incarceration or the availability of small arms.
The Czech Republic was eighth in militarization, and 13th in ongoing domestic and international conflict, with one being the most peaceful and 163 the least.
“The assertion is that low crime rates, minimal terrorist activity and violent demonstrations, harmonious relations with neighboring countries, a stable political scene and a small proportion of the population being internally displaced or made refugees can be equated with peacefulness,” the GPI report says
“The largest improvements occurred in Singapore and the Czech Republic. By contrast, the world’s least peaceful countries have experienced a clear and sustained deterioration in peacefulness over the last decade, with the average level of peacefulness deteriorating 12.7 percent,” it said
Overall, Europe remained the top region in the world, even though Europe declined in peace across all three main domains for the past three years.
“Improvements in political instability, terrorism impact, violent crime, and external conflicts were more than offset by deteriorations in the region’s scores for political terror, perceptions of criminality, relations with neighboring countries, and intensity of
“Underlying the fall in peacefulness, six of the nine regions in the world deteriorated in the last year. The four most peaceful regions – Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and South America – all recorded deteriorations, with the largest overall deterioration occurring in South America, owing to falls in the Safety and Security domain, mainly due to increases in the incarceration rate and impact of terrorism,” the report said.
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