Qatar ranks second in MENA on Global Peace Index 2024

Doha, Qatar: Qatar has been ranked the second most peaceful country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and 29th in a ranking of 163 co...

Doha, Qatar: Qatar has been ranked the second most peaceful country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and 29th in a ranking of 163 countries, covering 99.7 percent of the world’s population in the 18th edition of Global Peace Index (GPI) 2024 by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP).

Kuwait ranks first in the MENA region with a 1.622 score and comes 25th in the global ranking. Qatar has a score of 1.656 and is ahead of Oman (1.761), United Arab Emirates (1.897), Bahrain (2.072) and Saudi Arabia (2.206) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. They have been ranked 53rd, 81st and 102nd on the index respectively.

The GPI uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators which measure the state of peace across three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation.

Iceland, Ireland, Austria, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, Slovenia and Malaysia are the top ten most peaceful countries on the index this year. Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008. In the top ten, eight countries are from Europe and two from Asia.  

”Europe is the most peaceful region in the world and is home to eight of the ten most peaceful countries. It has been the most peaceful region every year since the start of the GPI. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remained the world’s least peaceful region,” the report said.