{"id":365060,"date":"2026-06-13T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365060"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:54:21","slug":"global-peace-index-gpi-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-peace-index-gpi-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026 indicates that global peacefulness has fallen to its lowest level since the index was first introduced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365061\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-365061\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_13-6-2026_11277_www.economicsandpeace.org_.jpeg?resize=300%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_13-6-2026_11277_www.economicsandpeace.org_.jpeg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_13-6-2026_11277_www.economicsandpeace.org_.jpeg?resize=768%2C587&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_13-6-2026_11277_www.economicsandpeace.org_.jpeg?w=964&amp;ssl=1 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Global Peace Index (GPI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026<\/b> was recently released\u00a0<strong><b>by<strong> the Institute<\/strong>\u00a0for Economics and Peace (IEP)<\/b><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Edition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the<\/span><b> 20th edition of the GPI.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Key findings:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top<\/strong><b> in ranking:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Global Peace Index 2026 has been released, with<\/span><b> Iceland ranking as the world&#8217;s most peaceful country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the 18th consecutive year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Findings related to India: India has fallen to 127th place, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">largely due to rising cross-border tensions and persistent internal conflicts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Findings related to neighbouring country: Sri Lanka ranks 67th <\/b>in the 2026 Global Peace Index (GPI),<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> securing the<\/span><b> second position in South Asia <\/b>and marking one of the most significant improvements in the region.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rising Global Instability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report <\/span>reveals that<b> world struggling with the economic consequences of a record-high number of conflicts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are increasingly interconnected and difficult to resolve.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This deterioration is driven by a<\/span> profound geopolitical shift, characterized by the rising influence of middle powers and the waning strength of traditional European powers <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known as the <strong>\u201cGreat Fragmentation.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is <\/span><b>also accompanied by a rapid technological revolution in warfare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is leaving international law and diplomacy far behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>AI on the Battlefield: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also reveals that, for the first time in history, <\/span><b>machines can make life-and-death combat decisions faster than humans can review them, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> there are very<b> few rules to control <\/b>their use.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><b>Drone Warfare Expansion: Drone attacks <\/b>rose by over<b> 11,500% between 2018 and 2025<\/b>, while <strong>AI has compressed targeting times from one day to seconds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Historic Decline in Peace: <\/b>Global peace is at its<b> lowest level <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since the inception of the Index, while the conditions that precede conflict are the worst since WWII<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>99 countries witnessed a deterioration in peacefulness in the past year,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the highest number since the inception of the Index 20 years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>119 countries are now less peaceful than in 2007.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Surge in External Conflicts: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>number of countries engaged in <b>external conflict <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has nearly <strong>double<\/strong><\/span><b>d from 59 in 2008 to 103 <\/b>in the 2026 GPI.<\/li>\n<li><b>Record Conflict Deaths: Deaths <\/b>from global conflict remain at <b>historic highs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with over 181,000 killed in 2025, a six-fold increase since 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Economic Cost of Violence: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The global <\/span><b>economic impact of violence increased by 3.2% to US$21.81 trillion in 2025, equivalent to 10.5% of global GDP.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Military Spending at Record Levels: <\/b>Global military<strong> spending hit a record US$2.9 trillion in 2025,<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> driven largely by Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About the Global Peace Index (GPI)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Peace Index is the<\/span><b> world\u2019s leading measure of peacefulness,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> assessing<\/span><b> 163 countries and territories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using indicators<\/span><b> covering societal safety and security, ongoing conflict, and militarisation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Released by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is released by the<\/span><b> Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>First Published: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first published in <\/span><b>2007.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Indicators: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>covers 99.7% of the world\u2019s population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is calculated using<\/span><b> 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>It measures the state of peace across three domains:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the level of Societal Safety and Security,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the degree of Militarisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Significance:<\/strong> It presents the most <\/span><b>comprehensive data-driven analysis to-date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026 indicates that global peacefulness has fallen to its lowest level since the index was first introduced.\u00a0 About Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026 Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026 was recently released\u00a0by the Institute\u00a0for Economics and Peace (IEP). Edition: It is the 20th edition of the GPI. Key findings: Top in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-peace-index-gpi-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global Peace Index (GPI) 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,12039],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-365060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}