Nigeria ranked 16th least peaceful country in the world

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- Global Peace Index (GPI) ranked Nigeria 16th least peaceful country in the world

- Ranked 148 out of 163 countries surveyed, the reported indicated Nigeria’s peace level has improved compared to 2016 and 2015 when the country ranked 149 and 151 respectively

- The report also indicated that Nigeria is ranked 40 out of 44 countries surveyed in Sub-Sahara Africa

Nigeria has been ranked the 16th least peaceful country in the world, according to the 2018 edition of Global Peace Index (GPI).

The report, released on Wednesday, June 6, ranked Nigeria 148 out of the total 163 countries surveyed.

Iceland, according to the report, is the most peaceful country, closely followed by New Zealand and Austria while Syria is ranked least peaceful, coming after Afghanistan and South Sudan respectively.

In Sub-Sahara Africa, Nigeria is ranked 40 out of 44 countries, with Mauritius topping the list, while South Sudan is ranked least.

The report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) stated that global level of peace has deteriorated by 0.27% in the last year, marking the fourth successive year of deterioration.

It also said the world is “less peaceful today than at any time in the last decade”.

It added that 92 countries deteriorated, while only 71 improved. Nigeria is one of such countries, up one place from its 2017 ranking of 149.

The Cable reports that in 2016, Nigeria was pegged at 149, while the figure was 151 for both 2015 and 2014.

The report said the global economic impact of violence was $14.76 trillion PPP in 2017, equivalent to 12.4% of global GDP, or $1,988 per person.

The report covers 99.7% of the world’s population and uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from “highly respected sources” to compile the index. These indicators are grouped into three key domains: ‘ongoing conflict’, ‘safety and security’, and ‘militarisation’.

All three domains reportedly deteriorated over the last year.

“There’s been a gradual decline in peacefulness over the last decade,” said Steve Killelea, head of IEP.

“The reason for this slow, gradual decline in peacefulness really comes back to the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and the spillover effects into other areas.”

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NAIJ.com previously reported that Transparency International released Corruption Perception Index for 2017 with Nigeria dropping 12 places to 148.

The latest ranking is worse than the country’s position of 136 out of `80 countries it was ranked in 2016.

This is coming even as President Muhammadu Buhari is channeling efforts towards fighting corruption in the country.

Nigeria scored 27% and is on the 148th spot with Comoros and Guinea. Botswana was ranked the least corrupt country in Africa with 61% and occupies 34th position.

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