This indicator is based on the assessment of the likelihood of violent crime ranked from 1 to 5 (very low to very high) by the EIU’s Country Analysis team based on the question, “Is violent crime likely to pose a significant problem for government and/or business over the next two years?” Country analysts assess this question on a quarterly basis. The score provided for 16 March 2018 to 15 March 2019 is the average of the scores given for each quarter.
Global Peace Index (GPI) measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. The GPI is a report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected and collated by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Measures of Negative Peace are used to construct the GPI. IEP’s interpretation of Negative Peace is the absence of violence or fear of violence – an intuitive definition that enables peace to be gauged more easily. The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (99.7 per cent of the world’s population) according to their levels of peacefulness, using 23 qualitative and quantitative 'Negative Peace indicators' from highly respected sources, and measures the state of peace using three thematic domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation. Societal Safety and Security refer to internal and interpersonal aspects of violence, such as homicide, incarceration or availability of small arms. Ongoing Conflict and Militarisation capture the extent of current violent conflicts and each country’s military capacity.