Institute for Economics and Peace (http://economicsandpeace.org/): Global Peace Indexhttp://visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/
Terrorist incidents are defined as “intentional acts of violence or threat of violence by a non-state actor.†Using the comprehensive, event-based Global Terrorism Database, the GTI combines four variables to develop a composite score: the number of terrorist incidents in a given year, the total number of fatalities in a given year, the total number of injuries caused in a given year and the approximate level of property damage in a given year. The composite score captures the direct effects of terrorist-related violence, in terms of its physical effect, but also attempts to reflect the residual effects of terrorism in terms of emotional wounds and fear by attributing a weighted average to the damage inflicted in previous years. As of the date of publication, the Global Terrorism Database only logs events up to 31 December 2017. To assess the impact of terrorism between this date and 20 March 2019 cut-off, IEP uses data from publicly available third party sources to impute terrorist activity in that period. All scores are normalised on a scale of 1-5, whereby GPI qualitative indicators are banded into five groupings and quantitative ones are scored from 1 to 5, to the third decimal point.
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.
Terrorist incidents are defined as “intentional acts of violence or threat of violence by a non-state actor.†Using the comprehensive, event-based Global Terrorism Database, the GTI combines four variables to develop a composite score: the number of terrorist incidents in a given year, the total number of fatalities in a given year, the total number of injuries caused in a given year and the approximate level of property damage in a given year. The composite score captures the direct effects of terrorist-related violence, in terms of its physical effect, but also attempts to reflect the residual effects of terrorism in terms of emotional wounds and fear by attributing a weighted average to the damage inflicted in previous years. As of the date of publication, the Global Terrorism Database only logs events up to 31 December 2017. To assess the impact of terrorism between this date and 20 March 2019 cut-off, IEP uses data from publicly available third party sources to impute terrorist activity in that period. All scores are normalised on a scale of 1-5, whereby GPI qualitative indicators are banded into five groupings and quantitative ones are scored from 1 to 5, to the third decimal point.
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.