By Xinhua
Stockholm : Norway is the most peaceful country of the world, according to the Global Peace Index, developed by The Vision of Humanity in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, said reports reaching here from Oslo Thursday.
The Economist Intelligence Unit, in conjunction with an international team of academics and peace experts, has compiled an innovative new Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 120 nations according to their relative peacefulness, Aftenposten reported.
The Global Peace Index is composed of 24 indicators, ranging from the number of killings per capita, number of weapons, military spending, to the amount of organized crime and violent crime.
Next to Norway on the ranking are New Zealand, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Portugal and Austria.
Lowest in the survey are Nigeria, Russia, Israel, Sudan and Iraq, according to the report. The United States is remarkably low on the Global Peace Index, at 96th.