Global Peace Index. Global Peace Index in English, known by its acronym GPI. Report by the Institute for Economics and Peace in London by an international panel of experts from institutes for peace and called think tanks , along with the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney with data processed by the Intelligence Unit of the British weekly The Economist .
It is charged with evaluating 153 nations to demonstrate the relationship between economic prosperity and peace.
The first report was published in 2007 . The conception of this study was created by the Australian businessman and philanthropist Steve Killelea .
Summary
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- 1 Objectives
- 1 Indicators
- 2 Preparation and evaluation
- 3 Cuba
- 4 References
- 5 External link
- 6 Source
goals
The report is published by the Institute for Economics and Peace of London , mainly aimed at showing the relationship between economic prosperity, business and peace as its political, cultural, social parameters and capitalist economic, and character sesgadamente mercantilist from which the analysis starts.
It evaluates in 153 nations, among other indicators, from the prism of mercantile societies , the levels of democracy, political instability, public corruption, education, material well-being, criminality, respect for human rights, and also includes others more clearly determined by their class orientation: freedom of the private sector, freedom of the press for capital and political pluralism.
Indicators
The construction of the index is made up of 23 indicators (as shown in the table), related to the absence of peace in a country, each of which has been diligently analyzed by the panel of experts. These indicators are divided into three categories:
- Presence of conflicts at the domestic and / or international level
- Protection and security of the population
- Degree of militarization of society
The indicators included in these categories can be qualitative or quantitative, classified in turn into indicators related to the perception of peace at the external level and the presence of conflicts at the international level, the functionality of governments, the level of regional integration, the hostility towards foreigners, the importance of religion in national life and GDP per capita.
Each of the indicators is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 representing a poor evaluation. The quantitative values are compiled from different sources, while the qualitative values are evaluated by the Intelligence Unit of the British weekly The Economist , taking as a reference the opinion of the group of analysts assigned to each country.
After having an evaluation for each indicator, the final value of the index is integrated as a weighted average, where those indicators that are related to internal peace have a weight of 60%, while the indicators that are related to conflict external have a weighting of 40%. The result of each country is located on a scale between 1 and 5, with the result that countries with a Global Peace Index with scores closer to 1 have higher levels of protection and security.
| # | Indicator | Source | Years) | Details |
| 1 | Number of internal or external wars fought | Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) supported by Uppsala University in Sweden | 2000 to 2005 | In this case, the conflict is defined as “an incompatibility faced that involves the government and / or the territory in which both parties use force, one of them being at least one state government and the outcome of which results in at least 25 deaths in battle a year. |
| 2 | Dead in estimated external wars | UCDP | 2004 to 2005 | In this case, the conflict is defined as “an incompatibility faced that involves the government and / or the territory in which both parties use force, one of them being at least one state government and the outcome of which results in at least 25 deaths in battle a year |
| 3 | Level of internal conflicts | Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 4 | Relations with neighboring states | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 5 | Level of distrust in other citizens | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 6 | Number of displaced persons per population unit | world Bank | 2003 | Refugee population based on the population of their country of origin. |
| 7 | Political instability | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 8 | Level of respect for human rights (scale of political terror) | International Amnesty | 2005 | Qualitative scale |
| 9 | Possibility of terrorist acts | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 10 | Number of homicides | Survey of Criminal Trends and Operations of the United Nations Criminal Justice System (UNSCT) | 2002 and 2004 | Intentional homicides, including infanticide, per 100,000 h |
| eleven | Violent crime level | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 12 | Probability of violent demonstrations | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 13 | Number of people incarcerated | King’s College UK International Center for Prison Studies (ICPS) | 2006 | People incarcerated per 100,000 h |
| 14 | Number of police officers and security forces | UNSCT | 2000 and 2002 | Civil security agents per 100,000 h, Excludes militias and national guards. |
| fifteen | Military expenditure in relation to GDP | International Institute for Strategic Studies (the arms transfer database of the Stockholm International Peace Studies Institute or SIPRI) (IISS) | 2004 | Budget items for the armed forces as a percentage of GDP. This includes “departures from central governments to cover the needs of the national armed forces, including strategic, land, naval, air forces, as well as administrative, auxiliary, paramilitary and customs personnel, provided they are equipped or trained. as military units. “ |
| 16 | Number of military personnel | IISS | 2004 | Full-time military personnel per 100,000 h |
| 17 | Imports of the main conventional weapons | SIPRI | 2001 to 2005 | Imports of the main conventional weapons per 100,000 h. This includes transfers, purchases, or gifts of aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, ships, and engines. |
| 18 | Exports of the main conventional weapons | SIPRI | 2001 to 2005 | Export of main conventional weapons per 100,000 h |
| 19 | Deployments with the United Nations | IISS | 2006 to 2007 | Total figure |
| twenty | Deployments without the United Nations | IISS | 2006 to 2007 | Total figure |
| twenty-one | Number of heavy weapons | Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) | 2003 | Weapons per 100,000 h. Weapons defined in 4 categories: armored vehicle, artillery, combat aircraft, combat ships. |
| 22 | Light weapons availability | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
| 2. 3 | Capacity for military sophistication | EIU | 2007 | Qualitative scale, scored from 1 to 5 |
Elaboration and evaluation
Leading organizations, analysts and prestigious figures in Western societies participate in the preparation of the report and its evaluation, such as Amnesty International , Columbia University , businessmen Ted Turner , Richard Branson and George Russell , as well as the Nobel Peace Prize Archbishop Desmond Tutu , former US President James Carter and former secretary General of the UN , Kofi Annan .
