What do you think of the Global Peace Index (GPI) and its outcomes?

Question

GPI available @ http://www.visionofhumanity.com/

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Answer 1

I think they've combined so many factors that do not necessarily relate to "peace" that the index is useless. For example, the number of people incarcerated, the number of police, the amount spent on the military and the number of armed services personnel are not good correlates of "peace". I think this ranking is similar to the ones you see for "best city" or "best country" to live in. You've been to some of those best places, and you know they're not the "best".

Answer 2

It's a useless, dimensionless number.

It has no real bearing on anything.

Peace isn't necessarily the absence of war.