Portugal is the 4th most peaceful country in the world

16 July 2021

The new Global Peace Index 2021 (GPI) was released by the Institute for Economics & Peace. The Index “is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness” and Portugal is number 4 in the ranking.

 

The top 10 comprises a large number of European countries and it is led by Iceland, New Zealand and Denmark, with Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Czech Republic and Canada following Portugal at the top.

 

99.7% of the world’s population is measured and the GPI uses “23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources, and measures the state of peace across three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security, the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and the degree of Militarisation.”

 

Portugal has been at the top 5 since 2016 which is an extremely important indicator of how Portugal is a safe and stable country to move to or invest in. 

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