Why is India at so bottom? The first study to rank countries around the world according to their peacefulness and the drivers that create and sustain their peace was launched today. The land of Buddha and Gandhi is at bottom.
India’s booming economy may be attracting global attention today but the Asian power still ranks a poor 109th among 121 nations on the scale of peace, a study said.
The main findings of the Global Peace Index are:
-- Peace is correlated to indicators such as income, schooling and the
level of regional integration
-- Peaceful countries often shared high levels of transparency of
government and low corruption
-- Small, stable countries which are part of regional blocs are most
likely to get a higher ranking