Tajikistan with 2.04 scores has secured the 72nd position out of 163 countries in the 2024 Global Peace Index (GPI), an annual ranking published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The index assesses the world’s safest and most peaceful nations.
Notably, Tajikistan’s ranking has improved significantly over the past decade. In 2015, it was ranked 108th, dropping to 122nd in 2016.
Among Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan leads at 59th place, followed closely by Uzbekistan at 60th. Kyrgyzstan ranks 78th, and Turkmenistan is at 83rd.
The 2024 GPI indicates Iceland, Ireland, Austria, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, Slovenia, Malaysia and Canada to be the most peaceful countries, while Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Congo, Russia, Syria, Israel and Mali to be the least peaceful.
The report highlights a global decline in peacefulness in 2024, with the average peace score worsening by 0.56%. This deterioration affected 97 countries and is attributed to rising geopolitical tensions, advancements in military technology, ongoing armed conflicts, as well as internal political and economic crises.
Findings of the 2024 GPI indicate a less peaceful world over the last 16 years, a 6 percent deterioration in the global level of peace over the preceding 16 years, and a growing inequality in peace between the most and least peaceful countries.
Ten indicators broadly assess what might be described as safety and security in society. Their assertion is that low crime rates, minimal incidences of terrorist acts and violent demonstrations, harmonious relations with neighboring countries, a stable political scene, and a small proportion of the population being internally displaced or refugees can be suggestive of peacefulness.
In 2017, 23 indicators were used to establish peacefulness scores for each country. The indicators were originally selected with the assistance of an expert panel in 2007 and are reviewed by the expert panel on an annual basis. The scores for each indicator are normalized on a scale of 1–5, whereby qualitative indicators are banded into five groupings, and quantitative ones are scored from 1–5, to the third decimal point.
