According to the 2025 Global Peace Index, Iceland is the world's most peaceful country, a position it has held for over a decade, followed by countries like Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, and Switzerland, with European nations dominating the top ranks due to low conflict, high safety, and strong societal trust.
Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world in 2021, a position it has held since 2008. It is joined at the top of the index by New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal, and Slovenia.
Ranked number one since 2008, Iceland remains the world's most peaceful nation, leading across all three domains: safety and security, ongoing conflict and militarisation.
Iceland is consistently ranked as the #1 safest country in the world by the Global Peace Index (GPI), a position it has held for over a decade due to extremely low crime, no standing army, high social cohesion, and minimal conflict, though some other reports might place Switzerland or the Netherlands first based on different survey criteria.
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(Global ranking) The Institute for Economics and Peace published the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index, which ranks peace levels across 163 countries and territories using 23 qualitative and quantitative factors. Iceland is the most peaceful country in 2022, followed by New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, and Austria.
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Iceland tops the list with the lowest crime and highest safety levels worldwide, according to the Global Peace Index 2025. With a small population of around 382,000, Iceland is noted for very low violent crime and strong community trust.
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