Description
Which country is the safest in the world? Climb the 100 most peaceful countries of the Global Peace Index 2026, from #100 to #1, with each country's score, how far it moved since 2025, a famous landmark and one quick fact.
How the ranking works: the Global Peace Index, published every year by the Institute for Economics and Peace, scores countries on three domains: Safety and Security, Ongoing Conflict, and Militarisation. A lower score means a more peaceful country. Jamaica and Serbia share #70 with the same score, so there is no #71.
Keep an eye on the background: hot-air balloons, a friendly dragon, sky lanterns, a flying sailing ship, a giant robot, a sky whale, a sleigh, a comet, a meteor shower and a rocket launch for #1.
Every country (timestamps):
0:00 Intro
0:02 #100 Gabon
0:06 #99 France
0:09 #98 Tanzania
0:12 #97 Honduras
0:16 #96 Cambodia
0:19 #95 Saudi Arabia
0:22 #94 Georgia
0:26 #93 Côte d'Ivoire
0:29 #92 Bolivia
0:32 #91 Algeria
0:35 #90 Zimbabwe
0:39 #89 Dominican Republic
0:42 #88 Guatemala
0:45 #87 Liberia
0:49 #86 Lesotho
0:52 #85 Guinea-Bissau
0:55 #84 Papua New Guinea
0:59 #83 Malawi
1:02 #82 Zambia
1:05 #81 Panama
1:08 #80 Cyprus
1:12 #79 Trinidad and Tobago
1:15 #78 Angola
1:18 #77 Tunisia
1:22 #76 Ghana
1:25 #75 Senegal
1:28 #74 Sierra Leone
1:32 #73 United Arab Emirates
1:35 #72 Argentina
1:38 #70 Serbia
1:41 #70 Jamaica
1:45 #69 Indonesia
1:48 #68 Jordan
1:51 #67 Sri Lanka
1:55 #66 Turkmenistan
1:58 #65 Morocco
2:01 #64 Paraguay
2:05 #63 Namibia
2:08 #62 Costa Rica
2:11 #61 Kyrgyz Republic
2:14 #60 Oman
2:18 #59 Madagascar
2:21 #58 Laos
2:24 #57 South Korea
2:28 #56 The Gambia
2:31 #55 Moldova
2:34 #54 Kosovo
2:38 #53 Greece
2:41 #52 Chile
2:44 #51 Armenia
2:47 #50 Botswana
2:51 #49 Kuwait
2:54 #48 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2:57 #47 Tajikistan
3:01 #46 North Macedonia
3:04 #45 Romania
3:07 #44 Kazakhstan
3:11 #43 Uruguay
3:14 #42 Taiwan
3:17 #41 Vietnam
3:20 #40 Sweden
3:24 #39 United Kingdom
3:27 #38 Equatorial Guinea
3:30 #37 Uzbekistan
3:34 #36 Albania
3:37 #35 Italy
3:40 #34 Mongolia
3:44 #33 Norway
3:47 #32 Timor-Leste
3:50 #31 Qatar
3:53 #30 Montenegro
3:57 #29 Slovakia
4:00 #28 Germany
4:03 #27 Spain
4:07 #26 Bulgaria
4:10 #25 Estonia
4:13 #24 Lithuania
4:17 #23 Croatia
4:20 #22 Poland
4:23 #21 Belgium
4:26 #20 Australia
4:30 #19 Latvia
4:33 #18 Mauritius
4:36 #17 Netherlands
4:40 #16 Bhutan
4:43 #15 Hungary
4:46 #14 Canada
4:50 #13 Czechia
4:53 #12 Malaysia
4:56 #11 Denmark
4:59 #10 Japan
5:03 #9 Finland
5:06 #8 Singapore
5:09 #7 Portugal
5:13 #6 Austria
5:16 #5 Ireland
5:19 #4 Slovenia
5:23 #3 Switzerland
5:26 #2 New Zealand
5:29 #1 Iceland
5:32 All 100 together
Sources
Ranks, scores and changes since 2025: Global Peace Index 2026, Institute for Economics and Peace (visionofhumanity.org), cross-checked with Wikipedia's Global Peace Index article.
Landmark facts: the English Wikipedia article on each landmark (full list in the pinned comment or sources file).
Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors under Creative Commons or GFDL licences, credited on screen; flags: public domain.
Photographer and licence for every photo: shown on screen under each card, and listed in full in the sources file.
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