♦ India ranked 115th globally with a GPI score of 2.229 in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025.

♦ This was published by the Sydney based NGO firm Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). India ranked 116 in 2024, 126 in 2023, 139 in 2020, and 141 in 2019.

♦ The GPI evaluates the 163 countries , ranking them based on their level of safety and peacefulness using 23 parameters.

♦ These parameters include political stability, rate of violent crime, terrorism threat, levels of internal and external conflicts and military expenditure as a share in GDP.

♦ Iceland continues to lead and set global standards in maintaining its position as the world’s most peaceful country, a position it has held since 2008.

♦ Russia dropped down two ranks and stands at 163, making it the least peaceful country in the world on the 2025 GPI, followed by Ukraine at 162 as the second least peaceful country in the world.

♦ Top 10 most peaceful countries in the world: