The Global Peace Index (GPI), released this week by the Institute for Economics and Peace, put Denmark behind only Iceland as the world's most peaceful country. It marks the fourth year in a row that Denmark has played second fiddle to Iceland, which has topped the index every year since 2008.
Austria followed Denmark in third place while fellow Nordic nations Finland, Sweden and Norway all ranked in the top 20, taking the 11th, 14th and 17th spots respectively.
Each of the indicators for a given country is graded on a scale of one to five and then indexed into a final score, which can then be compared against other countries.
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