Institute for Economics and Peace: Armenia is leader among peace-loving countries in region
In its annual ranking of peace-loving countries, compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Armenia once again ranked first in the region among 158 countries in the world, ahead of both Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Thus, Armenia took the 115th place in the rating of 2012, Azerbaijan was the 132nd and Georgia - 141st. It is noteworthy that Armenia is not only the leader in the South Caucasus, but is also ahead of Turkey (130), Iran (128) and Russia (153). The leader of the list is Iceland.
The Institute for Economics and Peace is a non-profit research organization that publishes the rating every year since 2007. The Institute also produces national indexes of the world, with in-depth analysis of internal levels of the world.
In the previous ranking Institute for Economics and Peace of 2011 Armenia was again the most peaceful country in the region occupying the 110th place in the list. Azerbaijan was the 123rd, Georgia - the 134th, and Russia was the 147, Turkey was 128th, Iran – 121st.