Ghana also slipped to number four in Sub-Saharan Africa, having lost its place as the second most peaceful country in the region behind Mauritius, Madagascar, and Botswana.

The 2024 Global Peace Index (GPI) ranks 163 countries, accounting for 99.7% of the human population, and is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace.

It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators and are categorised into three broad themes: Societal Safety and Security, Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and Militarisation.

The report in 2024 introduces a new assessment in the area of global military capability, with an additional emphasis on military sophistication and readiness.

It highlights some alarming global conditions: the fact that the prevalence of major conflicts has surged to the highest level since World War II, with a record 56 active conflicts recorded-more than at any time since the inception of the GPI in 2008.

Also, internationalisation was more pronounced, with 92 countries now embroiled in disputes beyond their borders, making peace negotiations more complex.

The landscape of militarisation also continued to deteriorate, with 108 countries recording deteriorations. On an aggregate level, the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.56% in 2024, marking the 12th deterioration in global peacefulness in 16 years.

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