Global Peace Index

[Rev. Rye]

I'd like to see how those figures are calculated & ranked.

I suspect the US government's saber-rattling with other nations might have factored into our score.

Looking at it, it's divided into three domains and it confirms my suspicion:

• Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict: Americans do worse than any Latin American nation except Colombia and Mexico. Hell, Mexico's score is actually lower than North Korea's.
  
• Societal Safety and Security (this might be the major factor that dictates why they immigrate to America) : the only Latin American nations who do better than us are Costa Rica and Uruguay. Seven Latin American nations have a score over three, including Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, four of the nations best situated to sneak across the border (for completeness, the other three are Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil). Of those seven, only Guatemala does better than North Korea.
  
• Militarisation: Russia and Israel are the only countries ON THE PLANET who do worse than America in this regard. Yes, including North Korea.
  

Full report available here. Charts covering the domain-by-domain breakdown on pages 98-100.

So, yeah, there's actually a really good reason that we're weighted so low on the list.