Global Peace Index

[Rev. Rye]

Looking more at the interactive map (click "Specify Indicator" on the map on that homepage), there are actually a lot of other factors that are factored into it (23, to be precise), and, of course, there's still a lot of places where America does better than most Latin American nations, but there are a few where there's a HUGE disparity, like Incarceration, military expenditure, nuclear and heavy weapons, weapons exports, external conflicts fought, deaths from external conflicts, and terrorism impact. Bolded ones, we've got a perfect five for unpeacefulness. The other 16 factors are either much better than or on par with Latin America.

In fairness, there's seven factors where we get a dark blue score (bolded ones are perfect ones): Political Instability, Weapons Imports, Deaths from Internal Conflict, Internal Conflicts Fought, Armed Services Personnel, UN Peacekeeping Funding, Displaced People.

Once again, this might explain why America has a lower overall ranking. Also, I notice that when Online Biker gave his list of Latin American nations with a higher score than America, he left out Mexico, the nation which gives us the highest percentage of our immigrants. Could it be because their ranking is actually lower than that of the US? Specifically 140 to America's 128? And could that blow an even bigger hole in his argument than all the minutiae I dug up about just how it's calculated?