The United States has fallen near the bottom of the 2025 Global Peace Index, ranking 128th out of 163 nations, according to a new report from the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). The annual index, now in its 19th edition, evaluates countries based on their levels of societal safety, security, ongoing conflict, and militarization.

The ranking places the U.S. behind countries including South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.

The report — which covers 99.7% of the world’s population — uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators to assess each country across three domains: Societal Safety and Security, Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and Militarization.

This year’s findings suggest that the world has grown less stable overall. The IEP reported that global peacefulness decline

See Full Page