NZ still tops Global Peace Index

For the second year in a row, NZ has topped the Global Peace Index. I blogged the 2009 index here.

The 2010 index is here, and the top ten are:

1. New Zealand (1 in 2009)
2. Iceland (4)
3. Japan (7)
4. Austria (5)
5. Norway(3)
6. Ireland
7. Denmark (2)
8. Luxembourg
9. Finland (9)
10. Sweden (6)

The bottom ten are:

1. Iraq (1)
2. Somalia (3)
3. Afghanistan (2)
4. Sudan (5)
5. Pakistan (8)
6. Israel (4)
7. Russia (9)
8. Georgia
9. Chad (7)
10. Congo (6)

The detailed scores on the 33 seperate factors, for NZ, can be viewed here.