Visions of Humanity has released its Global Peace Index, ranking 140 nations in terms of their relative peacefulness.

  • Bad news: We’re #97.
  • Worse news: That’s +7 from last year (the lower the number, the more peaceful you are)
  • Good news: I don’t live in Sudan (#138), Somalia (#139) or Iraq (#140).
  • Even better news: Our neighbor Canada (#11) is very peaceful and they’re ripe for the pickin’.

The index’s methodology is discussed here.