Belarus has gone up by 4 positions in the rankings within a year. It is in the 97th place now – higher than Russia (154), and Ukraine (150). However, Belarus is left far behind by its neighbours – Poland (29), Latvia (35) and Lithuania (38).
The majority of the 163 states included in the rankings have improved their index. Thus, Global Peace Index 2019 has improved for the first time in five years, researchers of the institute for Economics and Peace concluded.