The world is more peaceful  than it was a year . The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) said the world is now 0.28% more . The IEP reports on world  every . It publishes its Global Peace Index (GPI). This gives a peace  to 163 countries. It also advises countries on  to be peaceful. Iceland is the most peaceful country in the . The  four  are New Zealand, Portugal, Austria and Denmark.
The report says  93 countries are more peaceful and 68 are more . Researchers looked at  things that change peace.  They looked at the  rate, the  of , terrorism, and the number of soldiers a country has. Syria has been the  peaceful country for five . The next four are Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen. There are  many  in the Middle East and the USA.