Online Indices

A number of websites provide online indices that are helpful in looking at global trends in efforts toward building peace, whether that be positive indicators with respect to achieving peace or negative indicators regarding conflicts or terrorism. Listed here are some of those sites and their respective indicies. 

We are grateful to Colleen Chiochetti who posted a larger list of indices on the PCDN website. Descriptions of these websites are primarily taken from her article. Be sure to let us know if there are any other websites with indicators you believe might be of interest to MPI alumni.

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    Web Link Conflict Barometer

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    The Conflict Barometer analyzes political conflicts by focusing on conflict processes rather than purely quantitative thresholds of casualties of war observing non-violent and violent crises, wars, coup d’états as well as peace negotiations.

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    Web Link Fragile States Index

    Fund for Peace

    The Fragile States Index on the Fund for Peace website focuses on the indicators of risk worldwide.

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    Web Link Global Conflict Risk Index

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    This index measures the statistical risk of violent conflict in the next 1-4 years using quantitative information in five areas: social, economic, security, political, and environmental/structural.

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    Web Link Global Peace Index

    Global Peace Index

    The world's leading measure of national peacefulness, the GPI measures peace according to 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators.

    This site offers an interactive map of the world to view a countires measure of its peace.

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    Web Link Mass Killing Risk Assessment

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    This index estimates the risks of the onset of state-led mass killing in countries with populations greater than 500,000 based on the average of three models: (1) Bad Regime, (2) Elite Threat, and (3) Random Forests.

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    Web Link OECD Better Life Index

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    This index compares well being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life, inclusing safety.