Jamaica Ranks ranks 98th on list of most peaceful countries

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The global peace index, prepared by the Sydney, Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace ranks Jamaica as 98 on list of most peaceful countries. They ranked 149 countries. See the list here. Are we higher or lower than you would expect?

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Re: Jamaica Ranks ranks 98th on list of most peaceful countries

u'd think we wouldnt even have made such a list.
its interesting to see who's rated below and above..

94 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2.107
95 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2.113
95 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2.113
97 Ukraine Ukraine 2.115
<span style="font-weight: bold">98 Jamaica Jamaica 2.138</span>
99 Liberia Liberia 2.148
100 Uganda Uganda 2.165
101 Ecuador Ecuador 2.185

107 Mexico Mexico 2.216
107 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2.216
109 Mali Mali 2.240
110 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2.242
111 Cambodia Cambodia 2.252
112 Guatemala Guatemala 2.258
113 Armenia Armenia 2.266
114 Haiti Haiti 2.270
115 Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic 2.274
116 Algeria Algeria 2.277
117 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2.295
118 Cote D Cote D'Ivoire 2.297
119 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2.367
120 Kenya Kenya 2.369
121 South Africa South Africa 2.380
122 Venezuela Venezuela 2.387
123 Mauritania Mauritania 2.389
124 Thailand Thailand 2.393
125 Honduras Honduras 2.395
126 Turkey Turkey 2.420
127 Ethiopia Ethiopia 2.444
128 India India 2.516
129 Yemen Yemen 2.573
130 Philippines Philippines 2.574
131 Burundi Burundi 2.577
132 Myanmar Myanmar 2.580
133 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2.621
134 Lebanon Lebanon 2.639
135 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2.678
136 Central African Republic Central African Republic 2.753
137 Nigeria Nigeria 2.756
138 Colombia Colombia 2.787
139 Korea, Democratic People Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2.855
140 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 2.925
141 Chad Chad 2.964
142 Georgia Georgia 2.970
143 Russian Federation Russian Federation 3.013
144 Israel Israel 3.019
<span style="font-weight: bold">145 Pakistan Pakistan 3.050 </span>
146 Sudan Sudan 3.125
147 Afghanistan Afghanistan 3.252
148 Somalia Somalia 3.390
149 Iraq Iraq