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I have to say, this is a very strange list. Croatia as one of the most peaceful countries? More peaceful than Norway? What exactly is this list supposed to rep

by tlogan 1y ago

I have to say, this is a very strange list. Croatia as one of the most peaceful countries? More peaceful than Norway? What exactly is this list supposed to represent?

dismalaf 1y ago
Croatia is currently very peaceful. What exactly do you take issue with?
- randall 1y ago
  if anything that’s great. it’s cool to hear about a place that has swung that dramatically during my lifetime.
- tlogan 1y ago
  Croatia is a great country, and so are the others from the former Yugoslavia. But Croatia’s “peacefulness” depends very heavily on the of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
  - Swizec 1y ago
    Croatia is in the EU so it's beyond unlikely that BiH and Serbia will cause any shenanigans. I'm very happy that Slovenia is 9th safest. And wondering wtf I'm doing in USA which is rapidly falling to the bottom.
travisgriggs 1y ago
I too found Norways placement on the list interesting. I lived there for 2 years. It doesn’t come much more chill than that. Looking at the indices, while Norway is generally low on all the indicators, it’s maxed out on weapons exports and weapons imports. Not sure why that is? Because NATO traffics through there a bunch? Meanwhile, next door Sweden ranks lower in these categories, even though Saab makes air fighters and the like. Weird numbers indeed.
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dopa42365 1y ago
> Norway experienced the largest deterioration in peacefulness in the region, which was primarily caused by a substantial deterioration on the Militarisation domain. The military expenditure (% GDP) indicator deteriorated by 31.1 per cent and the weapons exports indicator deteriorated by 145 per cent. In 2024, the government unanimously adopted a new long-term defence strategy that will substantially increase the total defence budget over the next 12 years.15 The Safety and Security domain saw a slight improvement of 0.08 per cent while all the indicators in the Ongoing Conflict domain had no change. Despite its fall in overall peacefulness, Norway has the second most peaceful ranking in the world on the Safety and Security domain.

by tlogan 1y ago

I have to say, this is a very strange list. Croatia as one of the most peaceful countries? More peaceful than Norway? What exactly is this list supposed to represent?

dismalaf 1y ago

Croatia is currently very peaceful. What exactly do you take issue with?

randall 1y ago
if anything that’s great. it’s cool to hear about a place that has swung that dramatically during my lifetime.
tlogan 1y ago
Croatia is a great country, and so are the others from the former Yugoslavia. But Croatia’s “peacefulness” depends very heavily on the of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
- Swizec 1y ago
  Croatia is in the EU so it's beyond unlikely that BiH and Serbia will cause any shenanigans. I'm very happy that Slovenia is 9th safest. And wondering wtf I'm doing in USA which is rapidly falling to the bottom.

travisgriggs 1y ago

I too found Norways placement on the list interesting. I lived there for 2 years. It doesn’t come much more chill than that. Looking at the indices, while Norway is generally low on all the indicators, it’s maxed out on weapons exports and weapons imports. Not sure why that is? Because NATO traffics through there a bunch? Meanwhile, next door Sweden ranks lower in these categories, even though Saab makes air fighters and the like. Weird numbers indeed.

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dopa42365 1y ago

> Norway experienced the largest deterioration in peacefulness in the region, which was primarily caused by a substantial deterioration on the Militarisation domain. The military expenditure (% GDP) indicator deteriorated by 31.1 per cent and the weapons exports indicator deteriorated by 145 per cent. In 2024, the government unanimously adopted a new long-term defence strategy that will substantially increase the total defence budget over the next 12 years.15 The Safety and Security domain saw a slight improvement of 0.08 per cent while all the indicators in the Ongoing Conflict domain had no change. Despite its fall in overall peacefulness, Norway has the second most peaceful ranking in the world on the Safety and Security domain.