Friday, May 27, 2011

The World’s Most Peaceful Countries

The 2011 Global Peace Index, which gauges domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society, and militarization in 153 countries, found that the world has become "slightly less peaceful" in the last year. The indicators of potential for terrorist acts and likelihood of violent demonstrations had the largest increases from the previous year.

Iceland, New Zealand and Japan topped the list,followed By Denmark and Czech Republic.Turns out the World super Power And Leader In Economy America Is More Likely to Be Peaceful Than Other Countries .America Made Out to be At 82 nd Spot falling behind China (80) and Egypt (73).India was ranked 135th, Sri Lanka 1263rd, Pakistan 145th, and Afghanistan 150th.
Iraq Managed to Be at 152 POsition Eventually Avoiding the Last Position for First Time And Pirate Country "Somalia " Stood at Last.

Among Contients Wise Europe is Most Peaceful Then Followed by North America .For the fifth year in a row, Western Europe is the most peaceful, most of its countries ranking among the first 20.


Here are the world's top 10 most peaceful countries according to the Global Peace Index 2011:
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Japan
4. Denmark
5. Czech Republic
6. Austria
7. Finland
8. Canada
9. Norway
10. Slovenia

Friday, May 20, 2011

world competitiveness Rankings

According To The World Competitiveness Rankings Report By the International Institute For Management Development Us Hiked Top Position Continuously For The 15 th Time Followed By Honkong.The both Countries Are ahead of last year's winner, Singapore, which fell to the third spot Now.

IMD  is a business school based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that operates a number of research centres, including the World Competitiveness Centre. 

The rankings are decided based on four main factors – economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure.
India,One Of The Fastest Growing And Powerful Economy In the World Dropped one Position to 29th .India Has Topped second Best After China Among The developing Countries "BRIC" (Brazil Russia India China ).
China Placed At 17th And Russia Improved Six Positions to be At45.While Brazil Slips Six Positions.It Was Mixed Result for Bric.

Asian economies that have seen their world rankings improve are Taiwan, which moved from eighth to sixth; South Korea, from 23rd to 22nd; and Japan, from 27th to 26th. Notably, Hong Kong's competitiveness ranking moved from second place to first, tied with the United States, which last year was in third place.
Here is the List top 20 Of World Competitiveness
  • USA
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • Luxembourg
  • Denmark
  • Switzerland
  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
  • Canada
  • Austria
  • Australia
  • Norway
  • Ireland
  • China 
  • Germany
  • Finland
  • Taiwan
  • New Zealand
  • UK
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