After months of street protests and then a military coup, Thailand remains “one of the least peaceful countries of the world” according to the newly released Global Peace Index and now rests just four notches above Myanmar.
Again ranked 126th out of 162 nations, Thailand is 16th out of 19 countries in Asia, ahead of only Myanmar (130th globally), the Philippines (141) and North Korea (153).
The annual index, released Wednesday by the Australia-based Vision of Humanity's Institute for Economics and Peace, assesses a nation's proclivity for peace based on factors of social security, militarisation, and the degree of conflict at home and abroad.