These are the most peaceful places in the world to travel to right now

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 09, 2026 · 854 words · By Rebecca Ann Hughes

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The Global Peace Index – the world's most comprehensive annual ranking of peacefulness across 163 countries – has released its top ten for 2026.

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What happened

The Global Peace Index – the world's most comprehensive annual ranking of peacefulness across 163 countries – has released its top ten for 2026.

Why it matters

Governmental ‘do not travel’ advisories are growing more numerous as conflicts rage around the world, and it may seem like a lot of your bucket list destinations are now off limits.

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So if you are planning a trip and want to prioritise safety, use this new data to help guide you.

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Claim 1: “Gabon, Lesotho, Ukraine, and Türkiye recorded the next largest improvements”

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Claim 2: “It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure the state of peace across three domains: the level of societal safety and security, the extent of ongoing domestic and international conflict, and the degree of militarisation.”

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Multiple sources, including Vision of Humanity and the GPI methodology pages, confirm the use of 23 indicators across the three specified domains: societal safety and security, ongoing conflict, and militarisation.

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web search NEUTRAL — ... over the prior year. Ten indicators broadly assess what might be described as safety and security in society. Their assertion is that low crime rates ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index

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web search NEUTRAL — ... Global Peace Index methodology, and measures the state of peace across three domains: – the level of Societal Safety and Security,. – the extent of Ongoing ...
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/

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web search NEUTRAL — It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure the state of peace across three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of ...
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/…

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Claim 3: “For the UK, for example, 76 out of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages are currently listed as containing no-go zones”

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Three different web sources provide conflicting numbers for the 'no-go zones' in 2026: one source mentions 68 countries (Mar 4), another mentions 74 countries (Jun 29), and the claim states 76. The sources contradict each other on the specific count.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, ere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Labour Party, commonly Labour, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-left of the left–right political spectrum, and has been described as an alliance of democratic soci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Misfit" is the debut single by English band Curiosity Killed the Cat, originally released in August 1986. The song was not particularly successful and only reached number 76 on the UK Singles Chart. …
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Claim 4: “The Eastern Europe and Central Asia region was the only one of the eight GPI regions to improve on average over the past year”

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Claim 5: “followed by Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, and Tanzania.”

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Claim 6: “the number of countries involved in external conflict has nearly doubled since 2008.”

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The provided evidence contains general information about the year 2008 and number systems, but no data regarding the number of countries involved in external conflicts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_film

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strangers is a 2008 American psychological horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. The film follows a couple whose stay at a vacation home is d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(2008_film)

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Claim 7: “Ireland ranked fifth globally”

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Claim 8: “There are now more active state-based conflicts than at any point since the end of World War II”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of numbers and World War II history, but contains no data regarding current active state-based conflicts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Allies, or Allied powers, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its princ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II (WWII) was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 60–75 million deaths were caused by the conflict, including those who died from deprivation, famine and diseas…
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Claim 9: “This year is the 20th edition of the GPI, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness, covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.”

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Multiple independent sources (Vision of Humanity, 2026 GPI Launch, and Wikipedia) confirm that the 2026 edition is the 20th, ranks 163 states/territories, and covers 99.7% of the world's population.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. The GPI r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), and was developed by IT entrepreneur and IEP's founder Steve Killelea. The index provide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Terrorism_Index

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Peace Index (USPI) is a measurement of American States and cities by their peacefulness. Created by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the creators of the Global Peace Index, it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Peace_Index

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Claim 10: “The Global Peace Index – the world's most comprehensive annual ranking of peacefulness across 163 countries – has released its top ten for 2026.”

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Multiple independent web sources and Wikipedia confirm the existence of the 2026 Global Peace Index and that it ranks 163 countries.

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Claim 11: “There are now 119 countries that are less peaceful than they were in 2008.”

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Claim 12: “Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world for the 19th year running.”

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Claim 13: “Russia is the least peaceful country, with Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, and Israel completing the bottom five.”

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Claim 14: “The United States deteriorated by four per cent, mainly due to an increase in political instability, which deteriorated by 38.5 per cent.”

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Claim 15: “In 2026, New Zealand has risen one place to second globally.”

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Claim 16: “Nepal recorded the largest deterioration, with its overall score falling by 9.1 per cent following the Gen Z protests of September 2025”

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Claim 17: “the brief but consequential Twelve-Day War between Israel, the United States, and Iran”

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The search results for 'Twelve-Day War' return irrelevant results about the number 12, a TV series, and a company named Twelve. No evidence of such a war between Israel, the US, and Iran was found.

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web search NEUTRAL — Twelve is the largest number with a single-syllable name in English.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_(number)

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web search NEUTRAL — Twelve heavenly beings led by Tae-san each represents one of the animals of the Eastern zodiac. Long ago, they sealed away a powerful demonic entity threatening the human world, resulting in the sacri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alaska Airlines and Microsoft join Twelve to mark commercial operation of AirPlant One — the first plant in the United States to produce E-Jet fuel from CO2, renewable electricity, and water at scale.
https://www.twelve.co/

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Claim 18: “Western and Central Europe remain the most peaceful regions, and the Middle East and North Africa the least peaceful.”

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Claim 19: “Switzerland comes in third globally, while Slovenia rose two places to fourth”

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Claim 20: “Poland recorded the largest country-level improvement, with its overall score improving by 9.1 per cent and the country rising 23 places to 22nd globally”

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Claim 21: “The country is now ranked 134th on the GPI.”

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Claim 22: “South Asia recorded the largest regional deterioration, driven by falls in peacefulness in Nepal and Pakistan.”

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Claim 23: “This year’s results show that the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.7 per cent over the past year.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of mathematical definitions of 'average' and does not contain any data regarding the actual percentage change in global peacefulness.

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web search NEUTRAL — In mathematics, it most commonly refers to the arithmetic mean, but may also refer to other measures such as other types of mean, the median, or the mode. Representation of the arithmetic mean, median…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average

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web search NEUTRAL — Free calculator to determine the average, or the arithmetic mean, of a given data set. It also returns the calculation steps, sum, count, and more.
https://www.calculator.net/average-calculator.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2026 · The average of a data set is the sum of its values divided by the number of values — the arithmetic mean. The average can be a value that doesn't appear in the data, and it uses every v…
https://bhanzu.com/math/terms/average

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Claim 24: “Of the 163 countries on the Index, 99 deteriorated in peacefulness and 62 improved.”

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No evidence was found after searching for the specific number of countries that deteriorated or improved in peacefulness for the 2026 GPI.

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