Angola has climbed 14 places in the Global Peace Index, currently ranked 78th in 163 countries, according to the report by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), released on Wednesday, saying that this rise is due to the reduction of violent demonstrations, the impact of terrorism and perceptions of crime, although there remains a strong economic cost of violence.
Speaking to the press, IEP founder and director Steve Killelea said Angola had also shown a greater commitment to financing peacekeeping missions, reduced spending on the Armed Forces, and imported fewer weapons.
Of the Lusophone countries, Mozambique was one of the ones with the biggest fall in the evaluation made, descending 11 places (position 122º), due to internal conflict, involving terrorist groups, which resulted in an increase in the number of refugees, violent demonstrations and political terror.
In turn, Timor-Leste remained in 54th place, Equatorial Guinea dropped six positions (59th), and Guinea-Bissau fell nine, currently occupying the 110th position.
Brazil remained in 130th place, according to the evaluation, while Portugal lowered one place, occupying the 6th, being therefore the best positioned of the Lusophone countries.
The Global Peace Index, currently in its 16th edition, analyzes the trends of peace, economic value and how to develop peaceful societies, using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators in three areas, namely the level of security and social protection, the scale of the domestic and international conflict, and the degree of militarisation.
