Russia won the ninth place in the ranking since the end of the peace-loving countries.

Russia won the 136-th place in the rating of the most peace-loving countries (Global Peace Index), issued on 3 June 2009. Total listed 144 positions, worse than in Russia, dealing with peace-loving true only in Pakistan, Chad, DR Congo, Sudan, Israel, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The above rating is located in Russia, States such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Ethiopia and North Korea. Score one line above, Georgia (it divides the 134 th place with Zimbabwe).
The first took place in the list of New Zealand. Next come the Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The most peaceful of the former Soviet republics proved Estonia (38 th). United States won the 83rd line in reytinge.V 2008, in a similar list of the Russian Federation ranked 131 th position (10 th place from the end), the 2007 th - 118 th (fourth from the end). In drawing up the ranking takes into account such indicators as the number of law enforcement officers on 100 thousand population, percentage of inmates, crime rates, citizens' access to arms, related to human rights, relations with neighboring countries and many others. For each of the categories assessed scores: less than, the state higher in the ranking. New Zealand scored 1202 points, United States - 2015, Russia - 2750, Iraq - 3341.