Editing Peace (section)

===Measurement and ranking===

Although peace is widely perceived as something intangible, various organizations have been making efforts to quantify and measure it. [[Global Peace Index|The Global Peace Index]] produced by [[Institute for Economics and Peace|the Institute for Economics and Peace]] is a known effort to evaluate peacefulness in countries based on 23 indicators of the absence of violence and absence of the fear of violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gpi-findings|title=Vision of Humanity|work=visionofhumanity.org|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222142429/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gpi-findings|archive-date=22 February 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2015 edition of the Index ranked 163 countries on their internal and external levels of peace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/25/world/global-peace-index-iceland-syria/|title=Study: Iceland is the most peaceful nation in the world|author=Jethro Mullen|date=25 June 2015|work=CNN.com|access-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807205631/http://www.edition.cnn.com/2015/06/25/world/global-peace-index-iceland-syria/|archive-date=7 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the 2017 [[Global Peace Index]], Iceland is the most peaceful country in the world while Syria is the least peaceful one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/these-are-the-most-peaceful-countries-in-the-world/|first=Charlotte | last=Edmond | title=These are the most peaceful countries in the world|website=World Economic Forum|date=8 June 2017 |access-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715234119/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/these-are-the-most-peaceful-countries-in-the-world|archive-date=15 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fragile States Index]] (formerly known as the Failed States Index) created by the [[Fund for Peace]] focuses on risk for instability or violence in 178 nations. This index measures how fragile a state is by 12 indicators and subindicators that evaluate aspects of politics, social economy, and military facets in countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/fragile-states-2014/|title=Fragile States 2014|publisher=Foreign Policy|work=foreignpolicy.com|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317151755/http://foreignpolicy.com/fragile-states-2014/|archive-date=17 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2015 Failed State Index reports that the most fragile nation is South Sudan, and the least fragile one is Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/south-sudan-fragile-states-index-hunger-idps/2827703.html|first=Karin|last=Zeitvogel|title=South Sudan Tops List of World's Fragile States – Again|work=VOA|date=19 June 2015 |access-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813094407/http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-fragile-states-index-hunger-idps/2827703.html|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] publishes the Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger in order to measure peace. It grades 163 countries with 5 indicators, and pays the most attention to risk of political instability or armed conflict over a three-year period. The most recent ledger shows that the most peaceful country is Slovenia on the contrary Afghanistan is the most conflicted nation. Besides indicated above reports from the [[Institute for Economics and Peace]], Fund for Peace, and University of Maryland, other organizations including George Mason University release indexes that rank countries in terms of peacefulness.