The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains the least peaceful region of the world – a ranking it has held for nine consecutive years, according to the latest Global Peace Index (GPI) report. The conflict has also thrown the entire Middle East region into crisis, with Syria, Iran, Lebanon and Yemen becoming involved. Yemen is the least peaceful country in the region and the least peaceful country overall on the 2024 GPI. After Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Ukraine are the other least peaceful countries. Sub-Saharan Africa is the second least peaceful region of the world behind the Middle East and North Africa, with three of the ten least peaceful countries in the world found south of the Sahara.
