New developments to the scoring criteria for the Global Peace Index This year, the team has continued to employ a banding system for several indicators based on the range of the data sets used for the index in 2008. The scoring criteria for each of the affected series are given below: Number of jailed population per 100,000 people 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 199.5
199.6 - 379.0
379.1 - 558.5
558.6 - 738.0
>738.0
Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons, as recipient (Imports) per 100,000 people 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 15.2
15.3 - 30.4
30.5 - 38.0
38.1 - 60.8
>60.8
Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 3.3
3.4 - 6.6
6.7 - 9.8
9.9 - 13.1
>13.1
5
Number of armed services personnel per 100,000 people 1
2
3
4
0 - 1,311.9
1,312 - 2,613.8
2,613.9 - 3,915.7
3,915.8 - 5,217.6 >5,217.6
Funding for UN Peacekeeping Missions 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 3.4
3.5 - 6.9
7.0 - 10.3
10.4 - 13.8
>13.8
Aggregate number of heavy weapons per 100,000 people 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 62.9
63.0 - 125.7
125.8 - 188.5
188.5 - 251.3
>251.3
Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons as supplier (exports) per 100,000 people 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 5.9
5.9 - 11.9
12.0 - 17.8
17.9 - 23.8
>23.8
Number of displaced people as a percentage of the population 1
2
3
4
5
0.0 - 3.0
3.1 - 6.1
6.2 - 9.1
9.2 - 12.2
>12.2
Number of external and internal conflicts fought 1
2
3
4
5
0 - 1.1
1.2 - 2.1
2.2 - 3.0
3.1 - 4.0
>4.0
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