Brain Contour

What a bad moment for my beloved country, the Philippines. First we missed the World’s Friendliest Country list. Now, we placed 130th among 149 countries in the just-released Global Peace Index (GPI) that ranked the world’s most peaceful nations based on the 2009 data. The Philippines, how pitiful, is in the red zone (translated as the bottom 20%). The low scores of our country reflect elevated levels of crime and internal disharmony. The index is composed of 33 qualitative and quantitative indicators including corruption, crime rates, military spending and access to primary education. [read the Corruption Perceptions Index 2009]

Here is where we stand among the bottom countries (with average scores):