The Mexico Peace Index (MPI) is one in a series of National Peace Indices produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace released on the 28th of November 2013 that measures levels of peacefulness in Mexico between 2003 and 2012. The report was released in both Spanish and English, analyzes the economic benefits that would occur from increases in peace, and provides an estimate relating to the economic impact violence has had on Mexico. The Index uses the same definition of peace as the Global Peace Index, United States Peace Index and United Kingdom Peace Index, which it defines as the absence of violence or the absence of the fear of violence.
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Findings
The Mexico Peace Index found that peacefulness had improved by 7.4% over the last two years, and that Mexico ‘has the greatest potential of any country in the world to overcome its current levels of violence and build a more peaceful society’.
The Index estimates that violence (direct and indirect costs and potential economic effects) costs the country the equivalent of 27.7% of its GDP annually, equal to giving every Mexican 37,000 pesos [US$2,840].
Expert panel
The expert panel for the Mexico Peace Index consists of:
Indicators
The Mexico Peace Index uses seven indicators to measure peace at the state level between 2003 and 2012. These are:
Most and least peaceful states
Most peaceful states:
Least peaceful states: