With an overall score of 1.592, Mauritius has ranked 28th globally on the Global Peace Index 2021 (the “Index") and maintains its position as the most peaceful country in the African region. With regard to the African continent, a slight deterioration in peacefulness was recorded in this year’s index – in fact, the average country score for Africa declined by 0.5%.

The Index further reports that Mauritius recorded a slight fall on the Safety and Security domain owing to increased homicide rate and civil unrest caused by protests against the government’s handling of the massive oil spill in August 2020.

Despite global wars and conflicts showing signs of abatement, a deterioration was witnessed in the average level of global peacefulness, which is the ninth one observed over the past 13 years. In fact, the Index revealed a decline of 0.07% in the average level of global peacefulness and this can be attributed to uncertainty and tension due to the Covid-19 pandemic – owing to unstable political agendas and even more volatile economic conditions.

The 15th edition of the Global Peace Index ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness through the analysis of three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security, the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and the degree of Militarisation.

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