Which country is the world's most peaceful and which is the least peaceful?
The annual Global Peace Index list has been released, with a rank of the peacefulness of 163 independent states and territories.
The data was compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace, a leading international think tank.
Scroll through to find out the most and least peaceful places in the world.
The report revealed the gap between the most and least peaceful countries in the world is wider than it has been at any point in the last 16 years.
Compared to 2008, the 25 most peaceful countries were just one per cent more peaceful in 2024, while the 25 least peaceful countries were 7.5 per cent less peaceful.
According to the index, Mali has been named the 10th least peaceful country.
The conflict in Gaza has had a "very strong" impact on global peacefulness.
Israel and Palestine had the first and fourth largest deteriorations in peacefulness respectively.
Overall, the index ranked Israel as the ninth least peaceful place in the world.
Syria was among the countries to experience a large deterioration of peace.
The country was named the eighth least peaceful place in the world.
Russia was ranked as the seventh least peaceful place.
The report said the Russia-Ukraine war and the Gaza conflict illustrated the devastating human cost and the complexity of modern warfare.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen more than 2000 fatalities per month for almost every month in the past two years.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was ranked the sixth least peaceful place this year.
The Ukraine ranked as fifth least peaceful place in the world.
The country's economy shrank by an estimated 30 per cent in 2022 as a consequence of the Russian invasion.
Afghanistan was ranked the fourth least peaceful place in the world.
The country incurred the highest relative economic costs of violence in 2023.
South Sudan was named the third least peaceful place in the world on this year's list.
This was followed by neighbouring Sudan, which was named the second least peaceful place in the world.
Yemen is the least peaceful country in the world in the 2024 global peace index.
This is the first year that Yemen has been ranked as the least peaceful country in the world, with the country having fallen 24 places in the rankings since the inception of the index.
Meanwhile, Malaysia was named the 10th most peaceful place in the world.
The country has consistently ranked in the top 20 in previous years.
Slovenia is one of the most peaceful places in central Europe and ranked as the ninth most peaceful place in the world.
Surpassing Slovenia is Denmark, which is the eighth most peaceful place in the world.
Portugal has retained its place among the top 10 as the seventh most peaceful place in the world.
Switzerland has jumped three places in the list, named as the sixth most peaceful place in the world.
The fifth most peaceful place in the world, Singapore, also jumped three places from its ranking last year.
New Zealand is the fourth most peaceful place in the world and it's easy to see why.
Meanwhile, Australia ranked 19th on the list.
Austria has gone up one place on the list and has been named the third most peaceful place in the world.
Ireland has maintained its place as the second most peaceful place in the world.
Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008.