Mexico Peace Index
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.[1] 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.[2]
Findings
The Mexico Peace Index found that peacefulness had improved by 7.4% over the last two years,[3] 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’.[4]
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]. [5]
Expert panel
The expert panel for the Mexico Peace Index consists of:[6]
- Edgar Guerrero Centeno (INEGI)
- Edna Jaime (Mexico Evalua)
- Professor Carlos J. Villalta Perdomo (CIDE)
- Eduardo Clark (IMCO)
Indicators
The Mexico Peace Index uses seven indicators to measure peace at the state level between 2003 and 2012.[7] These are:
| Indicator | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Homicide | Executive Secretary of the National System for Public Security (SESNSP) | Homicide rate per 100,000 people |
| Violent Crime | SESNSP | Violent crime rate per 100,000 people |
| Weapons Crime | SESNSP | Weapons crime rate per 100,000 people |
| Incarceration | National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) | Number of people sent to prison per year, per 100,000 |
| Police Funding | Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Publico (SHCP) | Federal government funding to States for the Public Security Contribution Fund per 100,000 |
| Organized Crime | SESNSP | The number of extortions, drug-related crimes, organized crime offenses, and kidnapping per 100,000 |
| Efficiency of the Justice System | INEGI | Proportion of homicide convictions to total homicides |
Most and least peaceful states
Most peaceful states:[8]
| State | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Campeche | 1 | 1.47 |
| Querétaro | 2 | 1.69 |
| Hidalgo | 3 | 1.87 |
| Yucatán | 4 | 1.87 |
| Baja California Sur | 5 | 2.12 |
Least peaceful states:[9]
| State | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Quintana Roo | 28 | 3.44 |
| Chihuahua | 29 | 3.51 |
| Sinaloa | 30 | 3.70 |
| Guerrero | 31 | 3.82 |
| Morelos | 32 | 4.15 |
External links
- Mexico Peace Index Interactive Map
- Vision of Humanity - Global Peace Index Site
- Interactive world map of the Global Peace Index
- Institute for Economics and Peace
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program, an organized violence database
References
- ↑ 'Mexico Peace Index just launched' Alliance for Peacebuilding, retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index 2013 page 4, retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ 'Violence Takes Chunk Out of Mexico's GDP' Latin American Herald Tribune retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index Findings retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ retrieved 2013-12-10
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index 2013 page 68 retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index 2013 page 12, retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index 2013 page 13 retrieved 2013-04-12
- ↑ Mexico Peace Index 2013 page 13 retrieved 2013-04-12