Question 1

In 2000, 21% of all countries told the UN they had an independent human rights institution. What is the share today?

Question 2

How many people in the world feel safe walking alone at night where they live?

Question 3

What share of the members of the United Nations General Assembly are low- and middle-income countries?

Question 4

Which group of countries sent the most troops on UN peacekeeping missions during the past 5 years?

Question 5

How many people in the world say they have confidence in their local police?

Question 6

What happened to the number of pirate attacks on boats worldwide in the last 10 years?

Question 7

In the 1950s, 50% of all wars occurred between countries that are recognized as sovereign states by the UN. What is that number today?

Question 8

What share of all battle deaths in the past 10 years occurred in Africa?

Question 9

Which of these trends shows how many journalists were reported killed in the world since 1992?

Question 10

What share of the world's population is suspected, arrested or cautioned by the police or criminal justice systems each year?

Question 11

What share of all recorded homicides in the world are related to gangs and organized crime?

Question 12

Across the world, what share of international migrants are women and girls?

Question 13

The 15 countries where most people say they trust others are:

Question 14

Roughly 35 countries every year experienced some sort of violent conflict during the past 5 years. What was the average number during the 1950s?

Question 15

When the Open Skies Treaty (which allows members to conduct observation flights over each others' land) began in 2002, 34 countries were members. How many are there today?

Question 16

Between 2011 and 2022, how many times did the US and Russia share information with each other about their nuclear weapons?

Question 17

Of all firearms in the world, what share is owned by civilians?

Question 18

Worldwide, how many homicide victims are men?

Question 19

Between 2012, and 2022, what happened to the number of people killed by terrorists?

Question 20

Of all the journalists in prison globally at the end of 2017, around 20% were in Russia, China, Iran, Myanmar and Belarus combined. What was this figure in 2022?

Question 21

In how many countries did the murder rate decrease between 2010 and 2021? (There are 195 countries.)

Question 22

Back in 1986, countries with nuclear weapons had around 64,000 warheads stockpiled. What is that number today?

Question 23

ReliefWeb is the UN's service to coordinate disaster relief work worldwide, day and night. How many humanitarian situation reports did it publish in 2023?

Question 24

In the year 2000 there were 92 journalists in prison, worldwide. How many were there in 2022?

Question 25

NATO members committed to spend a minimum share of their countries’ total incomes (GDP) each year on defense. What is that figure?

Question 26

During the past 120 years, roughly 20% of all violent activist campaigns worldwide succeeded in achieving some regime change. What share of non-violent campaigns succeed?

Question 27

In what share of all countries is homosexuality legal?

Question 28

During the last 70 years, there were roughly 135 armed conflicts between sovereign countries. What was the number in the 70 years before that?

Question 29

Worldwide, between 2000 and 2010, there were 140 journalists in prison each year on average. How many were there in 2022?