Safety, understandably, plays a large part in what makes a country attractive for prospective visitors.

The Institute for Economics and Peace has recently revealed their annual Global Peace Index findings, a report that ranks 162 of the world's countries on their safety and peacefulnesses.

And this year, Iceland took first place with a near-perfect score of 1.148.

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Iceland was ranked the safest, most peaceful country in the world according to the annual Global Peace Index

The GPI analyses 23 factors for the countries examined, including violent crime levels, political terror, weapons import and export and prison population.

Each nation is then assigned a score of one to five, with one being the highest.

After Iceland, Denmark grabbed the second spot with a score of 1.150, while Austria came in third at 1.198.

The UK, however, came in at number 39 with a score of 1.685.

With all of the hot springs available for use, it's not surprising Icelandic people are the most peaceful

Syria was ranked 162nd at the bottom of the list, which was compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace

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With a shockingly low score of 2.038, the United States was ranked in 94th place on the survey.

The most violent country in the world is currently Syria, which was placed in 162nd place.

Syria is currently embroiled in a catastrophic civil war involving Isis, various Islamist factions and government forces.

Iraq was ranked 161 with a score of 3.444, compared to Syria's 3.645.

Afghanistan was third-worst with a score of 3.427.

Rounding out the bottom ten was South Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, North Korea and Russia.