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Edition 2027 · effective 1 January 2027
Neutrality Intelligence
No figure without a source. No ranking of people. Ever.
The data layer of TheNeutralsORG™: the best available evidence on conflict and its costs, the infrastructure of neutrality in every society, and the state of the profession. Every number is dated and linked.
§ 01Headline evidence
The state of neutral ground, October 2026.
Economic impact of violence on the world economy in 2025, about 10.5% of global GDP.
Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2026 · 2025 ↗Active state-based armed conflicts in 2024, the highest number since records began in 1946.
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) · 2024 ↗Countries involved in some form of external conflict, up from 59 in 2008.
Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2026 · 2026 ↗People with at least one unmet justice need: a broad 2019 estimate that also counts legal exclusion and extreme injustice.
World Justice Project, Measuring the Justice Gap · 2019 ↗People worldwide with a moderate or high sense of grievance against business, government and the rich.
Edelman Trust Barometer 2025, via Cooley PubCo · 2025 ↗Employees worldwide who are engaged at work; disengagement cost an estimated US$10tn, about 9% of global GDP.
Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2026, via Kyodo News PR Wire · 2025 ↗Record value of new ICC cases in 2024: 841 cases, 2,392 parties from 136 jurisdictions.
ICC Dispute Resolution Statistics 2024, via Global Legal Post · 2024 ↗States party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation (60 signatories), in force since 12 September 2020.
UNCITRAL status table · 2026 ↗Contracting states to the New York Convention on foreign arbitral awards (1958).
New York Convention Guide · 2023 ↗§ 02Data stories
Four ways to read the evidence.
What conflict costs
From violence to the workplace: the bill nobody budgets for.
The trust deficit
Grievance, distrust and why visible independence matters.
The justice gap
Five billion people with an unresolved justice problem.
Commerce across borders
Record disputes, and how users want them resolved.
The Neutrals Index
Five dimensions of infrastructure, never a league table.
State of the profession
The flagship report: five chapters, one profession.
§ 03The Neutrals Index
Measure the infrastructure, never the people.
A forthcoming index of how well each society is equipped for neutrality.
§ 04Sources & method
How we choose and check a number.
Primary or authoritative sources only
International organisations, peer-reviewed research, official statistics and major surveys, with the publisher named.
Date and population on every figure
What was measured, where, and when. Older figures are labelled as such.
Limits beside the result
Industry surveys and single-country data are marked; we never generalise beyond the population.
Reviewed every edition
Each figure is re-checked when the source updates. Last check: October 2026.