Global Terrorism Index : 2026:

Global Terrorism Index : 2026:

Recently, the Global Terrorism Index, 2026 was published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

About Global Terrorism Index:

• It is  published by the Institute for Economics and Peace(IEP), a Sydney-based independent, non-profit think tank.
• It is a comprehensive study analysing the impact of terrorism for 163 countriescovering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.
• Methodology
  • The GTI scores each country on a scale from 0 to 10;where 0 represents no impact from terrorism and 10 represents the highest measurable impact of terrorism.
  • This produces a composite score so as to provide an ordinal ranking of countries on the impact of terrorism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Highlights of Global Terrorism Index 2026:

• Deaths from terrorism fell by 28 per cent and incidents decreased by 22 per cent
• Six of the ten countries most impactedby terrorism are in sub-Saharan Africa, maintaining its position as the epicenter.
• For the first time, Pakistan leads the Indexas the country most impacted by terrorism.
• India is placed 13thon the list.
• Deadliest terror outfits (2025):IS, Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and alShabaab.