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 countries covering 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 impacted by terrorism are in sub-Saharan Africa, maintaining its position as the epicenter.
- For the first time, Pakistan leads the Index as the country most impacted by terrorism.
- India is placed 13th on the list.
- Deadliest terror outfits (2025): IS, Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and alShabaab.
