Deaths from terrorism fell for the fourth consecutive year,
after peaking in 2014. The decline in deaths corresponds with
the military successes against ISIL and Boko Haram, with
the total number of deaths falling by 15.2 per cent between
2017 and 2018 to 15,952. The largest fall occurred in Iraq,
which recorded 3,217 fewer deaths from terrorism in 2018,
a 75 per cent decrease from the prior year. For the first time
since 2003, Iraq is no longer the country most impacted by
terrorism.
Highlights
- The total number of deaths from terrorism declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, falling by 15.2 per cent to 15,952 deaths.
- Nine of the ten countries most impacted by terrorism improved.
- Despite the fall in total deaths, the number of countries affected by terrorism remains high. 71 countries recorded at least one death from terrorism in 2018, the second highest number of countries since 2002.
- Afghanistan had the largest deterioration, recording 7,379 deaths from terrorism, an increase of 59 per cent from the prior year, and is now at the bottom of the index.
- The global economic impact of terrorism in 2018 amounted to $33 billion in constant PPP terms, a decline of 38 per cent from its 2017 level.
- At least 84 people have been killed in politically motivated terrorist attacks in 2019 thus far.
#1. Afghanistan :
Total population =3.8Crore
Total incidents = 1,448
Total death = 7,379
Total injured = 6,514
Major terrorist group = Taliban
GTI 2019 rank = 1
#2. Iraq
Total population = 3.9 Crore
Total incidents = 1,131
Total death = 1,054
Total injured = 1,723
Major terrorist group = Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL)
GTI 2019 rank = 2
#3. Nigeria
Total population = 20 Crore
Total incidents = 562
Total death = 2,040
Total injured = 772
Major terrorist group = Boko Haram
GTI 2019 rank = 3
#4. Syria
Total population = 1.7 Crore
Total incidents = 131
Total death = 662
Total injured = 725
Major terrorist group = Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
GTI 2019 rank = 4
#5. Pakistan
Total population = 22 Crore
Total incidents = 366
Total death = 537
Total injured = 1,016
Major terrorist group = Khorasan Chapter of
the Islamic State
GTI 2019 rank = 5
#6. Somalia
Total population = 1.5 Crore
Total incidents = 286
Total death = 646
Total injured = 638
Major terrorist group = Al-Shabaab
GTI 2019 rank = 6
#7. India
Total population = 1.36 Billion
Total incidents = 748
Total death = 350
Total injured = 540
Major terrorist group = Maoists
GTI 2019 rank = 7
#8. Yemen
Total population = 2.9Crore
Total incidents = 227
Total death = 301
Total injured = 325
Major terrorist group = Houthi extremists
(Ansar Allah)
GTI 2019 rank = 8
#9.Philippines
Total population = 1.2 Crore
Total incidents = 424
Total death = 297
Total injured = 343
Major terrorist group = New People's Army (NPA)
GTI 2019 rank = 9
#10. Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Total population = 8 Crore
Total incidents = 135
Total death = 410
Total injured = 145
Major terrorist group = Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF)
GTI 2019 rank = 10
Some other countries GTI ranking
- Turkey................................ GTIR 16
- South Sudan ......................GTIR 17
- Sudan ..................................GTIR 20
- United States of America..... GTIR 22
- Ukraine................................GTIR 24
- Myanmar ...........................GTIR 26
- United Kingdom.................GTIR 28
- Bangladesh..........................GTIR 31
- France...................................GTIR 34
- Indonesia.............................GTIR 35
- Russia................................... GTIR 37
- Iran....................................... GTIR 39
- South Africa.........................GTIR 41
- China..................................... GTIR42
- Germany.............................. GTIR 44
- Mexico.................................. GTIR 48
- Australia................................GTIR 71
- Netherlands..........................GTIR 77
- Japan.....................................GTIR 78
- Argentina .............................GTIR 83
- Vietnam................................ GTIR 97
- Switzerland ........................GTIR 116
- Bhutan................................. GTIR 137
- Singapore ............................GTIR 138
**GTIR stands for Global Terrorism Index Rank.
Worst terror attack
The worst terror attack in 2018 happened in Afghanistan's Ghazni city on 8/10/2018. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.This attack causes approximately 466 dead.
The global economic impact of terrorism in 2018 amounted to
US$33 billion, a decline of 38 per cent from its 2017 level. This is
the fourth consecutive year that the economic impact of
terrorism has declined from the peak of $111 billion in 2014.
Countries suffering from armed conflict experience a
significantly higher economic impact of terrorism. In 2018,
Afghanistan was the country most affected by terrorism in terms
of economic cost, equivalent to 19.4 per cent of its Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), an increase of seven percentage points
from 2017. Afghanistan has experienced a consistent increase in
the level of violence from terrorist incidents and ongoing
conflict in the country. No other country experienced a cost of
terrorism greater than five per cent of its GDP. Iraq had the
second highest economic cost of terrorism as a percentage of
GDP, equivalent to 3.9 per cent in 2018.
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