THEIMPACTOFTERRORISM0108642NOTINCLUDEDVERYHIGHHIGHMEDIUMLOWVERYLOW2018GLOBALTERRORISMINDEXMEASURINGTHEIMPACTOFTERRORISM1Iraq9.7462Afghanistan9.3913Nigeria8.6604Syria8.3155Pakistan8.1816Somalia8.02017India7.56818Yemen7.53429Egypt7.345210Philippines7.181211Dem.RepCongo7.055212Turkey7.036313Libya6.987314SouthSudan6.75615CentralAfricanRep6.719416Cameroon6.615117Thailand6.252118Sudan6.17819Kenya6.114320USA6.0661221Ukraine6.048422Mali6.015323Niger6.004324Myanmar5.9161325Bangladesh5.697426Ethiopia5.631227Colombia5.61128UnitedKingdom5.610729SaudiArabia5.479330France5.475731Palestine5.330132Burundi5.316433Nepal5.2951134Russia5.230135Lebanon5.154636China5.108537BurkinaFaso4.811638Chad4.752439Germany4.601140Mozambique4.579141Israel4.578542Indonesia4.54343Angola4.4737644Iran4.399845Greece4.291146SouthAfrica4.263147Tunisia4.088648Belgium4.060849SriLanka4.0481950Spain4.0243651Sweden3.936352Uganda3.926753Bahrain3.883254Algeria3.763555Venezuela3.665156Mexico3.533657Canada3.527958Chile3.454259Paraguay3.443260Jordan3.404961RepoftheCongo3.3681461Tanzania3.368363Coted'Ivoire3.2761064Kuwait3.1261465Ireland3.045166Peru2.950667Japan2.926968Australia2.827369Italy2.73670Malaysia2.700971Kosovo2.69472Madagascar2.613973Finland2.501374Tajikistan2.233475Kazakhstan2.228876Rwanda2.177577PapuaNewGuinea2.0408678Netherlands1.960579Austria1.8521080KyrgyzRepublic1.719181Haiti1.714881Honduras1.714683Armenia1.692884Argentina1.6801385Laos1.675586Zimbabwe1.5693087CzechRepublic1.562388Ecuador1.471589Georgia1.4221290Brazil1.388391Bosnia&Herzegovina1.3391292Cyprus1.206993Gabon1.1987094Jamaica1.0913295SierraLeone1.066796Senegal1.0121197Albania1.008698Azerbaijan0.957399Taiwan0.9436100Denmark0.81710101Nicaragua0.7479102Poland0.7198103Djibouti0.7057104Vietnam0.66358104Zambia0.66358106Macedonia(FYR)0.64913107Latvia0.45855107Malawi0.45855109DominicanRepublic0.38211110Hungary0.36311111Uruguay0.34411112Guinea0.32411113Bulgaria0.31519114NewZealand0.28611114SouthKorea0.28611116Moldova0.22911116Estonia0.22910116Serbia0.2299119Liberia0.2102120Guatemala0.20514121Lesotho0.19111122Ghana0.16211123Norway0.15340124Switzerland0.13412125TrinidadandTobago0.12412126Slovakia0.11512127UnitedArabEmirates0.10512128Guyana0.07610128Panama0.07610130Iceland0.05710130Qatar0.0579132Montenegro0.0389132Morocco0.0389132Uzbekistan0.0389135Bhutan0.0195135Cambodia0.0195137Croatia0.0145138Belarus0.00032138Guinea-Bissau0.00032138Bolivia0.00030138Benin0.000138Botswana0.000138CostaRica0.000138Cuba0.000138ElSalvador0.000138EquatorialGuinea0.000138Eritrea0.000138Lithuania0.000138Mauritania0.000138Mauritius0.000138Mongolia0.000138Namibia0.000138NorthKorea0.000138Oman0.000138Portugal0.000138Romania0.000138Singapore0.000138Slovenia0.000138Eswatini0.000138TheGambia0.000138Timor-Leste0.000138Togo0.000138Turkmenistan0.000RANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGERANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGERANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGERANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGERANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGERANKCOUNTRYSCORERANKCHANGEABOUTTheGTIisdevelopedbytheInstituteforEconomics&Peace,anindependent,non-partisan,non-profitthinktankdedicatedtoshiftingtheworld’sfocustopeaceasapositive,achievableandtangiblemeasureofhumanwellbeingandprogress.IEPisheadquarteredinSydney,withofficesinNewYork,TheHague,MexicoCityandBrussels.Itworkswithawiderangeofpartnersinternationallyandcollaborateswithintergovernmentalorganisationsonmeasuringandcommunicatingtheeconomicvalueofpeace.economicsandpeace.orgvisionofhumanity.orgGlobalPeaceIndex@GlobPeaceIndex@IndicedePazNOIMPACT27%TOTALDEATHSTotalnumberofdeathsfellby27%between2016and2017,withthelargestfallsoccuringinIraqandSyria.94COUNTRIESIMPROVED94countriesimproving,comparedto46thatdeteriorated.Thehighestnumberofcountriestorecordayearonyearimprovementsince2004.ECONOMICIMPACTGlobaleconomicimpactofterrorrismin2017is42percentlowerthanin2016.52bnDEATHSFROMTERRORISMThisisthethirdconsecutiveyearthatnumberofdeathsfromterrorismhasdecreased.Deathsarenow44percentbelowtheirpeakin2014.44%Over99percentofalldeathsfromterrorismhaveoccurredincountriesinvolvedinaviolentconflictorwithhighlevelsofpoliticalterror.99%POLITICALTERROR