No terrorism: Sri Lanka is no longer one of the most affected countries
According to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the island nation is among 63 countries with the lowest level. No attacks have been reported in the last five years. In South Asia, Pakistan ranks first, followed by Afghanistan and Myanmar.
Colombo (AsiaNews) – Five years without terrorist attacks is a great result in Sri Lanka's recent history, as reported in the Global Terrorism Index 2025 (GTI), published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
After experiencing this scourge for a long time, which included the Easter attacks in 2019 with over 290 victims, Sri Lanka now appears to be one of the countries with a low terrorist threat, ranked 100th and last, with a GTI score of zero along with 63 other countries out of the 163 countries surveyed.
Each year since 2007, the GTI has provided a comprehensive overview of global terrorism trends, with an index based on various factors, including the number of attacks, casualties, injuries and hostages. These factors are combined with data on conflicts and socio-economic conditions to offer a complete picture of the terrorism in the world.
According to the report, the West African nation of Burkina Faso, in the Sahel region, ranks first in terms of terrorism, with more than half of all deaths. Conversely, Sri Lanka, along with Bhutan, ranks lowest in South Asia.
Although the general situation in the region has worsened, mainly due to the escalating violence in Pakistan (ranked second in the world), terrorism has nevertheless decreased significantly in the last decade in many other countries in the region, largely due to the drop in terrorist activity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and, not least, Sri Lanka itself.
Still, two of the ten countries in the world with the worst GTI are Pakistan and Afghanistan (in ninth position, down three places from the previous report).
In South Asia’s seven countries, only Bhutan and Sri Lanka have a GTI score of zero, having recorded no attacks in the last five years.
Terrorism in the region is centred mainly in Pakistan, where attacks have increased from 726 to 1,399 and the number of victims has risen from 961 to 1,303.
For the second year in a row, Pakistan ranks as the country most affected by terrorism in Asia, while Myanmar occupies the 11th position and India the 14th.
Nepal also saw improvements, recording no attacks or casualties for the second consecutive year.
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