Global Terrorism Index, 2022

On 1^st March, 2022, Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) (based in Australia) published ninth annual report on Global Terrorism Index. The report provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last decade.

• The GTI uses a number of factors to calculate its score, including the number of incidences, fatalities, injuries and hostages, and combines it with conflict and socio-economic data to provide a holistic picture of terrorism, weighted over a five-year period

Key Findings: Sub-Saharan Africa emerges as global epicenter of terrorism, as global deaths decline. Despite that, global terrorist attacks increased to 5,226 in 2021, deaths declined slightly by 1.2%.

• Terrorism in the West declined substantially, with attacks falling by 68%. The USA recorded its lowest score since 2012.
• Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 48% of global terrorism deaths. The Sahel is home to the world’s fastest growing and most-deadly terrorist groups.
• Myanmar had the largest rise in terrorism with deaths increasing 20 times to 521 deaths in 2021.
• Islamic State (IS) replaces the Taliban as the world’s deadliest terror group in 2021, with 15 deaths per attack in Niger.
• Terrorists are using more advanced technologies including drones, GPS systems and encrypted messaging services.
• India ranks twelfth (12th, Overall Score 7.432) in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) released in 2022 out of163 countries. Terrorism caused 160 Incidents, 122 Fatalities, 160 Injuries and 1 hostage in India in 2021.
• India's Global Terrorism Index (GTI) score was reported as 7.35 in 2020 with an eighth rank in the list of nations affected by terrorism.