India Ranks 8th and Afghanistan Tops Global Terrorism Index 2020

In the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2020, India has been ranked at 8th spot globally in the list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019.
The GTI score of India is 7.353 out of 10.
With a score of 9.592, Afghanistan has topped the index as the worst terror impacted nation among the 163 countries.
It is followed by Iraq (8.682) and Nigeria (8.314) at second and third place respectively.
Regionally, South Asia was the most impacted region by terrorism in 2019, recording more deaths than any other region.
Also, globally the deaths caused due to terrorism fell by 15 percent to 13,286 in 2019 over 2018.
The Global Terrorism Index is published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), headquartered in Sydney, Australia, to measure the impact of terrorism on the countries.