Bangladesh has achieved a stronger ranking in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025, outperforming Pakistan, India, and even the United States, highlighting continued progress in its security situation.
With a score of 3.03, Bangladesh now ranks 35th, improving from its 32nd position in 2024.
The Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the report yesterday, assessing terrorism trends in 163 countries based on data from 2024.
Global Rankings and South Asian Context
According to the GTI, Burkina Faso remains the most terrorism-affected country with a score of 8.5, followed by Pakistan (8.3) and war-torn Syria (8.0). Afghanistan is the only South Asian country in the top 10, ranking ninth with a score of 7.2.
In South Asia, Bangladesh’s neighbours, Myanmar and India, rank among the top 15, with Myanmar at 11th place (6.9) and India at 14th (6.4). The United States, scoring 3.5, ranks just ahead of Bangladesh at 34th.
Sri Lanka and Bhutan recorded the best positions in South Asia, both scoring zero, indicating no impact of terrorism. Nepal ranks 68th with a score of 1.1.
The GTI measures the impact of terrorism on a scale of 0 to 10, classified into five categories:
0 – No impact
0 to 2 – Very low impact
2 to 4 – Low impact
4 to 6 – Moderate impact
6 to 8 – High impact
8 to 10 – Very high impact
With a score of 3.03, Bangladesh falls under the "low impact" category, indicating a lower terrorism threat than India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The report identifies four terrorist groups—Islamic State (IS), Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and Al-Shabaab—as responsible for the deadliest attacks in 2024.
The Sahel region of Africa remains the global terrorism epicentre, accounting for over half of all terrorism-related deaths last year. Notably, five of the ten most affected countries in 2024 were from this region.
