The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2026 has identified Pakistan as the country most impacted by terrorism globally, marking a significant rise in violence with 1,139 deaths and 1,045 incidents in 2025. With a score of 8.57, Pakistan replaced Burkina Faso as the country most affected by terrorism. This is Pakistan's highest level ofterrorismsince 2013 and its first top ranking since 2011, as published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), a Sydney-based independent, non-profit think tank.
“Pakistan’s strained relations with its neighbours, combined with rising violence from TTP and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), have created significant security risks,” the report noted.
Pakistan itself has long faced international scrutiny for providing safe havens and logistical support to various terror outfits operating across the region. Currently, it is embroiled in a cross-border conflict with Afghanistan. Just days ago, Pakistan was responsible for adeadly airstrike on a Kabul hospitalthat killed at least 400 people. The airstrike now ranks as one of the gravest incidents in Afghanistan since the 2021 Kabul airport bombing.
In 2025, Pakistan was cornered after the world came to condemn the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in April. At the UN, India exposed Pakistan as a 'rogue state' supporting terrorists and laid bare the country’s history of supporting and funding terrorist organisations.
African countries dominated the top 10 list in the 2026 Global Terrorism Index, including Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other countries in the top 10 list are Syria (6), Cambodia (9), and Israel (10). While Afghanistan is at the 11th spot, India is placed 13th on the list, followed by Myanmar.
When it comes to India, according to the 2026 Global Terrorism Index, it has a score of 6.43, with the country recording more than 142 terror-related incidents, more than 100 fatalities, and 118 injuries in 2025.
Iran is ranked 18th in the Global Terrorism Index 2026, while the US is placed in the 28th spot. Both countries are currently witnessing a strain in ties after joint US-Israeli airstrikes killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since then, the conflict has expanded into a larger war in the Middle East.
The Global Terrorism Index is a comprehensive study analysing the impact of terrorism for 163 countries covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.
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