Sri Lanka has been ranked among countries with no impacts due to terrorism in the Global Terrorism Index 2025.
According to the latest report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), Sri Lankan is ranked 100, dropping 64 spots and remains a country not impacted by terrorism.
Burkina Faso, Pakistan, and Syria lead the list of countries with very high impacts due to terrorism.
As per the report, the number of countries experiencing at least one terrorist incident increased from 58 to 66, the most countries affected since 2018.
In 2024, more countries deteriorated than improved for the first time in seven years, with 45 countries reporting a higher impact from terrorism, while only 34 showed improvement.
Of the 163 countries in the GTI, only 25 have not recorded a single terrorist incident since 2007. (Newswire)