Global Terrorism Index 2020

Deaths from terrorism reach five-year low, but new risks emerge. Although the trends of the last GTI 2020 are positive, there are areas that need special attention. The 2020 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) has found that deaths from terrorism fell for the fifth consecutive year since peaking in 2014. The number of deaths has now decreased by 59 per cent since 2014 to 13,826. Conflict remains the primary driver of terrorism, with over 96 per cent of deaths from terrorism in 2019 occurring in countries already in conflict. Globally deaths from terrorism fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2019…