Global index reveals dramatic drop in deaths from terrorism

A new report has found deaths from terrorism have dramatically fallen since 2014, when terror activity was at its peak. Iraq, Syria and parts of Europe noted significant improvements, with a reduced number of deaths being attributed largely to the continuous decline of the I-S group. While the number of deaths from terrorism all over the world has declined considerably, terrorism is still widespread. That's according to the sixth annual Global Terrorism Index, developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace ((I-E-P)). This year it finds terrorism took 27 per cent fewer lives, an improvement for a third consecutive year and a dramatic 44 per cent decrease since the peak of global terrorism activity in 2014. The 2018 Index ranks 163 countries and the way terrorism affected them over a 12-month period - for this report, the data is from 2017. While 94 countries improved, 46 countries deteriorated and the remainder were unchanged.

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