Global Terrorism Index 2020

2020 global terrorism index

Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Global Terrorism Index 2020 ranks Afghanistan as the most terrorism impacted country.
(2) India has been ranked 8th in the Global Terrorism Index 2020.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • Global Terrorism Index 2020 has been published.
  • It is issued annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP),Sydney(Australia) to measure the impact of terrorism on the countries.
  • It took 163 countries, 99.7 per cent of the world’s population in its study.

The Index 2020:

  • Afghanistan with GTI score of 9.592 is impacted most by terrorism. It is followed by Iraq, Nigeria, Syria and Somalia under top 5.
  • India with a GTI score of 7.353 is the 8th most impacted country by terrorism. Its neighbor Pakistan has been adjudged 7th rank.
  • Uzbekistan is the least affected country on 134th rank. Qatar is on 133rd position.

World facts:

  • In 2019, deaths from terrorism fell for the fifth consecutive year, after peaking in 2014. The total number of deaths fell by 15.5 per cent to 13,826.
  • South Asia remains the region most impacted by terrorism in 2019.
  • The largest increase in deaths from terrorism occurred in Burkina Faso, where deaths rose from 86 to 593, a 590 per cent increase.
  • The four terrorist groups responsible for the most deaths in 2019 were the Taliban, Boko Haram, ISIL and Al-Shabaab.
  • The Taliban were the deadliest terrorist group for the second consecutive year.

India in the Report:

  • India has been ranked 8th recording 558 terrorist attacks and 277 deaths from terrorism in 2019.
  • Jammu and Kashmir remained the region most impacted by terrorism in 2019, with 165 attacks, resulting in 103 deaths, most of which were perpetrated by Islamist groups.
  • The second most impacted region was Chhattisgarh, in the centre of the red corridor. Chhattisgarh suffered 85 attacks in 2019, resulting in 53 deaths, all from Maoist extremists.
  • In 2019, Maoists, the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were responsible for over two thirds of the total deaths and almost half of the total attacks.

By-Amar Mani Upadhyay

Links:
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GTI-2020-web-1.pdf