Global Terrorism Index 2015

Question: According to Global Terrorism Index 2015 issued by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).Which country topped the list of most affected countries by terrorism?

(a) Nigeria
(b) Pakistan
(c) Iraq
(d) Afghanistan

Ans (c)

Related facts:

• Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on 16 November 2015 released Global Terrorism Index 2015.
• It is third edition which provide a comprehensive summary of the impact of terrorism in 162 countriesby representing it in terms of rank.
• In the list of Countries most affected by terrorism Iraq (score 10) ranked at the top for the third consecutive year.
• In this Index The index, Afghanistan (Score -9.233) is ranked Second, Nigeria (Score -9.213) Third, Pakistan (Score -9.065) fourth and Syria (8.108) is ranked fifth.
• Out of the 162 countries, India is the sixth most affected country by terrorism in 2014 with the score of 7.747.
• Last year also it was ranked sixth.
• In India 763 terrorist incidents took place during 2013 and 2014, reflecting an increase of 20 percent in the terrorist incidents.
• In year 2014, the number of deaths from terrorism reached to 416 which represents increase by one percentage compared to the last year.
• Terrorist activity increased by 80 per cent in 2014 to its highest recorded level. The largest ever year-on-year increase in deaths from terrorism was recorded in 2014, rising from 18,111 in 2013 to 32,685 in 2014.
• Fifty-seven per cent of all attacks and 78 per cent of all deaths occurred in only five countries; Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria.
• To measure the impact of terrorism Global Terrorism Index uses four types of indicators, the number of terrorist incidents, the number of deaths, casualties and property damage levels.
• First Global Terrorism Index (GTI) was launched by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) on 4 December 2012.

Reference:

http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2015.pdf