Global Terrorism Index 2025

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Regional Profiles: South Asia
In 2024, South Asia was the region with the highest average GTI score, a position it has held throughout the last decade. Despite the deterioration this year, which was driven primarily by Pakistan, terrorism has significantly declined compared to a decade ago, with all South Asian countries recording an improvement. This improvement is largely attributed to a decline in terrorist activity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The region is home to two of the ten countries with the worst GTI scores, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the seven countries in South Asia, only Bhutan and Sri Lanka have a GTI score of zero, indicating that neither country has recorded a terrorist attack in the past five years. 
 
The surge in terrorism in the region was primarily driven by Pakistan, with regional attacks increasing from 726 to 1399 and deaths rising from 961 to 1,303. Bangladesh and Pakistan were the only two countries in the region to record a deterioration in their score in 2024, resulting in Pakistan being the second most impacted country by terrorism globally for the second consecutive year. 
 
Pakistan experienced the most significant deterioration in the region and remains the most impacted country in South Asia. In 2024, attacks in Pakistan more than doubled, rising from 517 incidents in the previous year to 1,099. This sharp increase was accompanied by a 45 per cent rise in deaths from terrorism, which rose from 748 to 1,081. 
 
Sri Lanka was the most improved South Asian country in 2024, with the country recording no terrorist attacks or deaths for the fifth consecutive year since 2019. Nepal followed as the second most improved country, recording no attacks or deaths for the second consecutive year. 
 
Global Terrorism Index 2025. Institute for Economics & Peace. Sydney, Australia.