TDS Desk:

The impact of terrorism in Bangladesh has been reported to be “low” on a terrorism scale as per the latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025, which provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism since 2012.
Even the country saw a lower impact of terrorism in Bangladesh than in India, Pakistan, and the South Asian regional average in 2024, according to 12th edition of the annual report released by the Institute for Economics & Peace on Thursday (March 5).
Bangladesh scored 3.03 on the 2025 GTI index, where a score of zero indicates no impact and ten represents the highest measurable impact. This placed the country at 35th among 163 nations which were placed in 100 spots in the report.
The latest position is an improvement from last year’s 32nd place.
The GTI is the most comprehensive resource on global terrorism trends and uses multiple factors to calculate its score, including the number of incidences, fatalities, injuries and hostages, and combines it with conflict and socioeconomic data to provide a holistic picture of terrorism.
The number of countries recording a terrorist attack increased from 58 to 66 in 2024. This reverses nearly a decade of improvements, with 45 countries deteriorating and 34 improving. The four deadliest terrorist groups intensified their violence in 2024, driving an 11% rise in fatalities.

Burkina Faso remains the country most impacted by terrorism this year, despite attacks and deaths falling by 57% and 21% respectively. A fifth of all terrorism deaths globally were in Burkina Faso, followed by Pakistan and Syria.
SOUTH ASIA REMAINS THE MOST TERRORIST IMPACTED REGION
“In 2024, South Asia was the region with the highest average GTI score, a position it has held throughout the last decade.” the 2025 report mentioned.
“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 report added.
The report also highlighted that the region is home to two of the ten countries with the worst GTI scores, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistan, the most impacted country in the region, scored 8.374 and held the second position globally on the 2025 index. Following closely, Afghanistan scored 7.262, ranking ninth globally, while India scored 6.411, placing 14th globally.
Of the seven countries assessed in the region, only Bhutan and Sri Lanka have a GTI score of zero, meaning that it has not recorded a terrorist attack in the past five years.

Nepal, the third least impacted country by terrorism in the region, scored 1.113 and ranked 68th globally, followed by Bangladesh.