Egypt Drops 16 Spots in Global Terrorism Index

Egypt dropped 16 places on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), from the 13th spot in 2014 to the 29th in 2024.

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI),  an index issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace, measuring the impact of terrorism, was released on Friday.

 It ranks 163 countries based on four sub-indicators: the number of terrorist incidents, the number of deaths caused by terrorist groups, the number of injuries caused by terrorist groups, and the number of hostages taken by terrorist groups, in a given year. 

The lower a country's ranking on the index, the lower its terrorism rates.

The Sahel region of Africa remains the epicenter of global terrorism, accounting for more than half of all terrorism-related deaths last year. Notably, five of the ten most affected countries in 2024 were from this region.