FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 95 - ENGLISH

72 INTERNATIONAL The countries most affected by terrorism were Pakistan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the first two leading the ranking. Colombia also returned to the group of the ten states with the highest terrorist activity, a trend that has repea- ted uninterruptedly since 2013. AFRICA, THE EPICENTER OF THE THREAT The Sahel region remains the main fo- cus of terrorist violence worldwide. More than half of the deaths recorded in 2025 occurred in this African belt, where some of the most active jihadist organizations on the planet operate. Despite the global reduction in violen- ce, Africa once again concentrated the year's most serious incidents. The twenty deadliest attacks recorded in the world took place on the continent. In addition, six of the ten countries most affected by terrorism were African: Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The deadliest attack of 2025, carried out in Burkina Faso, caused 120 deaths. However, the number of attacks with more than one hundred victims was lower than in 2024 and 2023. This helps explain the overall reduction in lethality observed during the past year. The data also reflect uneven develop- ments within the region. Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali recorded decreases in deaths, pointing to a certain improve- ment in the security situation. The re- port warns, however, that these gains remain fragile. By contrast, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced an increase in terrorist ac- tivity and victims associated with armed groups, placing them among the main areas of concern. GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX 2026 | 7 81 Armenia 0.423 ↘ 1 82 Ireland 0.423 ↘ 1 83 Lithuania 0.423 ↘ 1 84 Portugal 0.423 ↖ 20 85 Venezuela 0.396 ↘ 1 86 South Korea 0.333 ↘ 1 87 Mexico 0.325 ↘ 2 88 Ethiopia 0.288 ↘ 10 89 Nepal 0.288 ↘ 18 90 Cambodia 0.233 ↘ 1 91 Latvia 0.233 ↘ 1 92 Cyprus 0.176 ↘ 1 93 Azerbaijan 0.123 ↘ 1 94 Belarus 0.123 ↘ 1 95 New Zealand 0.114 ↔ 96 Uzbekistan 0.114 ↘ 3 97 Iceland 0.059 ↘ 1 98 Eswatini 0.044 ↘ 1 99 Bahrain 0.03 ↔ 100 Albania 0 ↖ 1 100 Bhutan 0 ↖ 1 100 Bolivia 0 ↖ 1 100 Botswana 0 ↖ 1 100 Bulgaria 0 ↖ 1 100 Costa Rica 0 ↖ 1 100 Croatia 0 ↖ 1 100 Cuba 0 ↖ 1 100 Dominican Republic 0 ↖ 1 100 El Salvador 0 ↖ 1 100 Equatorial Guinea 0 ↖ 1 100 Eritrea 0 ↖ 1 100 Estonia 0 ↖ 1 100 Gabon 0 ↖ 1 100 Ghana 0 ↖ 1 100 Guatemala 0 ↖ 1 100 Guinea 0 ↖ 1 100 Guinea-Bissau 0 ↖ 1 100 Guyana 0 ↖ 1 100 Haiti 0 ↖ 1 100 Honduras 0 ↖ 1 100 Hungary 0 ↖ 1 100 Jamaica 0 ↖ 1 100 Kazakhstan 0 ↖ 1 100 Kuwait 0 ↖ 1 100 Kyrgyz Republic 0 ↖ 1 100 Laos 0 ↖ 1 100 Lesotho 0 ↖ 1 100 Liberia 0 ↖ 1 100 Madagascar 0 ↖ 1 100 Malawi 0 ↖ 1 100 Mauritania 0 ↖ 1 100 Mauritius 0 ↖ 1 100 Moldova 0 ↖ 1 100 Mongolia 0 ↖ 1 100 Montenegro 0 ↖ 1 100 Morocco 0 ↖ 1 100 Namibia 0 ↖ 1 100 Nicaragua 0 ↖ 1 100 North Korea 0 ↖ 1 100 North Macedonia 0 ↖ 1 100 Panama 0 ↖ 1 100 Papua New Guinea 0 ↖ 1 100 Paraguay 0 ↘ 2 100 Qatar 0 ↖ 1 100 Republic of the Congo 0 ↖ 1 100 Romania 0 ↖ 1 100 Rwanda 0 ↖ 1 100 Sierra Leone 0 ↖ 1 100 Singapore 0 ↖ 1 100 Slovenia 0 ↖ 1 100 South Africa 0 ↖ 1 100 South Sudan 0 ↖ 1 100 Sri Lanka 0 ↖ 1 100 Sudan 0 ↖ 1 100 Taiwan 0 ↖ 1 100 The Gambia 0 ↖ 1 100 Timor-Leste 0 ↖ 1 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ↖ 1 100 Turkmenistan 0 ↖ 1 100 Uruguay 0 ↘ 1 100 Vietnam 0 ↖ 1 100 Zambia 0 ↖ 1 100 Zimbabwe 0 ↖ 1 Rank Country Score Rank Change Rank Country Score Rank Change Rank Country Score Rank Change The Islamic State and its affiliates account for 70% of terrorism deaths worldwide