Sri Lanka Ranks Among Safest Nations In GTI 2025 Report

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025 report highlights a significant decline in the impact of terrorism in Sri Lanka.

The country has shown marked improvement in its security situation, according to the report.

The 12th annual GTI report, released on Wednesday (March 5), ranked Sri Lanka 100th among 163 countries considered in the index.

However, with a GTI score of zero, Sri Lanka shares the lowest spot on the index with 63 other countries.

The report notes that 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.

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.