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Global Terrorism Falls to a Decade Low but Western Fatalities Surge
Terrorism deaths dropped 28% globally to 5,582 in 2025, but Western countries saw a 280% rise to 57 deaths driven by lone actors and youth radicalisation.
- Global terrorism deaths dropped to 5,582 in 2025, marking the lowest level since 2007, yet deaths in Western countries surged 280% to 57 fatalities, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace.
- Children and adolescents accounted for 42% of terror-related investigations in Europe and North America in 2025, a threefold increase since 2021. Lone wolf actors carried out 93% of fatal Western attacks over the past five years.
- Australia fell 14 places on the Global Terrorism Index to its worst position of 31 following the Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was linked to 157 plots across 15 nations in the past five years.
- Pakistan emerged as the country most impacted by terrorism, recording 1,139 deaths in 2025, its highest level since 2013. Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw fatalities rise 46% and 28% respectively.
- Over 76% of attacks occurred within 100 km of an international border in 2025, up from just under 60% in 2007, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace. Weak state control enables armed groups to recruit and operate with relative freedom.
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Global terrorism falls to a decade low but Western fatalities surge
LONDON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Deaths from terrorism in the West surged by 280 per cent in 2025, contrasting starkly against a global decline of 28 per cent, reveals the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) produced by the Institute for…
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