10 Countries Most Impacted By Terrorism
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Deaths from terrorism increased by 22 per cent to 8,352 in 2023. They are now at their highest level since 2017
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Here are ten countries that were most impacted by terrorism last year, according to Global Terrorism Index
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Burkina Faso was the most impacted country by terrorism. About 2,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks in West Africa country
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It is the first time a nation other than Afghanistan or Iraq topped the Global Terrorism Index
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Israel was second on the list with 1,210 deaths. Its rank rose by 24 as compared to 2022 due to the Hamas attack in October 2023
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Mali is the third worst-hit country due to terrorism. It was home to the eighth deadliest terrorist attack of 2023
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Pakistan moved up three places to fourth on the Index, its worst place since 2016. It was followed by Syria, which remained static at fifth place
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Afghanistan fell to sixth place on the index. This is the first time since 2018 that Afghanistan was not the country most impacted by terrorism
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Nigeria, Myanmar and Niger retained their respective eighth, ninth, and tenth places from the prior year
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