Kyrgyzstan takes 79th place in Global Terrorism Index

Kyrgyzstan took 79^th place in the annual «Global Terrorism Index-2017», published by the Institute for Economics and Peace.

In comparison with 2016, the country worsened its position (it was on 84^th place).

The 1^st place is taken by the country with the highest impact of terrorism, and 130^th — the country not affected by it.

Global Terrorism Index measures the level of terrorist activity in this or that country basing on four main criteria:

— number of terrorist incidents;

— number of fatalities;

— number of victims;

— material damage.

Among the CIS countries, the worst position is in Russia — 33rd place. Kazakhstan is on the 67th place, Tajikistan — on the 72nd, Armenia — on the 75th place, Uzbekistan — on the 123rd, Belarus — on the 128th.

Among the five countries most affected by terrorism are Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria and Pakistan.

The Global Terrorism Index presents a comprehensive study of the impact of terrorism in 163 countries and covers 99.7 percent of the world’s population.