Top Ten Dangerous Countries in the World – Country Threat Index

IntelCenter, a Washington based company has released a list of top ten dangerous countries in the world based on Country Threat Index (CTI). The CTI examines the volume of terrorist and rebel alerts, messaging traffic, videos, photos, incidents and the number of people killed and injured in a country over the past month. The company collects these details and runs it through an algorithm to assign the country its CTI. The higher the CTI the greater the risk.

The index is based solely on terrorist and rebel related activity. It does not evaluate other risk factors such as crime and political instability.

The Top Most Dangerous Countries in the World

Rank Country CTI Major Threat
1 Iraq 811 Islamic State Terrorists
2 Syria 717 Continuous Civil War
3 Nigeria 273 Boko Haram Group
4 Somalia 257 Al Shabab Militants
5 Afghanistan 186 Taliban Militants
6 Libya 157 Civil War
7 Yemen 132 Houthi Rebels
8 Pakistan 122 Terrorism
9 Ukraine 103 Pro-Russian Rebels
10 Egypt 72 Political Instability