Croatia is among the countries on which terrorism has no impact at all, according to the annual Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics & Peace which shows which parts of the world fear terrorism the most, Vecernji List daily said on Wednesday.

Data in this year’s index refer to 2019 and the index of terrorism’s impact on Croatia was 0.0.

Only next year will it be known if this October’s shooting at the government building will change Croatia’s status. The attack shocked the Croatian public and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said it had elements of terrorism.

Terrorism has the strongest impact on Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria. Terrorist groups there are very strong, changing the everyday lives of their citizens, who are aware that there is a chance that a car bomb or an armed terrorist might randomly kill or wound them in the street.

The situation is especially tough in Afghanistan, whose index score is 9.5. In 2019, the country accounted for 41% of the global deaths from terrorism. Nigeria is next with a score of 9.

But the 2020 index brings good news as well. The number of deaths from terrorism has been decreasing for the sixth consecutive year after peaking in 2014, when Islamic State was on the rise, Vecernji List said.