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The chances of being killed in a terror attack are lower now than at any time over the past five years, according to new data, which also revealed a surge in violent far-right activity.
The number of people killed globally by terrorists has dropped for the fifth straight year, the 2020 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) found.
Since a bloody peak of 32,658 in 2014, deaths caused by terror attacks worldwide decreased by 59 per cent to 13,826.
But the GTI found far-right attacks in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Western Europe have increased by 250 per cent since 2014, and are higher now than at any time in the last 50 years.
Australia was ranked the 74th most dangerous country in the world in 2019 by the report, which collated terror attacks in 2019. Australia dropped two spots, in what was ultimately a positive shift from 2018.
Sixty-three countries in 2019 recorded at least one death from a terrorist attack.
Afghanistan was the most prone nation to terror attacks, according to the report, which has produced by Australian-based think tank the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) annually for the past eight years.
Iraq, Nigeria, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, India, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Philippines rounded out the top 10.
After the Christchurch mosque attacks which killed 51 people, New Zealand ranked 42, 79 places worse off than its position in 2018.
Terror attacks impact the global economy by A$21.6 billion in 2019, a decrease of 25 per cent from the previous year.
Sub-Sahara a hot spot of jihadist activity
The report showed how the dismantling of Islamic State's (IS) so-called caliphate in the Middle East has intensified jihadist activity in the sub-Sahara, now one of the world's most dangerous regions.
IS affiliate groups remain active across the world, with 27 countries rocked by at least one attack by IS or its affiliates.
Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit the hardest, with seven of the 10 countries with the largest increases in terrorism deaths residing in the region.
The largest increase in terrorism occurred in Burkina Faso – where deaths rose by a staggering 590 per cent.
"As we enter a new decade we are seeing new threats of terrorism emerge," Steve Killelea, IEP executive chairman, said.
"The rise of the far-right in the West and the deteriorations in the Sahel are prime examples."
Mr Killelea said terror groups sympathetic to IS could be disrupted in three ways: breaking their media coverage and online networks, disrupting funding and cutting the number of sympathisers.