MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM

RESULTS
The 2015 Global Terrorism Index highlights that terrorism continues to rise.
The total number of deaths from terrorism in 2014 reached 32,685,
constituting an 80 per cent increase from 18,111 the previous year. This is
the highest level ever recorded. The significant majority of these deaths,
over 78 per cent, occurred in just five countries; Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Syria.
While terrorism is highly concentrated in a small number of countries, the
number of countries which have had a terrorist attack is also increasing.
In 2014 terrorism impacted more countries than ever before. Attacks
were recorded in 93 countries, up from 88 in 2013. This continues the
trend from 2011 with more countries experiencing terrorist attacks and
deaths each year.
Furthermore, there was a 120 per cent increase in the number of countries
that recorded over 500 deaths: in 2014 eleven countries, up from five
countries in 2013. Nigeria experienced the biggest year-on-year increase in
deaths ever recorded with 5,662 more people being killed, an over 300 per
cent increase.
GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX 2015 | Results
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