Terrorism
2018
Methodology
According to the Global Terrorism Database definition, a terrorist attack is "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation". The terrorism index uses 3 variables (total number of terrorist incidents, total number of fatalities caused by terrorism and total number of injured caused by terrorism) that capture differently the relative intensity of terrorist activity at country level. Performance score from 0 to 100. The lowest score reflects the best situation.
Source: Global Terrorism Data (GTD).
Indicators used in this group
Score
- Africa33
- Sub-Saharan Africa30
- Middle East and North Africa52
- Southern Africa7
- Central Africa42
- East Africa42
- West Africa22
- North Africa61
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)56
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)32
- No LDC35
- High income non OECD0
- Upper middle income countries26
- Lower middle income37
- Low income countries37
- Outsize the Franc zone32
- Franc CFA zone35
- WAMEU31
- CEMAC42
- Algeria53
- Angola6
- Benin1
- Botswana0
- Brazil8
- Burkina Faso47
- Burundi78
- Cameroon87
- Cape Verde0
- Central African Republic82
- Chad53
- China59
- Comoros0
- Congo, Dem. Rep.90
- Congo, Rep29
- Cote d'Ivoire38
- Djibouti4
- Egypt99
- Equatorial Guinea0
- Eritrea7
- Ethiopia66
- Gabon0
- Gambia0
- Ghana3
- Guinea2
- Guinea-Bissau1
- India100
- Kenya83
- Lesotho1
- Liberia0
- Libya99
- Madagascar30
- Malawi0
- Mali78
- Mauritania4
- Mauritius0
- Morocco11
- Mozambique63
- Namibia0
- Niger69
- Nigeria100
- Rwanda21
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe0
- Senegal13
- Seychelles0
- Sierra Leone5
- Somalia100
- South Africa45
- South Sudan87
- Sudan92
- Swaziland1
- Tanzania30
- Togo0
- Tunisia43
- Uganda50
- Zambia0
- Zimbabwe6