Terrorist incidents
2020
Methodology
Terrorist incidents index is the total number of terrorist event. To be recorded in the GTD, the event must meet at least 2 of the 3 following criteria:
- aims at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal;
- includes evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) other than the immediate victims;
- is outside the precepts of International Humanitarian Law insofar as it targeted non- combatants.
Performance score from 0 to 100. The lowest score reflects the best situation.
Source: Global Terrorism Data (GTD).
Score
- Africa22
- Sub-Saharan Africa21
- Middle East and North Africa27
- Southern Africa2
- Central Africa37
- East Africa26
- West Africa17
- North Africa31
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)5
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)23
- No LDC20
- High income non OECD0
- Upper middle income countries12
- Lower middle income20
- Low income countries27
- Outsize the Franc zone19
- Franc CFA zone32
- WAMEU26
- CEMAC40
- Algeria3
- Angola1
- Benin1
- Botswana0
- Brazil1
- Burkina Faso77
- Burundi54
- Cameroon100
- Cape Verde0
- Central African Republic100
- Chad9
- China0
- Comoros13
- Congo, Dem. Rep.56
- Congo, Rep16
- Cote d'Ivoire3
- Djibouti6
- Egypt33
- Equatorial Guinea0
- Eritrea12
- Ethiopia6
- Gabon14
- Gambia0
- Ghana2
- Guinea0
- Guinea-Bissau0
- India15
- Kenya32
- Lesotho0
- Liberia3
- Libya100
- Madagascar0
- Malawi2
- Mali100
- Mauritania0
- Mauritius0
- Morocco0
- Mozambique82
- Namibia0
- Niger25
- Nigeria63
- Rwanda5
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe0
- Senegal1
- Seychelles0
- Sierra Leone2
- Somalia100
- South Africa13
- South Sudan76
- Sudan47
- Swaziland0
- Tanzania2
- Togo0
- Tunisia18
- Uganda5
- Zambia1
- Zimbabwe3