Global Terrorism Index

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is an attempt to systematically rank the nations of the world according to terrorist activity. The index combines a number of factors associated with terrorist attacks to build an explicit picture of the impact of terrorism over a 10-year period, illustrating trends, and providing a data series for analysis by researchers and policymakers. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and is based on data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) which is collected and collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. The GTD has codified over 125,000 cases of terrorism.^[1]

The 2014 Global Terrorism Index is the second edition of the index following a 2012 edition.^[2] An interactive map highlights changes to the level of terrorism and the Global Terrorism Index.^[3]

Global Terrorism Index Report 2015

Rank[4][5]	Country	Score	Change in score (Actual year 2013 to 2014)
1	Iraq	10	0.406
2	Afghanistan	9.233	0.238
3	Nigeria	9.213	1.018
4	Pakistan	9.065	-0.009
5	Syria	8.108	0.358
6	India	7.747	0.046
7	Yemen	7.642	0.486
8	Somalia	7.6	0.48
9	Libya	7.29	0.966
10	Thailand	7.279	0.096
11	Philippines	7.27	0.073
12	Ukraine	7.2	4.059
13	Egypt	6.813	0.475
14	Central African Republic	6.721	1.638
15	South Sudan	6.712	1.392
16	Sudan	6.686	0.988
17	Colombia	6.662	0.218
18	Kenya	6.66	0.362
19	Republic of the Congo	6.487	0.733
20	Cameroon	6.466	4.945
21	Lebanon	6.376	0.17
22	China	6.294	1.212
23	Russia	6.207	-0.432
24	Israel	6.034	1.118
25	Bangladesh	5.921	0.448
26	Mali	5.871	0.683
27	Turkey	5.737	-0.144
28	United Kingdom	5.613	0.162
29	Greece	4.976	-0.259
30	Uganda	4.894	2.133
31	Bahrain	4.871	0.198
32	Nepal	4.791	-0.643
33	Indonesia	4.755	-0.021
34	Algeria	4.75	-0.635
35	United States	4.613	-0.055
36	France	4.553	-0.331
37	Mozambique	4.386	0.278
38	South Africa	4.231	0.707
39	Iran	4.222	-0.439
40	Paraguay	4.094	0.391
41	Myanmar	4.08	-0.275
42	Sri Lanka	4.077	0.004
43	Saudi Arabia	4.006	1.234
44	Mexico	3.985	-0.524
45	Tanzania	3.979	0.356
46	Chile	3.969	0.797
47	Tunisia	3.697	0.145
48	Ireland	3.663	0.487
49	Malaysia	3.579	0.056
50	Ethiopia	3.544	-0.085
51	Niger	3.485	0.767
52	Senegal	3.467	-0.067
53	Germany	3.442	1.676
54	Italy	3.364	0.483
55	Burundi	3.342	-0.506
56	Rwanda	3.334	-0.476
57	Peru	3.316	0.051
58	Ivory Coast	3.141	-0.657
59	Australia	3.114	2.894
60	Sweden	3.083	1.37
61	Cyprus	3.08	-0.106
62	Kosovo	3.018	-0.188
63	Nicaragua	2.928	2.928
64	Norway	2.738	-0.674
65	Spain	2.622	-0.112
66	Dominican Republic	2.581	1.394
67	Djibouti	2.567	2.567
68	Czech Republic	2.484	1.62
69	Madagascar	2.444	0.635
70	Bulgaria	2.421	-0.333
71	Georgia	2.373	-0.576
72	Canada	2.297	0.368
73	Macedonia	2.252	0.875
74	Brazil	2.207	0.585
75	Chad	2.142	1.937
76	Venezuela	2.139	1.514
77	Belarus	2.125	-0.653
78	Albania	2.116	1.896
79	Austria	2.088	0.406
80	Honduras	2.077	-0.261
81	Guatemala	2.009	-0.632
82	Belgium	1.977	0.944
83	Kazakhstan	1.881	-0.666
84	Tajikistan	1.869	-0.244
85	Jordan	1.751	-0.207
86	Kyrgyzstan	1.722	1.474
87	Zimbabwe	1.71	0.141
88	Argentina	1.674	-0.682
89	Eritrea	1.636	-0.709
90	Trinidad and Tobago	1.583	-0.646
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.516	0.038
92	Morocco	1.446	-0.648
93	Azerbaijan	1.381	1.247
93	Ghana	1.381	1.381
95	Switzerland	1.349	-0.677
96	Iceland	1.219	1.143
96	Liberia	1.219	1.143
98	Guinea	1.187	-0.665
98	Hungary	1.187	1.044
98	New Zealand	1.187	1.187
101	United Arab Emirates	1.045	0.768
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.823	-0.683
103	Montenegro	0.659	-0.657
104	Ecuador	0.577	-0.699
105	Netherlands	0.429	-0.596
106	Serbia	0.41	-0.744
107	Bhutan	0.305	0
107	Burkina Faso	0.305	-0.354
107	Mauritania	0.305	-0.841
110	Portugal	0.267	-0.282
111	Angola	0.243	-0.443
112	Jamaica	0.229	0.229
113	Cambodia	0.153	-0.152
113	Guinea-Bissau	0.153	-0.267
113	Taiwan	0.153	-0.152
116	Armenia	0.115	-0.229
116	Croatia	0.115	-0.114
118	Denmark	0.091	-0.09
119	Bolivia	0.076	-0.349
119	Estonia	0.076	-0.077
121	Laos	0.038	-0.038
121	Moldova	0.038	-0.31
123	Kuwait	0.019	-0.019
124	Benin	0	0
124	Botswana	0	0
124	Costa Rica	0	0
124	Cuba	0	0
124	El Salvador	0	0
124	Equatorial Guinea	0	-0.129
124	Finland	0	0
124	Gabon	0	0
124	Gambia	0	0
124	Guyana	0	0
124	Haiti	0	0
124	Japan	0	-0.086
124	Latvia	0	0
124	Lesotho	0	-0.086
124	Lithuania	0	0
124	Malawi	0	0
124	Mauritius	0	0
124	Mongolia	0	0
124	Namibia	0	0
124	North Korea	0	0
124	Oman	0	0
124	Panama	0	-0.038
124	Papua New Guinea	0	0
124	Poland	0	0
124	Qatar	0	0
124	Romania	0	0
124	Sierra Leone	0	0
124	Singapore	0	0
124	Slovakia	0	0
124	Slovenia	0	0
124	South Korea	0	0
124	Swaziland	0	0
124	Timor-Leste	0	0
124	Togo	0	0
124	Turkmenistan	0	0
124	Uruguay	0	0
124	Uzbekistan	0	-0.286
124	Vietnam	0	0
124	Zambia	0	0

Methodology

GTI Scoring System

The GTI score for a country in a given year is based on a unique scoring system to account for the relative impact of incidents in the year. There are four factors counted in each country's yearly score:

• Total number of terrorist incidents in a given year
• Total number of fatalities caused by terrorism in a given year
• Total number of injuries caused by terrorism in a given year
• The approximate level of total property damage from terrorist incidents in a given year

Each of the factors is weighted differently and a five-year weighted average is applied to importantly reflect the lingering psychological effect of terrorist acts over time. The weightings shown in the table below were determined by consultation with the GPI Expert Panel:

Dimension	Weight
Total number of incidents	1
Total number of fatalities	3
Total number of injuries	0.5
Sum of property damages measure	2

The greatest weighting is attributed to a fatality. The property damage measure is further disaggregated into four bands depending on the measured scope of the property damage inflicted by one incident. These bandings are shown in the table below, whereby incidents causing less than US$1 million are accorded a weight of 1, between $1 million and $1 billion, and more than $1 billion. A great majority of incidents are coded in the GTD as an 'unknown' level of property damage, thus scoring nil, with 'catastrophic' events being extremely rare.

Code	Damage level
0	Unknown
1	Minor (likely < $1 million)
2	Major (likely between $1 million and $1 billion)
3	Catastrophic (likely > $1 billion)

Example of a country's GTI Score

To assign a relative number to how a country has been directly impacted by terrorism in any given year, for every incident recorded, the GTI calculates a weighted sum of all indicators. To illustrate, the table below depicts a hypothetical country's score for a given year:

Dimension	Weight	# of records for the given year	Score
Total number of incidents	1	21	21
Total number of fatalities	3	36	108
Total number of injuries	0.5	53	26.5
Sum of property damages measure	2	20	40
Total Raw Score	195.5

Given these indicator values, the country for that year would be assessed as having a raw impact of terrorism score of:

(1 x 21) + (3 x 36) + (0.5 x 53) + (2 x 20) = 195.5.

See also

• Global Terrorism Database
• Patterns of Global Terrorism
• Global Peace Index
• United States Peace Index
• Terrorism

References

1. "About the GTI". p. Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. "GTI 2014". p. Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
3. "GTI 2014". p. Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
4. "Global Terrorism Index Report". Vision of Humanity. Institute for Economics & Peace.
5. "Global Terrorism Index Report 2015" (PDF). Institute for Economics & Peace.

External links

• START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, at the University of Maryland.