The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a comprehensive study analysing the impact of terrorism for 163 countries covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.
The GTI report is produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) using data from Terrorism Tracker and other sources. The GTI produces a composite score so as to provide an ordinal ranking of countries on the impact of terrorism. The GTI scores each country on a scale from 0 to 10; where 0 represents no impact from terrorism and 10 represents the highest measurable impact of terrorism.
Given the significant resources committed to counter-terrorism by governments across the world, it is important to analyse and aggregate the available data to better understand its various properties. One of the key aims of the GTI is to examine these trends. It also aims to help inform a positive, practical debate about the future of terrorism and the required policy responses.
Last updated by source: 2023-06-26
| Dataset type: | Time-Series |
| Dataset level: | Country |
(Institute for Economics and
Peace, 2023)
The Global Terrorism Index ranks 163 countries based on four indicators weighted over five years. A country’s annual Global Terrorism Index score is based on a unique scoring system to account for the relative impact of incidents in the year. The four factors counted in each country’s yearly score are: (1) total number of terrorist incidents in a given year (2) total number of fatalities caused by terrorists in a given year (3) total number of injuries caused by terrorists in a given year (4) total number of hostages caused by terrorists in a given year Each of the factors is weighted between zero and three, and a five year weighted average is applied in a bid to reflect the latent psychological effect of terrorist acts over time.
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