The Global Terrorism Index: measuring terrorism can help us understand its nature and prevent it

... democratic and authoritarian characteristics). Hybrid regimes account for 46% of incidents, 54% of fatalities and 60% of all injuries. Flawed democracies are the government type with the second highest level of terrorism. Analysis also shows that most terrorist attacks usually occur in the context of a wider conflict situation. What methodology is used to calculate the Global Terrorism Index? The Global Terrorism Index is based on data from the Global Terrorism Database which is the most comprehensive dataset on terrorist activity with over 104,000 cases of terrorist attacks codified. Each country’s yearly score ...