Terrorism
Max Roser, Mohamed Nagdy and Hannah Ritchie (authors)
Max Roser, Mohamed Nagdy and Hannah Ritchie
authors
Our World In Data
electronic resource
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory
English
islandora:02086cfd-5ede-483a-b2a2-c39e8a979407
2019-01-01T18:57:03.345Z
Terrorism is usually understood as the use or threat of violence to further a political cause. There is no universally agreed definition of terrorism making it a difficult object to quantify. For clarity, the Data Quality & Definitions section below carefully outlines the definition used in constructing the dataset presented here and compares it with the legal definition in the UK. While acts of terrorism across the globe have increased markedly in recent decades, in most parts of the world it continues to be a relatively rare event and is instead focused in particular countries or regions of instability.
