Terrorist attacks executed
worldwide from 1968 to 2009
Terrorism, as we all know, is the deliberate use of unlawful violence or the threat of unlawful violence to sow terror in governments or societies in order to coerce or intimidate them into pursuing goals that are typically political, religious, or ideological.
The main objective of this analysis is to identify the nation with the greatest number of new terrorists, followed by nations with the greatest number of terrorist acts.
This research also identified the preferred weapon of terrorists.
Visualization of the complete dataset has been shown on Tableau, where the entire analysis has been posted.
NOTE: The dataset that depicted Kashmir as a nation has been updated. All the cells where Kashmir was formerly identified as a country have been changed with references to India because of Kashmir being a part of India.
Key Numbers
Key insights derived from the dataset
Iran is the nation with the most offenders (10761).
Greece is the nation with the highest number of new offenders (127).
Explosives are the attacker's preferred weapon.
Conclusion drawn after examining the dataset
- →Least-used weapons: Bombing and Telecommunication
- →Month with most new weapons used: March
- →Nation with most injuries and fatalities: Iraq - 53,590 injuries and 28,971 fatalities
- →Period of significant increase: Injuries and fatalities increased significantly between 1992 and 2006