This statistic shows the average lethality of terrorist attacks from 2000 until 2014. During this period the average number fatalities caused by terrorist attacks was 2.4 deaths per attack. The number was significantly higher in cases where both explosives and firearms were used. In these cases the average number of fatalities was 6.8.
Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used
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Statistics on Terrorism
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Terrorism - number of attacks worldwide 2006-2020
- Basic Statistic Terrorist attacks in 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - number of fatalities worldwide 2006-2020
- Premium Statistic Fatalities due to terrorism worldwide, by country 2020
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- Basic Statistic Global terrorism index 2021
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Terrorist attacks
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- Basic Statistic Terrorism - attacks in Iraq 2006-2020
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- Premium Statistic Most expensive terrorist attacks worldwide 2019, by insured property losses
Fatalities and injuries
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- Basic Statistic The 20 worst terrorist attacks by number of fatalities 2021
- Basic Statistic Countries most impacted by terrorism: number of injured 2021
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- Basic Statistic Terrorism - number of people injured worldwide 2007-2020
- Basic Statistic Deadliest terrorist attacks worldwide 1970-2020, by number of fatalities
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Perpetrators
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- Premium Statistic Number of terrorist attacks worldwide 2020, by perpetrator
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- Basic Statistic Annual change in terrorist attacks worldwide 2019-2020, by perpetrator group
- Basic Statistic Annual change in fatalities of terrorism worldwide 2019-2020, by perpetrator group
Terrorism in the United States
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- Premium Statistic Total number of terrorist attacks in the United States 1995-2020
- Premium Statistic Fatalities of private U.S. citizens from terrorism worldwide by country 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. citizens injured by terrorist attacks worldwide by country 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Terrorists in the United States since 9/11 as of November 2022, by year and gender
- Premium Statistic Distribution of residency status of terrorists in the U.S. since 9/11, as of 2022
Further related statistics
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- Groups responsible for the most coordinated terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014
- Number of people killed by Al Qaeda in the U.S. from 1900 to 2014, by age
- Number of people killed by Al Qaeda in the U.S. from 1900 to 2014, by sex
- Number of terrorist attacks killing more than 100 people, 1978-2014
- Al Qaeda attacks on U.S. soil from 1900 to 2014, by primary weapon used
- Number of terrorist attacks killing more than 100 people by country, 1978-2014
- Most active perpetrators of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, 2000-2014
- Most active perpetrators of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil 1990-1999
- U.S. states who fell victim to the most terrorist attacks, 2000-2014
- Number of people killed by Al Qaeda in the U.S. from 1900 to 2014, by race
- Number of terrorist attacks in the United States monthly in 2016
- Terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure in the U.S., by sector,1970-2015
- Terrorist attacks in the United States by fatalities and injuries 2018
- Terrorism: U.S. commercial facilities targeted 1970-2015, by sector
- Number of terrorist attacks worldwide from 2000 to 2013, by terrorist organisation
- Breakdown of the weapons used in attacks committed by ISIL from 2013 until 2015
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National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (November 16, 2015). Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. "Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used." Chart. November 16, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2015). Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. "Average Number of Fataliites from Terrorist Attacks between 2000 and 2014, by Weapon Type Used." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Average number of fataliites from terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2014, by weapon type used [Graph], National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, November 16, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/592648/lethality-of-terror-attacks-2000-to-2014/