highest number of terrorist attacks was registered.
By far, Taliban was the most active terrorist organization in the world in 2020. Over 1,900 Taliban attacks were registered that year, over 1,500 more than the second most active perpetrator, the Houthi extremists in Yemen. With 389 attacks, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was the third most active perpetrator that year. That year, Afghanistan was the country in where the Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks
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Statistics on Crime worldwide
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- Premium Statistic World's most dangerous countries 2022, by homicide rate
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- Premium Statistic Leading countries at risk for genocide by percent risk 2021/22
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- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: intentional homicide rate 2020, by country
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Terrorism
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- Basic Statistic Global terrorism index 2021
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- Number of terrorist attacks in France 1970-2014, by terrorist organization
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- Number of terrorist attacks in the U.S. 2020, by month
- Italy: opinion on the possibility of terrorist attacks 2017
- Popularity of the slogan “If You See Something, Say Something" among Americans 2013
- Share of fraud cases by perpetrator tenure worldwide 2018-2019
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Global Terrorism Database. (July 6, 2022). Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/
Global Terrorism Database. "Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks." Chart. July 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/
Global Terrorism Database. (2022). Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/
Global Terrorism Database. "Most Active Terrorist Organizations Worldwide in 2020, by Number of Attacks." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/
Global Terrorism Database, Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Most active terrorist organizations worldwide in 2020, by number of attacks [Graph], Global Terrorism Database, July 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/937553/terrorism-most-active-perpetrator-groups-worldwide/