Global Terrorism Index reveals how Britain has been affected by terrorist atrocities – and we’re just one level below Somalia and Egypt
A SINISTER new map has revealed the impact terrorism has had on each country around the world.
Created by the University of New South Wales, the map is part of the annual Global Terrorism Index produced by Australian think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
On the map, the countries most severely affected by terrorism related to death and injury, places like Iraq and Nigeria are a deep brown in colour.
Those with no deaths, including Vietnam and Poland, are green.
The Index ranks Britain - coloured in a light orange - at number 34. 130 territories were included in the research.
The United Kingdom is less affected by terrorism than Somalia, Egypt, Palestine and France, but had more terrorist-related incidents last year than United States, Tunisia, Algeria and Greece.
Video footage emerged following the stabbing of the attacker repeatedly shouting “this is for Syria”, in reference to the Royal Air Force’s bombing of Islamic State in Syria, which had commenced on December 3 after parliamentary approval.
While global terrorism deaths have dropped overall, in the 35 OECD nations — mainly Western nations including much of Europe and North America as well as Australia — incidents have spiked a massive 650 per cent in just one year.
“This year’s index paints a complex picture which shows terrorism is changing quickly,” said Mr Killelea.
“The good news is the number of deaths through terrorism is down 10 per cent and of those falls 32 per cent have been recorded in Iraq and Nigeria.
“The bad news is that while (terrorist groups) Boko Haram and Islamic State have been depleted in their core areas of operation (due to military action), they’ve moved to other areas so Boko Haram expanded into Niger and Cameroon while IS and its affiliates moved from operating in 13 countries to 28 countries,” he said.
In 2015, 29,376 people died in terrorist related incidents down from 32,765 in 2014.
Global Terrorism Index 2016: Measuring The Impact of Terrorism
1. Iraq
2. Afghanistan
3. Nigeria
4. Pakistan
5. Syria
6. Yemen
7. Somalia
8. India
9. Egypt
10. Libya
11. Ukraine
12. Philippines
13. Cameroon
14. Turkey
15. Thailand
16. Niger
17. Democratic Republic of the Congo
18. Sudan
19. Kenya
20. Central African Republic
21. South Sudan
22. Bangladesh
23. China
24. Lebanon
25. Mali
26. Columbia
27. Chad
28. Palestine
29. France
30. Russia
31. Burundi
32. Saudi Arabia
33. Israel
34. United Kingdom
35. Tunisia
36. United States
37. Kuwait
38. Indonesia
39. Nepal
40. Uganda
41. Germany
42. Algeria
43. Greece
44. Bahrain
45. Myanmar
46. Sweden
47. Iran
48. Paraguay
49. Tanzania
50. Mexico
Nevertheless, 2015 was the second deadliest year for terrorist incidents ever recorded.
In 2015, four groups were responsible for 74 per cent of all deaths from terrorism: Islamic State, Boko Haram, the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
In 2015, IS overtook Nigeria’s Boko Haram as the most dangerous terrorist group killing 6141 people.
Al-Qaeda had a 17 per cent drop in the number of deaths to 1620 but the Taliban death toll went up 29 per cent to 4502.
The countries most prone to terrorist attacks were Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria.
The single deadliest atrocity of 2015 was the April attack by Islamic State on the Iraqi town of Qaim where 300 civilians were executed.
In the West the picture was grim. Between 2014 and 2015, deaths in OECD nations jumped from 77 to 577 — half of this caused by ISIS.
The most lethal attacks were the Bataclan Theatre attacks in Paris and suicide bombings in Turkey, the latter of which killed more than 300 people.