This statistic shows the percentage of terrorist attacks that occurred during ongoing conflict within countries between 1970 and 2012. According to the source, there were around 40,000 terrorist attacks in which at least one person was killed between 1970 and 2012. Around 72 percent of total attacks occurred in countries that were at the time already immersed in serious political, civil, ethnic or international conflicts.
Percentage of terrorist attacks that occurred within a country during periods of major conflict between 1970 and 2012
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).
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IEP. (November 18, 2014). Percentage of terrorist attacks that occurred within a country during periods of major conflict between 1970 and 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/377186/percentage-of-terrorist-attacks-during-ongoing-major-conflict/
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IEP. (2014). Percentage of terrorist attacks that occurred within a country during periods of major conflict between 1970 and 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377186/percentage-of-terrorist-attacks-during-ongoing-major-conflict/
IEP. "Percentage of Terrorist Attacks That Occurred within a Country during Periods of Major Conflict between 1970 and 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377186/percentage-of-terrorist-attacks-during-ongoing-major-conflict/
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Percentage of terrorist attacks that occurred within a country during periods of major conflict between 1970 and 2012 [Graph], IEP, November 18, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/377186/percentage-of-terrorist-attacks-during-ongoing-major-conflict/
