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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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 November 18, 2024, 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 November 18, 2024. 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: November 18, 2024. 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 November 18, 2024)
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/
