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Alarming stats show that global terrorism doubled in a year (see maps, charts)

Terrorism doubled in 2014

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The Institute for Economics and Peace said Tuesday that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks around the world rose 80 percent last year.

The Global Terrorism Index found that 32,685 people were killed by terrorist attacks in 2014, an increase from 18,111 deaths in 2013. The rise in deaths from terrorism is the largest increase on record.

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KEY FACTS
•Deaths from terrorism increased 80% last year to the highest level ever, with 32,658 people killed, compared to 18,111 in 2013.
•Boko Haram and ISIS were jointly responsible for 51% of all claimed global fatalities in 2014.
•78% of all deaths and 57% of all attacks occurred in just five countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria.
•Iraq continues to be the country most impacted by terrorism with 9,929 terrorist fatalities the highest ever recorded in a single country.
•Nigeria experienced the largest increase in terrorist activity with 7,512 deaths in 2014, an increase of over 300% since 2013.
•The global economic cost of terrorism reached an all-time peak at US$52.9 billion.
•Since 2000 there have been over 61,000 terrorist attacks, killing more than 140,000 people.
•Thirteen times as many people are killed globally by homicides than die in terrorist attacks.

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