A new global study by the London-based Institute for Economics and Peace has ranked Nigeria fourth on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) for 2013, primarily arising from terrorist attacks carried out by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria.

Nigeria is ranked below Iraq with 2,492 attacks that killed more than 6,300 people, Afghanistan and Pakistan, which ranked first, second and third, respectively, while Syria, now driven by a devastating civil war, is ranked fifth.

The institute, in the report released on Tuesday, said the number of people killed in terror attacks worldwide jumped more than 60 per cent last year to a record high of nearly 18,000 and the figure could rise further in 2014 due to an escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Nigeria.

Over 80 per cent of the lives lost to terrorist activities occurred only in five countries – Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria – in 2013, the report added.

Four Islamist groups operating in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria were responsible for two thirds of the 2013 attacks and the vast majority of the deaths occurred in those countries, the report said.

There were 303 terrorism incidents catalogued for Nigeria, with 1,826 fatalities and 457 injuries, figures bound to be eclipsed judging by the ferocity of 2014 attacks by Boko Haram. The cost of the insurgency to the national economy was estimated at $28.48 billion, with Nigeria also ranked 151 out of 162 nations in the Global Peace Index.

The report said last year, 6,362 people died in Iraq, the most terrorist-plagued country in the world, arising from 2,492 terrorism incidents, while Afghanistan had 3,111 deaths, out of 1,148 incidents. Pakistan, third on the terrorism index had 2,345 fatalities from 1,933 incidents.
The compilers of the report generally noted an upward trend in militant attacks globally, with two dozen countries accounting for more than 50 deaths in 2013.

The four most active militant groupings are Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (now renamed Islamic State), Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Taliban and transnational al Qaeda-affiliated networks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“There is no doubt it is a growing problem. The causes are complex but the four groups responsible for most of the deaths all have their roots in fundamentalist Islam,” said IEP founder Steve Killelea.

“They are particularly angry about the spread of Western education. That makes any attempt at the kind of social mobilising you need to stop them particularly difficult – it can just antagonise them more,” he said.

The number of attacks themselves rose 44 per cent in 2013 from the previous year to almost 10,000.

Deaths in such attacks are now five times higher than in 2000, the report said, citing analysis of data in the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database.

Most but not all militant attacks were religiously motivated. Attacks in India – the sixth most affected country – rose 70 per cent in 2013 largely due to attacks by communist insurgents. The majority remained non-lethal.

Increased targeting of police by the militant groups makes managing the problem even harder, Killelea said, sometimes fuelling rights abuses that compound existing grievances.

The report showed 60 per cent of the attacks involved explosives, 20 per cent firearms and 10 per cent other actions such as arson, knives or attacks with motor vehicles. Only five per cent of all incidents since 2000 have involved suicide bombings.

The report showed some 80 per cent of the militant groups, which had ceased their activities since 2000 did so following negotiations. Only 10 per cent achieved their goals, while seven per cent were eliminated by military action.


SOURCE: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-ranked-fourth-on-global-terrorism-index/194505/

Boko Haram will take us to the top sooner or later if this is not looked into.

Provide the full list.

Syria even dey follow Nigeria for back in terms of corruption...

And some people will say Goodluck is bringing Goodluck to Nigeria.... Now we can all see that all it has brought us is shame... making Nigeria a laughing stock by not wearing her shoes.

All Thanks To A Shoeless Fisherman who thinks curbing terrorism is like catching fish where u cast a net or hook and wait. anyways make America and u.k mind their business. she Na dem country kids dey Carry gun go kill for school abi no be u.k citizens dey go Syria to help terrorists fight?

Nija no dey Carry Last

leatherback:
Provide the full list.

Syria even dey follow Nigeria for back in terms of corruption...

1 Iraq 10
2 Afghanistan Afghanistan 9.39
3 Pakistan Pakistan 9.37
4 Nigeria Nigeria 8.58
5 Syria Syria 8.12
6 India India 7.86
7 Somalia Somalia 7.41
8 Yemen Yemen 7.31
9 Philippines Philippines 7.29
10 Thailand Thailand 7.19
11 Russia Russia 6.76
12 Kenya Kenya 6.58
13 Egypt Egypt 6.5
14 Lebanon Lebanon 6.4
15 Libya Libya 6.25
16 Colombia Colombia 6.24
17 Turkey Turkey 5.98
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.9
19 Sudan Sudan 5.77
20 South Sudan South Sudan 5.6
21 Algeria Algeria 5.52
22 Mali Mali 5.29
23 Bangladesh Bangladesh 5.25
24 Nepal Nepal 5.23
25 China China 5.21
26 Central African Republic Central African Republic 5.19
27 United Kingdom United Kingdom 5.17
28 Iran Iran 4.9
29 Greece Greece 4.73
30 United States United States 4.71
31 Indonesia Indonesia 4.67
32 Israel Israel 4.66
32 Mexico Mexico 4.66
34 Bahrain Bahrain 4.41
35 Burma Myanmar 4.24
36 Mozambique Mozambique 4.01
36 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 4.01
38 Rwanda Rwanda 4
39 Burundi Burundi 3.97
40 Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire 3.76
41 Tanzania Tanzania 3.71
42 Ethiopia Ethiopia 3.7
43 Paraguay Paraguay 3.63
44 Norway Norway 3.57
45 Senegal Senegal 3.55
46 Tunisia Tunisia 3.29
47 Republic of Ireland Ireland 3.09
48 Malaysia Malaysia 3.04
48 South Africa South Africa 3.04
50 Peru Peru 2.96
51 Ukraine Ukraine 2.95
52 Uganda Uganda 2.93
53 Belarus Belarus 2.85
54 Kosovo Kosovo 2.73
55 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2.71
56 France France 2.67
57 Guatemala Guatemala 2.61
58 Chile Chile 2.59
58 Niger Niger 2.59
60 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2.58
60 Georgia (country) Georgia 2.58
62 Italy Italy 2.55
63 Eritrea Eritrea 2.45
64 Honduras Honduras 2.38
65 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2.37
66 Cyprus Cyprus 2.3
67 Morocco Morocco 2.11
68 Tajikistan Tajikistan 1.99
69 Spain Spain 1.84
70 Jordan Jordan 1.76
71 Argentina Argentina 1.73
72 Brazil Brazil 1.72
73 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 1.59
74 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1.54
75 Cameroon Cameroon 1.45
75 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 1.45
77 Switzerland Switzerland 1.34
78 Madagascar Madagascar 1.26
79 Ecuador Ecuador 1.18
80 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1.16
81 Guinea Guinea 1.12
82 Sweden Sweden 1.07
83 Germany Germany 1.02
84 Canada Canada 0.95
85 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0.81
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.76
87 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 0.7
87 Montenegro Montenegro 0.7
89 Netherlands Netherlands 0.58
89 Serbia Serbia 0.58
91 Mauritania Mauritania 0.56
92 Venezuela Venezuela 0.54
93 Belgium Belgium 0.53
94 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 0.47
95 Angola Angola 0.41
95 Australia Australia 0.41
97 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.35
98 Cambodia Cambodia 0.31
98 Taiwan Taiwan 0.31
100 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0.29
101 Moldova Moldova 0.28
102 Armenia Armenia 0.27
103 Austria Austria 0.24
103 Bolivia Bolivia 0.24
105 Croatia Croatia 0.23
105 Portugal Portugal 0.23
107 Albania Albania 0.19
107 Denmark Denmark 0.19
109 Bhutan Bhutan 0.16
109 Estonia Estonia 0.16
111 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.14
112 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 0.1
113 Iceland Iceland 0.08
113 Laos Laos 0.08
113 Liberia Liberia 0.08
116 Hungary Hungary 0.07
117 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0.06
118 Chad Chad 0.05
119 Kuwait Kuwait 0.04
119 Panama Panama 0.04
121 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 0.01
121 Japan Japan 0.01
121 Lesotho Lesotho 0.01
124 Benin Benin 0
124 Botswana Botswana 0
124 Costa Rica Costa Rica 0
124 Cuba Cuba 0
124 Djibouti Djibouti 0
124 El Salvador El Salvador 0
124 Finland Finland 0
124 Gabon Gabon 0
124 The Gambia Gambia 0
124 Ghana Ghana 0
124 Guyana Guyana 0
124 Haiti Haiti 0
124 Jamaica Jamaica 0
124 Latvia Latvia 0
124 Lithuania Lithuania 0
124 Malawi Malawi 0
124 Mauritius Mauritius 0
124 Mongolia Mongolia 0
124 Namibia Namibia 0
124 New Zealand New Zealand 0
124 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0
124 North Korea North Korea 0
124 Oman Oman 0
124 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 0
124 Poland Poland 0
124 Qatar Qatar 0
124 Romania Romania 0
124 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 0
124 Singapore Singapore 0
124 Slovakia Slovakia 0
124 Slovenia Slovenia 0
124 South Korea South Korea 0
124 Swaziland Swaziland 0
124 East Timor Timor-Leste 0
124 Togo Togo 0
124 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 0
124 Uruguay Uruguay 0
124 Vietnam Vietnam 0
124 Zambia Zambia 0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Terrorism_Index

If this doesn't make frontpage, dem don sack Ishioma b dat.....

IRAQ I HAIL

Somalia better pass us?
***sobs

Jamaica 124 ke??wid all dem johnny mad dog film we dey watch and all those weed smoking niggas!!!haba OP!!!!

Nigeria; always making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

I don't believe this list how can Nigeria be ranked ahead of libya and yemen especially libya that doesn't have a centralized government like Nigeria. So this list must have been doctored by those that don't want to sell arms to Nigeria







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A shame! But Nigeria likes taking first in things that are detest ful.. Especially the Federal Government!

Hope they didn't bribe anybody with the index committee! Na we suppose dey number one ooO!

Now even ahead of Syria and Somalia?

There was a country

o.p. Please change your topic to Nothern Nigeria not Nigeria please

Thanks to boko haram giving us bad names. Boko team will be history, how soon ?

Jonathan once said our plight isn't as bad as that of Pakistan$co,now we are so close to them.
Hope he will take a stand now?

all those that fought for Nigeria in the past, our dead heroes will be crying in heaven that HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?



am begging all of u PLS VOTE FOR CHANGE.

#Feranmicharles pls come and see what our country has become

Okay, continue. There is God in everything..... All this blood you people ( APC and PDP) are sharing in the north. .... Chai chai.... There is God ooo

Everything will change when I become president
With my "vision 2031"
just vote for me
I promise that I'll find the chibok girls then....

terrorism in Nigeria will be a history just soon- u guys just wait for manifestation/ ASSIGNMENT UNDERWAY

The 1st 10 countries have a large Muslim population in them, Just something i noticed.


Fundamentalism is the problem. Some crazies are miss interpreting the Quran, but some would say GEJ is the problem . Let me ask, is GEJ still the president of these other 9 countries?

...with the current situation of things in this country....

We're coming there... To usurp the first 3 countries ahead of us.

FROM MY OWN POINT OF VIEW

Can u imagine the area we made it to the top? Smh....

....

We're even above Iran and Libya....SMH am seeing a foul play here

justi4jesu:
Boko Haram will take us to the top sooner or later if this is not looked into.

We are a step away from it.

That is one of Jonathan achievement, Jonathan is working.