BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE
LAGOS — FROM a disturbing position
of 16, four years ago, Nigeria has sank deeper into the abyss of terrorism and
is now the seventh most-terrorised country in the world, according to the
latest ranking of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).
From the 16th slot in 2008, Nigeria
went down to 11 in 2009; 12 in 2010; and now seven with a GTI of 7.24.
According to the report, Nigeria recorded 168 incidents of terrorism in 2011
from which 437 persons died, 614 persons sustained injuries and 33 property
were destroyed.
Nigeria is worse than Sudan, which
is ranked 11th and Mali (34th).
Ahead of Nigeria on the index are
Iraq (9.56), Pakistan (9.05), Afghanistan (8.67), India (8.15), Yemen (7.30)
and Somali (7.24)
Of the 158 countries, 43 are free of
terrorism. They include Burkina Faso, Brazil, Congo Republic, Gabon, Ghana,
Jamaica, Gambia, Liberia, North Korea, South Korea, Poland, Uruguay, Singapore
and Zambia.
Produced by the Institute for
Economics and Peace, the GTI maps and analyzes trends in terrorism over the
last 10 years and systematically ranks and compares 158 countries according to
the impact of terrorism. The index is based on data from the Global Terrorism
Database (GTD) from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism, START, at the University of Maryland.
The GTI uses four indicators to
measure the impact of terrorism: the number of terrorist incidents, the number
of deaths, the number of casualties and the level of property damage.
These indicators are used to create
a weighted five year average for each country, which takes into account the
lasting effects of terrorism. The score given to each country therefore
indicates the impact of a terrorist attack on a society in terms of the fear
and subsequent security response.
According to the report, from 2002
to 2011, North America was the region least likely to suffer from terrorism.
Other findings include:
• While more
terrorist attacks are being recorded, the number of fatalities has declined by
25 per cent since 2007.
• Only 31
out of 158 countries ranked have not experienced a terrorist attack since 2002
• Most
terrorist attacks occur in the context of a wider conflict situation
• Since the start
of the Iraq invasion the number of terrorist incidents occurring each year has
increased fourfold, globally
• In 2011
Iraq was the country that was most impacted by terrorism, followed by Pakistan
and Afghanistan
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