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 ISIL 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.