| Characteristic | Number of kidnappings |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,921 |
| 2022 | 4,509 |
| 2021 | 5,612 |
| 2020 | 4,471 |
| 2019 | 2,895 |
| 2018 | 3,534 |
| 2017 | 8,937 |
| 2016 | 15,664 |
| 2015 | 12,264 |
| 2014 | 9,461 |
| 2013 | 3,137 |
| 2012 | 1,283 |
| 2011 | 5,554 |
| 2010 | 6,051 |
| 2009 | 10,749 |
| 2008 | 4,680 |
| 2007 | 4,980 |
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Release date
December 2024
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2007 to 2023
Supplementary notes
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).
Data for 2007 to 2017 has been taken from respective .
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