Global Terrorism Database
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Global
Time period covered
January, 1970 - December, 2020
Data type
Event data:
GPS coordinates (GIS)
Summary
The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) provides statistical information on terrorist events throughout the world starting in 1970 and is updated on an annual basis. Data are collected from news and media reports that are deemed credible by GTD investigators and researchers. The database contains information on over 200,000 terrorist attacks.
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Citation
Publisher
Suggested citation
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). Global Terrorism Database. College Park , MD, United States of America: University of Maryland.