Behavioral Definitions
of Terrorism
These circles show which definition elements are used to define terrorism/violent extremism more or less frequently than each other globally. Larger circles represent definitions that are are included in more global definitions. Use the data toggles at the top of the page to compare their frequency across terrorism and violent extremism definitions, as well as toggle between a map view or table format.
Select a definition element's circle to see which countries door don't include them in their definition. This data includes 64 definitions of terrorism as well as 18 definitions of violent extremism used nationally.