The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2007 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 80,000 cases. Learn more
The GTD Data Rivers is an interactive visual exploratory tool that allows users to investigate temporal trends in terrorism in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD). The GTD Data Rivers aggregates important variables from the database and visualizes them as a comprehensible stack chart.
Seven years ago, along with a dedicated team of terrorism specialists, we began the arduous process of investigating and coding tens of thousands of terrorism incidents going back to 1970 and extending, eventually, through 2007. Today, with over 80,000 discrete incidents in our database—both domestic and international—the GTD enters a new phase: a completely revised website that offers users enhanced data that can be distinctively analyzed by several new visualization tools.