Global Terrorism Index 2025

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Regional Profiles: North America
The impact of terrorism improved in North America over the past year, owing to an improvement in score in the US. There was one death from three attacks in the US in 2024, a large improvement from the 16 deaths from eight attacks in 2023, and the least activity since 2010. The single fatality recorded in the US in 2024 occurred when a spectator was killed during an assassination attempt on then former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
 
Similarly, Canada experienced an improvement in their GTI score, but to a much smaller extent. Canada recorded five attacks that resulted in no deaths in 2024 compared to one death from three attacks in 2023. This is the first year since 2019 that Canada recorded no terrorism deaths. 
 
Over the last decade, politically motivated attacks have been more prevalent in North America than religiously motivated attacks. Since 2014, there have been 77 politically motivated attacks resulting in 114 deaths, compared to 17 attacks and 64 deaths driven by religious motivations. In 2024, there were no recorded religiously motivated attacks, however, 88 per cent of the attacks in that year had motivations that could not be determined. Terrorism in North America has predominantly been carried out by individuals unaffiliated with specific terrorist organisations. Most perpetrators have been influenced by ideologies but lack formal membership in any recognised group or party. Of the 172 attacks recorded between 2007 and 2024, only 21 were directly linked to known terrorist organisations. This trend highlights the growing prevalence of independent or loosely connected actors in shaping the terrorism landscape in the United States, underscoring the evolving challenges in identifying, understanding, and countering such threats. 
 
Global Terrorism Index 2025. Institute for Economics & Peace. Sydney, Australia.