TABLE 3
FROM:
Do Democracy and Free Markets Protect Us From Terrorism?
James A Piazza
BACK TO ARTICLETable 3. Illiberal countries and terrorism, 1986–2003
| Average terrorist incidents 1986–2003 | Number of countries in category | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-democratic countries (Freedom House)a | 10.0 | 94 |
| Non-democratic countries (Polity IV)b | 8.3 | 87 |
| Economically illiberal countries (Heritage)c | 11.7 | 71 |
| Economically illiberal countries (EFW)d | 15.0 | 77 |
| Muslim countries | 12.6 | 39 |
| Countries with experience of state failures | 20.5 | 56 |
| All countries | 10.7 | 153 |
a Countries rated between 3.0 and 7.0 on Freedom House indices of political rights and civil liberties.
b Countries rated 6 or higher on Polity index. See Fearon and Laitin (2003) 'Ethnicity, Insurgency and Civil War.' American Political Science Review 97 (1) 75–90.
c Countries rated 60 or higher, designated as 'mostly unfree' or 'repressed', by Index of Economic Freedom.
d Countries below the median Economic Freedom in the World (EFW) chain-linked score.
