The statistic displays the number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region. It shows that the majority of foreign terrorist fighters in Belgium were from the Brussels and Flanders regions. Foreign terrorist fighters from Brussels and Flanders accounted for over 80 percent of the total number of Belgian fighters in this period.
Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region
The source adds: "According to Belgian authorities, a FTF is a Belgian resident (but not necessarily of Belgian nationality), aged 12 or more, that has joined or attempted to join a terrorist organisation abroad (thus individuals that joined
Kurdish militias that are not listed as terrorist groups, for instance, would not be included in the FTF list). A “returnee” is an individual on the FTF list who went to Iraq/Syria and has left the fighting area. By including all residents, but also accounting for underage fighters, Belgium has rather inclusive criteria compared to some other countries. It also started compiling data on FTF in a systematic manner, earlier than any other European country."
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Egmont Institute. (February 6, 2018). Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/
Egmont Institute. "Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region." Chart. February 6, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/
Egmont Institute. (2018). Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/
Egmont Institute. "Number of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (Ftf) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/
Egmont Institute, Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/ (last visited November 25, 2024)
Number of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017, by region [Graph], Egmont Institute, February 6, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869562/number-of-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium-by-region/
