Table 2 Piracy attacks across continents
From: Situational crime prevention and worldwide piracy: a cross-continent analysis
Continent | Successful attacks (% of category) | Unsuccessful attacks (% of category) | Unknown attack status (% of category) | Total attacks (% of total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Americas | 271 (56.8) | 191 (40.0) | 15 (3.1) | 477 (9.7) |
Africa | 720 (38.0) | 1124 (59.3) | 52 (2.7) | 1896 (38.7) |
South East Asia | 901 (55.4) | 681 (41.9) | 45 (2.8) | 1627 (33.2) |
Far East | 182 (62.1) | 95 (32.4) | 16 (5.5) | 293 (6.0) |
Indian sub-continent | 295 (54.8) | 233 (43.3) | 10 (1.9) | 538 (11.0) |
Rest of the world | 35 (52.2) | 27 (40.3) | 5 (7.5) | 67 (1.4) |
Not reported | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (100.0) | 4 (0.1) |
Total | 2404 (49.0) | 2351 (48.0) | 147 (3.0) | 4902 (100.00) |
Pearson χ² | 168.03 |  |  |  |
p | <.01 | Â | Â | Â |
Cramer’s V | 0.19 |  |  |  |