Afghanistan vs Iraq: Injuries from terrorist attacks

Afghanistan

3,796 injuries

in 2021

Iraq

546 injuries

in 2021

Afghanistan rank

1st

Iraq rank

3rd

Injuries from terrorist attacks over time

Afghanistan currently reports 3,796 injuries against 546 injuries in Iraq, a difference of 3,250 injuries.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 7.0 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Iraq ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 1st and Iraq ranks 3rd of 187 countries.

Indicator: Injuries from terrorist attacks
Unit: injuries
Source: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 9,021 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of non-fatal injuries from terrorist attacks.