Afghanistan vs USSR: Injuries from terrorist attacks

Afghanistan

3,796 injuries

in 2021

USSR

22 injuries

in 1991

Afghanistan rank

1st

USSR rank

1st

Injuries from terrorist attacks over time

Afghanistan currently reports 3,796 injuries against 22 injuries in USSR, a difference of 3,774 injuries.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 172.5 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1970 it was USSR ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st 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.