Iraq vs USSR: Injuries from terrorist attacks

Iraq

546 injuries

in 2021

USSR

22 injuries

in 1991

Iraq rank

3rd

USSR rank

1st

Injuries from terrorist attacks over time

Iraq currently reports 546 injuries against 22 injuries in USSR, a difference of 524 injuries.

That makes Iraq's figure about 24.8 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1970 it was USSR ahead.

Iraq ranks 3rd 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.