Afghanistan vs Yemen: Terrorist attacks by method

Afghanistan

411 attacks

in 2021

Yemen

58 attacks

in 2021

Afghanistan rank

1st

Yemen rank

2nd

Terrorist attacks by method over time

Afghanistan currently reports 411 attacks against 58 attacks in Yemen, a difference of 353 attacks.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 7.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Yemen ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 1st and Yemen ranks 2nd of 187 countries.

Indicator: Terrorist attacks by method
Unit: attacks
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

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