Iraq vs Nigeria: Terrorist attacks by method

Iraq

31 attacks

in 2021

Nigeria

12 attacks

in 2021

Iraq rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

6th

Terrorist attacks by method over time

Iraq currently reports 31 attacks against 12 attacks in Nigeria, a difference of 19 attacks.

That makes Iraq's figure about 2.6 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nigeria ahead.

Iraq ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 6th 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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