Nigeria vs Somalia: Terrorist attacks by method

Nigeria

12 attacks

in 2021

Somalia

11 attacks

in 2021

Nigeria rank

6th

Somalia rank

7th

Terrorist attacks by method over time

Nigeria currently reports 12 attacks against 11 attacks in Somalia, a difference of 1 attacks.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Somalia ahead.

Nigeria ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 7th 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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