Nigeria vs Syria: Terrorist attacks by method

Nigeria

12 attacks

in 2021

Syria

9 attacks

in 2021

Nigeria rank

6th

Syria rank

8th

Terrorist attacks by method over time

Nigeria currently reports 12 attacks against 9 attacks in Syria, a difference of 3 attacks.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Syria's.

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

Nigeria ranks 6th and Syria ranks 8th 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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