Somalia vs Syria: Terrorist attacks by method

Somalia

11 attacks

in 2021

Syria

9 attacks

in 2021

Somalia rank

7th

Syria rank

8th

Terrorist attacks by method over time

Somalia currently reports 11 attacks against 9 attacks in Syria, a difference of 2 attacks.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Syria's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Syria ahead.

Somalia ranks 7th 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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