China vs Iran: Terrorist attacks by region

China

5 attacks

in 2021

Iran

4 attacks

in 2021

China rank

46th

Iran rank

49th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

China currently reports 5 attacks against 4 attacks in Iran, a difference of 1 attacks.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Iran ahead.

China ranks 46th and Iran ranks 49th of 187 countries.

Indicator: Terrorist attacks by region
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: 187 places, 5,394 data points, 1992–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of terrorist attacks.