Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Terrorist attacks by region

Democratic Republic of Congo

142 attacks

in 2021

Somalia

125 attacks

in 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

9th

Somalia rank

10th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 142 attacks against 125 attacks in Somalia, a difference of 17 attacks.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Somalia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 9th and Somalia ranks 10th 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.