France vs South Africa: Terrorist attacks by region

France

19 attacks

in 2021

South Africa

15 attacks

in 2021

France rank

28th

South Africa rank

30th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

France currently reports 19 attacks against 15 attacks in South Africa, a difference of 4 attacks.

That makes France's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was South Africa ahead.

France ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 30th 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.