France vs United States: Terrorist attacks by region

France

19 attacks

in 2021

United States

26 attacks

in 2021

France rank

28th

United States rank

25th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

United States currently reports 26 attacks against 19 attacks in France, a difference of 7 attacks.

That makes United States's figure about 1.4 times France's.

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

France ranks 28th and United States ranks 25th 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.