India vs Pakistan: Terrorist attacks by region

India

235 attacks

in 2021

Pakistan

150 attacks

in 2021

India rank

5th

Pakistan rank

7th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

India currently reports 235 attacks against 150 attacks in Pakistan, a difference of 85 attacks.

That makes India's figure about 1.6 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was India ahead.

India ranks 5th and Pakistan ranks 7th 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.