Libya vs Sweden: Terrorist attacks by region

Libya

8 attacks

in 2021

Sweden

5 attacks

in 2021

Libya rank

43rd

Sweden rank

46th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

Libya currently reports 8 attacks against 5 attacks in Sweden, a difference of 3 attacks.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.6 times Sweden's.

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

Libya ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 46th 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.