Mexico vs United States: Terrorist attacks by region

Mexico
21 attacks
in 2021
United States
26 attacks
in 2021
Mexico rank
27th
United States rank
25th

Terrorist attacks by region over time

  • Mexico
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 26 attacks against 21 attacks in Mexico, a difference of 5 attacks.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was United States ahead.

Mexico ranks 27th and United States ranks 25th of 187 countries.

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About this data

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
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Total number of terrorist attacks.