Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Number of terrorist attacks

Burkina Faso

53 attacks

in 2021

Cameroon

46 attacks

in 2021

Burkina Faso rank

16th

Cameroon rank

17th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Burkina Faso currently reports 53 attacks against 46 attacks in Cameroon, a difference of 7 attacks.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cameroon ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 16th and Cameroon ranks 17th of 187 countries.

Indicator: Number of terrorist attacks
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: 188 places, 9,021 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of terrorist attacks.