China vs Iran: Number of terrorist attacks

China

5 attacks

in 2021

Iran

4 attacks

in 2021

China rank

46th

Iran rank

49th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

China currently reports 5 attacks against 4 attacks in Iran, a difference of 1 attacks.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Iran ahead.

China ranks 46th and Iran ranks 49th 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.