Democratic Republic of Congo vs Syria: Number of terrorist attacks

Democratic Republic of Congo

142 attacks

in 2021

Syria

144 attacks

in 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

9th

Syria rank

8th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Syria currently reports 144 attacks against 142 attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 2 attacks.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Syria ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 9th and Syria ranks 8th 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.