France vs South Africa: Number of terrorist attacks

France

19 attacks

in 2021

South Africa

15 attacks

in 2021

France rank

28th

South Africa rank

30th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

France currently reports 19 attacks against 15 attacks in South Africa, a difference of 4 attacks.

That makes France's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Africa ahead.

France ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 30th 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.