Germany vs South Africa: Number of terrorist attacks

Germany
13 attacks
in 2021
South Africa
15 attacks
in 2021
Germany rank
33rd
South Africa rank
30th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

  • Germany
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 15 attacks against 13 attacks in Germany, a difference of 2 attacks.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Africa ahead.

Germany ranks 33rd and South Africa ranks 30th of 187 countries.

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About this data

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
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Total number of terrorist attacks.