India vs Pakistan: Number of terrorist attacks

India

235 attacks

in 2021

Pakistan

150 attacks

in 2021

India rank

5th

Pakistan rank

7th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

India currently reports 235 attacks against 150 attacks in Pakistan, a difference of 85 attacks.

That makes India's figure about 1.6 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Pakistan ahead.

India ranks 5th and Pakistan ranks 7th 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.