Iraq vs Yemen: Number of terrorist attacks

Iraq

547 attacks

in 2021

Yemen

290 attacks

in 2021

Iraq rank

2nd

Yemen rank

4th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Iraq currently reports 547 attacks against 290 attacks in Yemen, a difference of 257 attacks.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.9 times Yemen's.

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

Iraq ranks 2nd and Yemen ranks 4th 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.