Which has higher number of terrorist attacks, Israel or Philippines?

Philippines, at 104 attacks against 101 attacks in Israel as of 2021.

What is the difference in number of terrorist attacks between Israel and Philippines?

3 attacks, with Philippines ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Philippines?

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of terrorist attacks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Philippines: Number of terrorist attacks

Israel

101 attacks

in 2021

Philippines

104 attacks

in 2021

Israel rank

12th

Philippines rank

11th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Israel
Philippines

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 104 attacks against 101 attacks in Israel, a difference of 3 attacks.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Philippines ahead.

Israel ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 11th of 188 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 1 and Philippines in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Philippines	Difference	Ahead
1970s	19.1 attacks	12.4 attacks	6.7 attacks	Israel
1980s	39.9 attacks	91.8 attacks	51.9 attacks	Philippines
1990s	32.78 attacks	105.11 attacks	72.33 attacks	Philippines
2000s	52.7 attacks	102.1 attacks	49.4 attacks	Philippines
2010s	72.4 attacks	496.8 attacks	424.4 attacks	Philippines
2020s	84 attacks	199 attacks	115 attacks	Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of terrorist attacks, Israel or Philippines?: Philippines, at 104 attacks against 101 attacks in Israel as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of terrorist attacks between Israel and Philippines?: 3 attacks, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Philippines?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
How do Israel and Philippines rank globally for number of terrorist attacks?: Israel ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 11th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of terrorist attacks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

Total number of terrorist attacks.