Italy vs Spain: Number of terrorist attacks

Italy

3 attacks

in 2021

Spain

2 attacks

in 2021

Italy rank

53rd

Spain rank

56th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Italy currently reports 3 attacks against 2 attacks in Spain, a difference of 1 attacks.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.5 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Spain ahead.

Italy ranks 53rd and Spain ranks 56th 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.