Kenya vs Niger: Number of terrorist attacks
Kenya
33 attacks
in 2021
Niger
38 attacks
in 2021
Kenya rank
24th
Niger rank
21st
Number of terrorist attacks over time
- Kenya
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 38 attacks against 33 attacks in Kenya, a difference of 5 attacks.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Niger ahead.
Kenya ranks 24th and Niger ranks 21st of 188 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7 attacks | 0 attacks | 0.7 attacks | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.5 attacks | 0.2 attacks | 0.3 attacks | Kenya |
| 1990s | 7.33 attacks | 4.22 attacks | 3.11 attacks | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.3 attacks | 2 attacks | 2.3 attacks | Kenya |
| 2010s | 66.3 attacks | 16.2 attacks | 50.1 attacks | Kenya |
| 2020s | 49.5 attacks | 36.5 attacks | 13 attacks | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of terrorist attacks, Kenya or Niger?
- Niger, at 38 attacks against 33 attacks in Kenya as of 2021.
- What is the difference in number of terrorist attacks between Kenya and Niger?
- 5 attacks, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Niger?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
- How do Kenya and Niger rank globally for number of terrorist attacks?
- Kenya ranks 24th and Niger ranks 21st 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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About this data
Total number of terrorist attacks.