Kenya vs United Kingdom: Number of terrorist attacks

Kenya

33 attacks

in 2021

United Kingdom

40 attacks

in 2021

Kenya rank

23rd

United Kingdom rank

20th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

United Kingdom currently reports 40 attacks against 33 attacks in Kenya, a difference of 7 attacks.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Kenya ranks 23rd and United Kingdom ranks 20th 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.