Libya vs Sweden: Number of terrorist attacks

Libya

8 attacks

in 2021

Sweden

5 attacks

in 2021

Libya rank

43rd

Sweden rank

46th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Libya currently reports 8 attacks against 5 attacks in Sweden, a difference of 3 attacks.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.6 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.

Libya ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 46th 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.