Which has higher number of terrorist attacks, Malaysia or East Timor?

Malaysia, at 0 attacks against 0 attacks in East Timor as of 2021.

What is the difference in number of terrorist attacks between Malaysia and East Timor?

0 attacks, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and East Timor?

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.

Malaysia vs East Timor: Number of terrorist attacks

Malaysia

0 attacks

in 2021

East Timor

0 attacks

in 2021

Malaysia rank

80th

East Timor rank

80th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Malaysia
East Timor

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0 attacks against 0 attacks in East Timor, a difference of 0 attacks.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was East Timor ahead.

Malaysia ranks 80th and East Timor ranks 80th of 188 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 5 and East Timor in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.7 attacks	0 attacks	0.7 attacks	Malaysia
1980s	2.2 attacks	0 attacks	2.2 attacks	Malaysia
1990s	0.8889 attacks	0 attacks	0.8889 attacks	Malaysia
2000s	0.7 attacks	1 attacks	0.3 attacks	East Timor
2010s	6.4 attacks	0 attacks	6.4 attacks	Malaysia
2020s	0.5 attacks	0 attacks	0.5 attacks	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of terrorist attacks, Malaysia or East Timor?: Malaysia, at 0 attacks against 0 attacks in East Timor as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of terrorist attacks between Malaysia and East Timor?: 0 attacks, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and East Timor?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
How do Malaysia and East Timor rank globally for number of terrorist attacks?: Malaysia ranks 80th and East Timor ranks 80th 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.