Mexico vs United States: Number of terrorist attacks

Mexico

21 attacks

in 2021

United States

26 attacks

in 2021

Mexico rank

27th

United States rank

25th

Number of terrorist attacks over time

United States currently reports 26 attacks against 21 attacks in Mexico, a difference of 5 attacks.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

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

Mexico ranks 27th and United States ranks 25th 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.