Myanmar vs Nigeria: Number of terrorist attacks

Myanmar

216 attacks

in 2021

Nigeria

448 attacks

in 2021

Myanmar rank

6th

Nigeria rank

3rd

Number of terrorist attacks over time

Nigeria currently reports 448 attacks against 216 attacks in Myanmar, a difference of 232 attacks.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.1 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nigeria ahead.

Myanmar ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 3rd 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.