South Africa vs Turkey: Number of terrorist attacks

South Africa

15 attacks

in 2021

Turkey

14 attacks

in 2021

South Africa rank

30th

Turkey rank

31st

Number of terrorist attacks over time

South Africa currently reports 15 attacks against 14 attacks in Turkey, a difference of 1 attacks.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Turkey ahead.

South Africa ranks 30th and Turkey ranks 31st 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.