Injuries from terrorist attacks by country

Total number of non-fatal injuries from terrorist attacks.

Countries reporting
178
Highest
3,796 injuries
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 injuries
Vatican
Median
0 injuries
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021

What the numbers show

Injuries from terrorist attacks is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 3,796 injuries in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 injuries in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 injuries, and the mean is 46.75 injuries.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 12,650.0%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).

Injuries from terrorist attacks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 3,796 injuries 2021 up 95.6% volatile
2 Yemen 555 injuries 2021 up 33.7% volatile
3 Iraq 546 injuries 2021 down 89.2% volatile
4 Nigeria 446 injuries 2021 down 27.9% volatile
5 Syria 365 injuries 2021 up 69.8% volatile
6 Pakistan 324 injuries 2021 down 87.8% volatile
7 Somalia 304 injuries 2021 down 52.5% volatile
8 Mali 255 injuries 2021 up 12,650.0% volatile
9 United States 197 injuries 2021 up 9,750.0% volatile
10 India 177 injuries 2021 down 75.8% volatile
11 Colombia 153 injuries 2021 up 80.0% volatile
12 Burkina Faso 135 injuries 2021 volatile
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 124 injuries 2021 up 1,450.0% volatile
14 Myanmar 115 injuries 2021 volatile
15 Niger 99 injuries 2021 up 1,550.0% volatile
16 Israel 95 injuries 2021 up 23.4% volatile
17 Philippines 93 injuries 2021 down 59.2% volatile
18 Kenya 67 injuries 2021 down 40.2% volatile
19 Ethiopia 60 injuries 2021 up 1,900.0% volatile
20 Burundi 39 injuries 2021 up 30.0% volatile
21 Central African Republic 36 injuries 2021 up 1,100.0% volatile
22 Cameroon 32 injuries 2021 volatile
23 Indonesia 28 injuries 2021 down 60.0% volatile
24 Thailand 24 injuries 2021 down 94.5% volatile
25 South Sudan 22 injuries 2021 volatile
25 Venezuela 22 injuries 2021 volatile
25 USSR 22 injuries 1991 volatile
28 China 16 injuries 2021 down 50.0% volatile
28 Sudan 16 injuries 2021 down 87.0% volatile
30 Cote d'Ivoire 11 injuries 2021 up 266.7% volatile
31 Egypt 10 injuries 2021 down 90.8% volatile
31 United Kingdom 10 injuries 2021 up 233.3% volatile
31 Saudi Arabia 10 injuries 2021 down 33.3% volatile
34 Switzerland 9 injuries 2021 up 350.0% volatile
34 Chile 9 injuries 2021 up 800.0% volatile
34 Sweden 9 injuries 2021 volatile
37 Germany 8 injuries 2021 up 300.0% volatile
37 Libya 8 injuries 2021 up 300.0% volatile
37 Nepal 8 injuries 2021 down 90.0% volatile
40 Bangladesh 7 injuries 2021 up 16.7% volatile
40 Turkey 7 injuries 2021 down 93.6% volatile
42 Maldives 6 injuries 2021 volatile
42 Ukraine 6 injuries 2021 volatile
44 Albania 5 injuries 2021 volatile
45 France 4 injuries 2021 unchanged volatile
45 Iran 4 injuries 2021 down 69.2% volatile
45 Mozambique 4 injuries 2021 volatile
48 Canada 3 injuries 2021 volatile
48 Algeria 3 injuries 2021 down 91.2% volatile
48 Mexico 3 injuries 2021 up 200.0% volatile
51 Djibouti 2 injuries 2021 volatile
51 El Salvador 2 injuries 2021 volatile
51 Tunisia 2 injuries 2021 volatile
51 Uganda 2 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Benin 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Brazil 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Guatemala 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Sri Lanka 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Latvia 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 Serbia 1 injuries 2021 volatile
55 South Africa 1 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Angola 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 United Arab Emirates 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Argentina 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Armenia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Australia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Austria 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Azerbaijan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Belgium 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Bulgaria 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Bahrain 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Belarus 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Bolivia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Barbados 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Brunei 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Bhutan 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Botswana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Comoros 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Costa Rica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Cuba 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Cyprus 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Czechia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Dominica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Denmark 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Dominican Republic 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Ecuador 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Eritrea 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Spain 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Estonia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Finland 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Fiji 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Gabon 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Georgia 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Ghana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Gambia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Guinea-Bissau 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Equatorial Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Greece 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Grenada 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Guyana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Hong Kong 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Honduras 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Croatia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Haiti 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Hungary 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Ireland 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Italy 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Jamaica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Jordan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Japan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Kazakhstan 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Cambodia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 South Korea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Kuwait 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Laos 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Lebanon 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Liberia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Saint Lucia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Lesotho 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Lithuania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Luxembourg 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Macao 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Morocco 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Moldova 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Madagascar 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Malta 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Montenegro 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Mauritania 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Mauritius 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Malawi 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Malaysia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Namibia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 New Caledonia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Nicaragua 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Netherlands 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Norway 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 New Zealand 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Panama 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Peru 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Papua New Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Poland 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 North Korea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Portugal 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Paraguay 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 French Polynesia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Qatar 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Romania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Russia 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Rwanda 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Senegal 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
62 Singapore 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Sierra Leone 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Suriname 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Slovakia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Slovenia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Eswatini 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Chad 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Togo 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Tajikistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Turkmenistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 East Timor 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Tanzania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Uruguay 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Uzbekistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Vietnam 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Zambia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Zimbabwe 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 French Guiana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Guadeloupe 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Martinique 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Taiwan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Western Sahara 0 injuries 2021 volatile
62 Vatican 0 injuries 2021 volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Injuries from terrorist attacks
Unit
injuries
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
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Total number of non-fatal injuries from terrorist attacks.