Injuries from terrorist attacks by country

Total number of non-fatal injuries from terrorist attacks.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
3,796 injuries
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 injuries
Wallis and Futuna
Median
0 injuries
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021

What the numbers show

Injuries from terrorist attacks is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 3,796 injuries in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 injuries in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 injuries, and the mean is 45.6 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
27 China 16 injuries 2021 down 50.0% volatile
27 Sudan 16 injuries 2021 down 87.0% volatile
29 Cote d'Ivoire 11 injuries 2021 up 266.7% volatile
30 Egypt 10 injuries 2021 down 90.8% volatile
30 United Kingdom 10 injuries 2021 up 233.3% volatile
30 Saudi Arabia 10 injuries 2021 down 33.3% volatile
33 Switzerland 9 injuries 2021 up 350.0% volatile
33 Chile 9 injuries 2021 up 800.0% volatile
33 Sweden 9 injuries 2021 volatile
36 Germany 8 injuries 2021 up 300.0% volatile
36 Libya 8 injuries 2021 up 300.0% volatile
36 Nepal 8 injuries 2021 down 90.0% volatile
39 Bangladesh 7 injuries 2021 up 16.7% volatile
39 Turkey 7 injuries 2021 down 93.6% volatile
41 Maldives 6 injuries 2021 volatile
41 Ukraine 6 injuries 2021 volatile
43 Albania 5 injuries 2021 volatile
44 France 4 injuries 2021 unchanged volatile
44 Iran 4 injuries 2021 down 69.2% volatile
44 Mozambique 4 injuries 2021 volatile
47 Canada 3 injuries 2021 volatile
47 Algeria 3 injuries 2021 down 91.2% volatile
47 Mexico 3 injuries 2021 up 200.0% volatile
50 Djibouti 2 injuries 2021 volatile
50 El Salvador 2 injuries 2021 volatile
50 Tunisia 2 injuries 2021 volatile
50 Uganda 2 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Benin 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Brazil 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Guatemala 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Sri Lanka 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Latvia 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 Serbia 1 injuries 2021 volatile
54 South Africa 1 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Angola 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Andorra 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 United Arab Emirates 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Argentina 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Armenia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Antigua and Barbuda 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Australia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Austria 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Azerbaijan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Belgium 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Bulgaria 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Bahrain 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Bahamas 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Belarus 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Belize 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Bolivia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Barbados 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Brunei 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Bhutan 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Botswana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Comoros 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Costa Rica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Cuba 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Cyprus 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Czechia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Dominica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Denmark 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Dominican Republic 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Ecuador 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Eritrea 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Spain 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Estonia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Finland 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Fiji 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Gabon 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Georgia 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Ghana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Gambia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Guinea-Bissau 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Equatorial Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Greece 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Grenada 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Guyana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Hong Kong 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Honduras 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Croatia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Haiti 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Hungary 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Iceland 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Italy 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Jamaica 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Jordan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Japan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Kazakhstan 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Kyrgyzstan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Cambodia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 South Korea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Kuwait 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Laos 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Lebanon 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Liberia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Saint Lucia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Lesotho 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Lithuania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Macao 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Morocco 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Moldova 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Madagascar 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Montenegro 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Mauritania 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Mauritius 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Malawi 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Malaysia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Namibia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 New Caledonia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Nicaragua 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Netherlands 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Norway 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 New Zealand 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Panama 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Peru 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Papua New Guinea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Poland 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 North Korea 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Portugal 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Paraguay 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 French Polynesia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Qatar 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Romania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Russia 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Rwanda 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Senegal 0 injuries 2021 down 100.0% volatile
61 Singapore 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Solomon Islands 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Sierra Leone 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Suriname 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Slovakia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Slovenia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Eswatini 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Seychelles 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Chad 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Togo 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Tajikistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Turkmenistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 East Timor 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Trinidad and Tobago 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Tanzania 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Uruguay 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Uzbekistan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Vietnam 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Vanuatu 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Zambia 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Zimbabwe 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 French Guiana 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Taiwan 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Western Sahara 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Falkland Islands 0 injuries 2021 flat
61 Vatican 0 injuries 2021 volatile
61 Wallis and Futuna 0 injuries 2021 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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
Last refreshed

Total number of non-fatal injuries from terrorist attacks.