Terrorist attacks by method by country

Number of terrorist attacks of unknown type.

Countries reporting
130
Highest
411 attacks
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 attacks
Taiwan
Median
0 attacks
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021

What the numbers show

Terrorist attacks by method is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 411 attacks in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 attacks in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 attacks, and the mean is 4.62 attacks.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 2,640.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

Terrorist attacks by method: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 411 attacks 2021 up 2,640.0% volatile
2 Yemen 58 attacks 2021 up 544.4% volatile
3 Iraq 31 attacks 2021 up 342.9% volatile
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 18 attacks 2021 up 500.0% volatile
5 Myanmar 13 attacks 2021 volatile
6 Nigeria 12 attacks 2021 volatile
7 Somalia 11 attacks 2021 up 37.5% volatile
8 Syria 9 attacks 2021 up 350.0% volatile
9 Mozambique 8 attacks 2021 volatile
10 Cameroon 5 attacks 2021 volatile
10 Mali 5 attacks 2021 volatile
12 Central African Republic 3 attacks 2021 volatile
12 Pakistan 3 attacks 2021 down 80.0% volatile
14 Cote d'Ivoire 2 attacks 2021 volatile
14 Kenya 2 attacks 2021 up 100.0% volatile
14 Niger 2 attacks 2021 volatile
17 Burkina Faso 1 attacks 2021 volatile
17 Ethiopia 1 attacks 2021 unchanged volatile
17 France 1 attacks 2021 volatile
17 Greece 1 attacks 2021 volatile
17 India 1 attacks 2021 down 96.3% volatile
17 Philippines 1 attacks 2021 down 83.3% volatile
17 Sudan 1 attacks 2021 down 85.7% volatile
17 Venezuela 1 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Angola 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Albania 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Argentina 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Australia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Austria 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Azerbaijan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Burundi 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Belgium 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Benin 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Bangladesh 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Bulgaria 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Bahrain 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Bolivia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Brazil 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Canada 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Switzerland 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Chile 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 China 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Colombia 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Costa Rica 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Cuba 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Germany 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Denmark 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Dominican Republic 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Algeria 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Ecuador 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Egypt 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Eritrea 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Spain 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 United Kingdom 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Georgia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Ghana 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Guinea 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Gambia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Guatemala 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Guyana 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Hong Kong 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Honduras 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Croatia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Haiti 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Hungary 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Indonesia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Iran 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Iceland 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Israel 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Italy 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Jordan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Japan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Kazakhstan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Kyrgyzstan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Cambodia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 South Korea 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Kuwait 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Laos 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Lebanon 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Liberia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Libya 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Sri Lanka 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Lesotho 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Morocco 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Madagascar 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Maldives 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Mexico 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Malawi 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Malaysia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Namibia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Nicaragua 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Netherlands 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Norway 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Nepal 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Panama 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Peru 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Papua New Guinea 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Portugal 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Paraguay 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Qatar 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Russia 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Rwanda 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Saudi Arabia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Senegal 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Singapore 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Sierra Leone 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 El Salvador 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Serbia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 South Sudan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Suriname 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Sweden 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Eswatini 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Chad 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Togo 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Thailand 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Tajikistan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Tunisia 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Turkey 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
25 Tanzania 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Uganda 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Ukraine 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Uruguay 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 United States 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Uzbekistan 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Vietnam 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 South Africa 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Zimbabwe 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Guadeloupe 0 attacks 2021 volatile
25 Taiwan 0 attacks 2021 volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Terrorist attacks by method
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
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Number of terrorist attacks of unknown type.