Terrorist attacks by method by country
Number of terrorist attacks of unknown type.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
411 attacks
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 attacks
Wallis and Futuna
Median
0 attacks
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021
What the numbers show
Terrorist attacks by method is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 411 attacks in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 attacks in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 attacks, and the mean is 3.3 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Andorra | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Argentina | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Armenia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Bahamas | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Belarus | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Belize | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Bolivia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Barbados | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Brunei | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Bhutan | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Botswana | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Comoros | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cuba | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Germany | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Djibouti | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Dominica | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Estonia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Finland | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Fiji | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Gabon | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Grenada | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Jamaica | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Saint Lucia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Lesotho | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Macao | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Morocco | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Moldova | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Maldives | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Montenegro | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Mauritania | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Mauritius | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Malawi | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Malaysia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Namibia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | New Zealand | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Panama | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | North Korea | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Portugal | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Paraguay | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | French Polynesia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Qatar | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Romania | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Solomon Islands | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Slovakia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Sweden | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Seychelles | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Turkmenistan | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | East Timor | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 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 | Vanuatu | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Zambia | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | French Guiana | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Taiwan | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Western Sahara | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Falkland Islands | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Vatican | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
| 25 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 attacks | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
Number of terrorist attacks of unknown type.