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Number of terrorist attacks by country

Total number of terrorist attacks.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1,453 attacks
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 attacks
Wallis and Futuna
Median
0 attacks
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021

What the numbers show

Number of terrorist attacks is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1,453 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 26.34 attacks.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 10,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Number of terrorist attacks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1,453 attacks 2021 up 245.1% volatile
2 Iraq 547 attacks 2021 down 58.2% volatile
3 Nigeria 448 attacks 2021 up 156.0% volatile
4 Yemen 290 attacks 2021 up 145.8% volatile
5 India 235 attacks 2021 down 63.6% volatile
6 Myanmar 216 attacks 2021 up 10,700.0% volatile
7 Pakistan 150 attacks 2021 down 85.2% volatile
8 Syria 144 attacks 2021 up 193.9% volatile
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 142 attacks 2021 up 787.5% volatile
10 Somalia 125 attacks 2021 down 32.4% volatile
11 Philippines 104 attacks 2021 down 31.1% volatile
12 Israel 101 attacks 2021 up 98.0% volatile
13 Saudi Arabia 94 attacks 2021 up 4,600.0% volatile
14 Colombia 76 attacks 2021 down 19.1% volatile
14 Mali 76 attacks 2021 up 1,800.0% volatile
16 Burkina Faso 53 attacks 2021 — volatile
17 Cameroon 46 attacks 2021 up 1,433.3% volatile
18 Chile 45 attacks 2021 up 650.0% volatile
19 Mozambique 41 attacks 2021 — volatile
20 United Kingdom 40 attacks 2021 down 14.9% volatile
21 Niger 38 attacks 2021 up 1,800.0% volatile
22 Ethiopia 36 attacks 2021 up 1,100.0% volatile
23 USSR 34 attacks 1991 — volatile
24 Kenya 33 attacks 2021 down 21.4% volatile
25 Thailand 27 attacks 2021 down 85.2% volatile
26 Indonesia 26 attacks 2021 up 23.8% volatile
26 United States 26 attacks 2021 up 188.9% volatile
28 Mexico 21 attacks 2021 up 950.0% volatile
29 France 19 attacks 2021 up 137.5% volatile
30 Central African Republic 18 attacks 2021 up 500.0% volatile
31 South Africa 15 attacks 2021 — volatile
32 South Sudan 14 attacks 2021 — volatile
32 Turkey 14 attacks 2021 down 72.5% volatile
34 Germany 13 attacks 2021 up 62.5% volatile
34 Sudan 13 attacks 2021 down 65.8% volatile
36 Canada 12 attacks 2021 — volatile
36 Venezuela 12 attacks 2021 — volatile
38 Egypt 11 attacks 2021 down 38.9% volatile
38 Greece 11 attacks 2021 unchanged volatile
38 Uganda 11 attacks 2021 — volatile
41 Bangladesh 10 attacks 2021 down 23.1% volatile
41 Cote d'Ivoire 10 attacks 2021 up 233.3% volatile
41 Ukraine 10 attacks 2021 up 233.3% volatile
44 Libya 8 attacks 2021 up 300.0% volatile
45 Burundi 6 attacks 2021 down 25.0% volatile
45 Netherlands 6 attacks 2021 up 200.0% volatile
47 China 5 attacks 2021 up 25.0% volatile
47 Peru 5 attacks 2021 — volatile
47 Sweden 5 attacks 2021 up 400.0% volatile
50 Brazil 4 attacks 2021 — volatile
50 Djibouti 4 attacks 2021 — volatile
50 Iran 4 attacks 2021 down 69.2% volatile
50 Tunisia 4 attacks 2021 up 33.3% volatile
54 Italy 3 attacks 2021 down 40.0% volatile
54 Nepal 3 attacks 2021 down 93.5% volatile
54 Paraguay 3 attacks 2021 down 25.0% volatile
57 Argentina 2 attacks 2021 up 100.0% volatile
57 Belgium 2 attacks 2021 — volatile
57 Switzerland 2 attacks 2021 down 33.3% volatile
57 Spain 2 attacks 2021 — volatile
57 Estonia 2 attacks 2021 up 100.0% volatile
57 Ireland 2 attacks 2021 down 50.0% volatile
57 Liberia 2 attacks 2021 — volatile
57 Chad 2 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Albania 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Australia 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Benin 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Algeria 1 attacks 2021 down 93.3% volatile
65 Ghana 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Guatemala 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Lebanon 1 attacks 2021 down 90.0% volatile
65 Sri Lanka 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Latvia 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Maldives 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Rwanda 1 attacks 2021 down 50.0% volatile
65 El Salvador 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Serbia 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Zambia 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
65 Western Sahara 1 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Angola 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Andorra 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 United Arab Emirates 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Armenia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Antigua and Barbuda 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Austria 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Azerbaijan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Bulgaria 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Bahrain 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Bahamas 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Belarus 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Belize 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Bolivia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Barbados 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Brunei 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Bhutan 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Botswana 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Comoros 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Costa Rica 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Cuba 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Cyprus 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Czechia 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Dominica 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Denmark 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Dominican Republic 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Ecuador 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Eritrea 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Finland 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Fiji 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Gabon 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Georgia 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Guinea 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Gambia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Guinea-Bissau 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Equatorial Guinea 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Grenada 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Guyana 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Hong Kong 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Honduras 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Croatia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Haiti 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Hungary 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Iceland 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Jamaica 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Jordan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Japan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Kazakhstan 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Kyrgyzstan 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Cambodia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 South Korea 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Kuwait 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Laos 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Saint Lucia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Lesotho 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Lithuania 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Luxembourg 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Macao 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Morocco 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Moldova 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Madagascar 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Malta 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Montenegro 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Mauritania 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Mauritius 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Malawi 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Malaysia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Namibia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 New Caledonia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Nicaragua 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Norway 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 New Zealand 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Panama 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Papua New Guinea 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Poland 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 North Korea 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Portugal 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 French Polynesia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Qatar 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Romania 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Russia 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Senegal 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Singapore 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Solomon Islands 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Sierra Leone 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Suriname 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Slovakia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Slovenia 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Eswatini 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Seychelles 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Togo 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Tajikistan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Turkmenistan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 East Timor 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Tanzania 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Uruguay 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Uzbekistan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Vietnam 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Vanuatu 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Zimbabwe 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 French Guiana 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Guadeloupe 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Martinique 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Taiwan 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Falkland Islands 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Vatican 0 attacks 2021 — volatile
80 Wallis and Futuna 0 attacks 2021 — volatile

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About this data

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
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