Number of terrorist incidents by country

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This is a list of the number of incidents labelled as Terrorism and not believed to have been carried out by a Government or its forces (see State terrorism and State-sponsored terrorism). The following tables show the number of incidents, deaths, injuries based on data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) which was collected and collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. [1] The GTD defines a terrorist attack as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non‐state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation." [2]

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Worldwide

By year

Terrorist incidents worldwide [3] [4] [5] [6]
YearNumber of
incidents
DeathsInjuriesRemarks
20198,47320,309?
20189,60022,980?
201710,90026,44524,927
201613,58734,87140,001
201514,96538,85344,043
201416,90344,49041,128
201312,03622,27337,688
20128,52215,49725,445
20115,0768,24614,659
20104,8267,82715,947
20094,7219,27319,138
20084,8059,15718,998
20073,24212,82422,524
20062,7589,38015,550
20052,0176,33112,784
20041,1665,74312,022
20031,2783,3177,384
20021,3334,8057,162
20011,9067,72922,774
20001,8144,4035,869
19991,3953,3935,341
19989344,6888,183
19973,19710,9249,072
19963,0586,96610,795
19953,0816,10314,292
19943,4567,6907,569
19937462,6655,607
19925,0719,7429,915
19914,6838,4297,591
19903,8877,1486,128
19894,3248,1525,539
19883,7217,2086,960
19873,1836,4825,775
19862,8604,9765,814
19852,9157,0945,130
19843,49510,4505,291
19832,8709,4444,047
19822,5445,1363,342
19812,5864,8513,337
19802,6624,4003,645
19792,6622,1002,506
19781,5261,4591,600
19771,319456518
19769674756
1975740617617
1974581539865
1973473370495
1972568566409
197147117382
1970651174212
Total182,437420,690529,476

By country

2017

Terrorist incidents by country in 2016 [3] [4]
CountryNumber of
incidents
DeathsInjuries
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg Afghanistan 1,0831,00284
Flag of the United States.svg United States of America 4841,8051,031
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 2432,0261,303
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 226762722
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 224877626
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 190289171
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 181222328
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 17972270
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 143596193
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 141361сосал?
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 12242301
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 11784117
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 11521835
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 10682176
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 9712697
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 94228243
Flag of Palestine.svg West Bank and Gaza Strip 835075
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 614064
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 543169
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 54581258
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 43601239
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4307
Flag of France.svg France 41728
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 4113
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 412573
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3361114
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 321715
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 325345
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 29217
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27110
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 276753
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 272027
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 231749
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 21626
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 2120127
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 20236
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 18532
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 17532
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1700
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 141219
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 1332
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1372
Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1314872
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1202
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 27269
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 112211
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 113967
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1041
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 841
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 808
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 803
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 884
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 804
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 6621
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 67411
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 684
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 61676
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 402
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 455
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 421111
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 442
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4421
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 301
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 322
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 300
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 310
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 300
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 300
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 300
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 252
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 200
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 200
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 200
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2210
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 200
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 200
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 228
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 210
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 210
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 101
Flag of Laos.svg Laos 110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 100
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 105
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 100
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 100
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras 120
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 121
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 100
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 100
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 100
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 100
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 120
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 100
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 100
Total10,90026,44524,927

2016

Terrorist incidents by country in 2016 [7] [8]
CountryNumber of
incidents
DeathsInjuriesRemarks
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 3,35612,18714,285
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg Afghanistan 1,6156,1196,485
Flag of India.svg India 1,019462784
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 8611,1121,894
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 633411720
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 5901,5581,275
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 5401,0042,772
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 5312,1641,155
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 5211,5171,340
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 4722,7552,936
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 417631737
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 365606626
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 329120385
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 173182213
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 169532176
Flag of Palestine.svg West Bank and Gaza Strip 15790124
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 124161196
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 104920
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 98176220
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 887690
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 853860
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 8374213
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 786283
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 747358
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 657269
Flag of the United States.svg United States 6168139
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 604839
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 59633191
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 54245324
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 546461
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5016175
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 43515
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4127117
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 412574
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 34189173
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 31662
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 272111
Flag of France.svg France 2695470
Flag of Niger.svg Niger 23184139
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 192235
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1969
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1704
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1601
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1523
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 157519
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 15102
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 13310
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1327983
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 127126
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1111
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 106240
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 10128
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 901
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 992
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 93565
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 800
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 636276
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 6977
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6134
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 613
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 51318
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 540
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 52268
Flag of Laos.svg Laos 4315
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 417
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 415
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 312
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 304
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 300
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 300
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 31011
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3117
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 332
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 217
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 200
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 200
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 201
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 261
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 201
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 200
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 202
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 211
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 211
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11926 Sagamihara stabbings
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 103
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 102
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 111
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 113
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 170
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 100
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovak Republic 101
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 100
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 102
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 100
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 12233 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 100
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 110
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 100
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 100
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 110
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 110
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 110
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 100
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 1391A grenade attack on June 26
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 100
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 101
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras 120
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 100
Total13,48834,67639,851

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See also

References

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