Number of terrorist incidents by country

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]

Worldwide

By year

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Terrorist incidents worldwide ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Year	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
2019	8,473	20,309	?
2018	9,600	22,980	?
2017	10,900	26,445	24,927
2016	13,587	34,871	40,001
2015	14,965	38,853	44,043
2014	16,903	44,490	41,128
2013	12,036	22,273	37,688
2012	8,522	15,497	25,445
2011	5,076	8,246	14,659
2010	4,826	7,827	15,947
2009	4,721	9,273	19,138
2008	4,805	9,157	18,998
2007	3,242	12,824	22,524
2006	2,758	9,380	15,550
2005	2,017	6,331	12,784
2004	1,166	5,743	12,022
2003	1,278	3,317	7,384
2002	1,333	4,805	7,162
2001	1,906	7,729	22,774
2000	1,814	4,403	5,869
1999	1,395	3,393	5,341
1998	934	4,688	8,183
1997	3,197	10,924	9,072
1996	3,058	6,966	10,795
1995	3,081	6,103	14,292
1994	3,456	7,690	7,569
1993	746	2,665	5,607
1992	5,071	9,742	9,915
1991	4,683	8,429	7,591
1990	3,887	7,148	6,128
1989	4,324	8,152	5,539
1988	3,721	7,208	6,960
1987	3,183	6,482	5,775
1986	2,860	4,976	5,814
1985	2,915	7,094	5,130
1984	3,495	10,450	5,291
1983	2,870	9,444	4,047
1982	2,544	5,136	3,342
1981	2,586	4,851	3,337
1980	2,662	4,400	3,645
1979	2,662	2,100	2,506
1978	1,526	1,459	1,600
1977	1,319	456	518
1976	9	674	756
1975	740	617	617
1974	581	539	865
1973	473	370	495
1972	568	566	409
1971	471	173	82
1970	651	174	212
Total	182,437	420,690	529,476

By country

2017

Terrorist incidents by country in 2017 ^{[3] [4]}

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries
Afghanistan	1,083	1,002	84
United States of America	484	1,805	1,031
Syria	243	2,026	1,303
Yemen	226	762	722
Egypt	224	877	626
Libya	190	289	171
Turkey	181	222	328
Thailand	179	72	270
Republic of the Congo	143	596	193
Mali	141	361	347
United Kingdom	122	42	301
Colombia	117	84	117
Myanmar	115	218	35
Sudan	106	82	176
Kenya	97	126	97
Cameroon	94	228	243
West Bank and Gaza Strip	83	50	75
Ukraine	61	40	64
Saudi Arabia	54	31	69
South Sudan	54	581	258
Central African Republic	43	601	239
Greece	43	0	7
France	41	7	28
Sri Lanka	41	1	3
Bangladesh	41	25	73
Russia	33	61	114
Israel	32	17	15
Burkina Faso	32	53	45
South Africa	29	21	7
Germany	27	1	10
Ethiopia	27	67	53
Indonesia	27	20	27
Lebanon	23	17	49
Bahrain	21	6	26
Burundi	21	20	127
Mexico	20	23	6
Sweden	18	5	32
Venezuela	17	5	32
Ireland	17	0	0
Algeria	14	12	19
Ivory Coast	13	3	2
Uganda	13	7	2
Niger	13	148	72
Chile	12	0	2
Pakistan	27	26	9
Mozambique	11	22	11
Iran	11	39	67
Paraguay	10	4	1
Jordan	8	4	1
Italy	8	0	8
Papua New Guinea	8	0	3
Peru	8	8	4
Kosovo	8	0	4
Chad	6	62	1
Angola	6	7	411
Tanzania	6	8	4
China	6	16	76
Gabon	4	0	2
Tunisia	4	5	5
Spain	4	21	111
Malaysia	4	4	2
Australia	4	4	21
Zimbabwe	3	0	1
Belgium	3	2	2
Sierra Leone	3	0	0
Malta	3	1	0
Ecuador	3	0	0
Argentina	3	0	0
Czech Republic	3	0	0
Azerbaijan	2	5	2
Jamaica	2	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	0
Zambia	2	0	0
Finland	2	2	10
Vietnam	2	0	0
Brazil	2	0	0
Rwanda	2	2	8
Maldives	2	1	0
Tajikistan	2	1	0
Taiwan	1	0	1
Laos	1	1	0
Netherlands	1	0	0
Georgia	1	0	5
Poland	1	0	0
Djibouti	1	0	0
Honduras	1	2	0
Dominican Republic	1	2	1
Latvia	1	0	0
Albania	1	0	0
Liberia	1	0	0
North Macedonia	1	0	0
Austria	1	2	0
Norway	1	0	0
Malawi	1	0	0
Total	10,900	26,445	24,927

2016

Terrorist incidents by country in 2016 ^{[7] [8]}

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Iraq	3,356	12,187	14,285
Afghanistan	1,615	6,119	6,485
India	1,019	462	784
Pakistan	861	1,112	1,894
Philippines	633	411	720
Somalia	590	1,558	1,275
Turkey	540	1,004	2,772
Nigeria	531	2,164	1,155
Yemen	521	1,517	1,340
Syria	472	2,755	2,936
Libya	417	631	737
Egypt	365	606	626
Thailand	329	120	385
Sudan	173	182	213
Democratic Republic of the Congo	169	532	176
West Bank and Gaza Strip	157	90	124
Saudi Arabia	124	161	196
United Kingdom	104	9	20
Mali	98	176	220
Bangladesh	88	76	90
Colombia	85	38	60
Burundi	83	74	213
Mozambique	78	62	83
Myanmar	74	73	58
Kenya	65	72	69
United States	61	68	139
Ukraine	60	48	39
South Sudan	59	633	191
Cameroon	54	245	324
Russia	54	64	61
Israel	50	16	175
Nepal	43	5	15
Germany	41	27	117
Lebanon	41	25	74
Central African Republic	34	189	173
Greece	31	66	2
South Africa	27	21	11
France	26	95	470
Niger	23	184	139
Indonesia	19	22	35
Malaysia	19	6	9
Chile	17	0	4
Sweden	16	0	1
Ireland	15	2	3
Uganda	15	75	19
Paraguay	15	10	2
Republic of the Congo	13	31	0
Ethiopia	13	279	83
Tunisia	12	71	26
Italy	11	1	1
Burkina Faso	10	62	40
Iran	10	12	8
Australia	9	0	1
Algeria	9	9	2
Jordan	9	35	65
Kosovo	8	0	0
Belgium	6	36	276
Venezuela	6	9	77
Canada	6	1	34
Netherlands	6	1	3
China	5	13	18
Mexico	5	4	0
Chad	5	22	68
Laos	4	3	15
Georgia	4	1	7
Kyrgyzstan	4	1	5
Bahrain	3	1	2
Spain	3	0	4
Finland	3	0	0
Austria	3	0	0
Kazakhstan	3	10	11
Peru	3	11	7
Tanzania	3	3	2
Ecuador	2	1	7
Angola	2	0	0
Cyprus	2	0	0
Czech Republic	2	0	1
Armenia	2	6	1
Poland	2	0	1
Albania	2	0	0
Argentina	2	0	2
Azerbaijan	2	1	1
Kuwait	2	1	1
Japan	1	19	26	Sagamihara stabbings
Maldives	1	0	3
Sri Lanka	1	0	2
Uruguay	1	1	1
Denmark	1	1	3
Haiti	1	7	0
South Korea	1	0	0
Slovak Republic	1	0	1
Guyana	1	0	0
Hungary	1	0	2
Rwanda	1	0	0
Ivory Coast	1	22	33	2016 Grand-Bassam shootings
Panama	1	0	0
Brazil	1	1	0
Moldova	1	0	0
New Zealand	1	0	0
Sierra Leone	1	1	0
Guinea	1	1	0
Tajikistan	1	1	0
Switzerland	1	0	0
Madagascar	1	3	91	A grenade attack on June 26
Taiwan	1	0	0
Bulgaria	1	0	1
Honduras	1	2	0
Ghana	1	0	0
Total	13,488	34,676	39,851

2015

Terrorist incidents by country in 2015 ^[1]

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Iraq	2,743	8,831	13,322
Afghanistan	1,926	6,208	6,958
Pakistan	1,235	1,606	1,847
India	882	387	647
Philippines	717	444	752
Yemen	668	2,373	3,065
Ukraine	637	765	1,401
Nigeria	637	5,351	2,854
Egypt	582	790	1,000
Libya	542	689	840
Syria	485	3,916	2,978
Bangladesh	465	76	695
Turkey	416	490	1,100
Somalia	407	1,389	799
Thailand	277	116	462
West Bank and Gaza Strip	247	117	239
Sudan	158	210	329
Democratic Republic of the Congo	141	367	244
Colombia	135	104	137
Mali	120	268	250
United Kingdom	115	1	23
Saudi Arabia	103	213	281
Burundi	97	220	218
Cameroon	82	928	461
Kenya	68	276	205
Israel	58	20	118
South Sudan	54	218	137
Germany	50	6	51
Central African Republic	48	172	91
Nepal	47	0	11
Lebanon	44	111	347
Niger	41	666	116
United States	38	44	52
France	36	161	159
Sweden	36	4	4
Myanmar	33	58	151
Greece	31	1	2
Ireland	29	0	0
Indonesia	28	19	17
Chad	27	306	427
Russia	21	21	24
Mexico	19	9	10
Paraguay	19	13	0
Bahrain	18	5	22
Tunisia	17	103	121
Algeria	16	21	19
China	16	123	83
Tanzania	14	10	14
Sri Lanka	11	3	14
Japan	10	0	0
Peru	10	6	7
Uganda	10	4	1
Iran	9	38	11
Finland	9	0	1
Mozambique	7	12	3
Australia	7	2	0
Ethiopia	7	48	43
Bosnia-Herzegovina	6	4	6
Italy	5	0	1
Canada	5	0	2
Brazil	5	3	0
Malaysia	5	1	1
Burkina Faso	5	6	9
North Macedonia	4	0	2
Albania	4	0	0
Ivory Coast	4	14	10
Denmark	4	2	5
Czech Republic	4	0	0
Jordan	4	7	11
Tajikistan	3	12	10
Cyprus	3	0	0
Venezuela	3	1	0
Kosovo	2	0	0
Netherlands	2	0	0
Laos	2	0	0
Senegal	2	0	4
Maldives	2	0	3
Estonia	2	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	2	1	0
Guinea	2	1	4
South Africa	2	2	32
Armenia	2	0	1
Bulgaria	2	0	0
Malta	1	0	0
Ecuador	1	0	0
Kuwait	1	28	227	2015 Kuwait mosque bombing
Lesotho	1	1	2
Georgia	1	0	0
Hungary	1	0	0
Djibouti	1	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0
Morocco	1	0	0
Chile	1	0	0
Argentina	1	0	0
South Korea	1	0	1
Montenegro	1	0	0
Uzbekistan	1	0	0
Qatar	1	0	1

2014

Terrorist incidents by country in 2014 ^[1]

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Iraq	3,925	13,076	16,735
Pakistan	2,147	2,412	3,395
Afghanistan	1,820	5,413	5,111
Ukraine	891	1,396	1,220
Somalia	862	1,582	780
India	860	490	776
Yemen	761	1,348	1,305
Libya	730	697	893
Nigeria	713	7,773	2,283
Philippines	597	472	723
Thailand	423	192	651
Egypt	346	338	547
Syria	328	3,301	1,980
Israel	293	49	152
Colombia	230	143	314
Lebanon	204	132	532
Sudan	157	546	320
West Bank and Gaza Strip	134	67	94
Bangladesh	130	38	114
Kenya	115	315	408
Democratic Republic of the Congo	109	366	170
United Kingdom	103	0	4
Central African Republic	94	751	298
Turkey	90	38	81
Mali	68	123	221
Cameroon	67	788	18
Russia	48	67	88
Bahrain	41	9	39
South Sudan	39	908	601
China	37	322	478
Indonesia	33	19	30
Ireland	33	0	1
United States	26	19	6
Greece	26	0	4
Tunisia	23	43	64
Mozambique	22	22	60
South Africa	20	9	8
Chile	17	1	26
Sri Lanka	16	3	65
Paraguay	15	6	2
France	14	1	15
Saudi Arabia	14	20	23
Algeria	13	37	30
Germany	13	0	0
Malaysia	12	1	4
Peru	12	4	12
Tanzania	11	4	43
Iran	10	13	6
Myanmar	10	15	35
Maldives	9	0	0
Australia	8	4	7
Nepal	7	0	7
Italy	7	0	3
Uganda	6	98	16
Sweden	5	0	1
Cyprus	5	0	0
Burundi	5	4	1
Niger	5	11	9
Mexico	5	1	2
Czech Republic	5	1	1
Japan	5	0	0
Venezuela	4	1	1
Kosovo	4	2	3
Jordan	3	1	7
Azerbaijan	3	0	1
Spain	3	0	0
Bosnia-Herzegovina	3	0	4
Brazil	3	2	0
Macedonia	3	0	5
Canada	3	7	6
Rwanda	2	1	16
Kyrgyzstan	2	1	1
Senegal	2	7	3
Nicaragua	2	5	28
Albania	2	1	2
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0
Belgium	2	4	3
Ethiopia	2	9	6
Georgia	2	0	1
Dominican Republic	1	0	35
Djibouti	1	5	15
Jamaica	1	0	1
Liberia	1	0	0
Honduras	1	0	1
Hungary	1	0	0
Ghana	1	0	3
New Zealand	1	0	0
Iceland	1	0	0
Malta	1	0	0
Bhutan	1	0	0
Bulgaria	1	0	0
Netherlands	1	0	0
Tajikistan	1	1	2
Madagascar	1	1	31
Turkmenistan	1	3	2
Chad	1	6	0
Ivory Coast	1	4	0
Zimbabwe	1	0	0

2013

Terrorist incidents by country in 2013 ^[1]

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Iraq	2,849	7,038	15,704
Pakistan	2,213	2,874	5,768
Afghanistan	1,441	3,696	4,321
India	694	467	771
Philippines	651	432	666
Thailand	471	252	679
Yemen	424	624	898
Nigeria	345	2,014	528
Somalia	334	646	597
Egypt	315	243	623
Libya	293	233	619
Syria	278	1,558	2,237
Colombia	148	137	263
Russia	144	148	288
Bangladesh	139	16	117
United Kingdom	137	4	64
Lebanon	121	190	1,048
Nepal	102	3	86
Kenya	79	206	446
West Bank and Gaza Strip	64	12	27
Mali	58	137	138
Greece	53	2	7
Bahrain	52	3	39
Sudan	46	220	150
Turkey	42	83	192
Israel	37	2	8
Indonesia	32	23	16
Tunisia	29	25	28
Ireland	26	0	1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	22	150	72
Algeria	22	101	48
Central African Republic	20	120	71
United States	19	22	422
Mozambique	18	37	80
Myanmar	17	10	25
Sri Lanka	14	0	29
Malaysia	13	2	1
South Sudan	13	226	113
South Africa	13	2	5
China	12	60	71
France	12	0	5
Iran	11	39	17
Paraguay	10	12	15
Peru	10	6	4
Cyprus	9	0	0
Mexico	8	47	110
Tanzania	7	8	83
Italy	7	0	4
Saudi Arabia	6	1	2
Kosovo	6	1	4
Guatemala	6	4	3
Spain	5	0	1
Ukraine	5	1	3
Ethiopia	5	17	0
Kazakhstan	4	0	1
Chile	4	2	1
Rwanda	4	6	62
Canada	4	0	0
Niger	4	26	33
Ivory Coast	4	4	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0
Maldives	3	0	2
Brazil	3	2	0
Zimbabwe	3	1	1
Cameroon	3	7	0
Senegal	3	7	1
Bulgaria	3	0	0
Madagascar	2	0	0
Montenegro	2	0	0
Croatia	2	0	1
Argentina	2	0	2
Guinea	2	0	0
Cambodia	2	0	0
Ecuador	2	1	0
Burundi	2	5	12
Honduras	2	5	0
Switzerland	2	0	0
Taiwan	2	0	0
Georgia	2	2	0
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0
Burkina Faso	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	1	0	0
Denmark	1	0	0
Republic of the Congo	1	2	5
Bahamas	1	0	0
Czech Republic	1	1	0
Albania	1	0	0
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1	0	0
Belize	1	0	0
Austria	1	0	2
Australia	1	0	0
Armenia	1	0	1
Jordan	1	0	0

2012

Terrorist incidents by country in 2012 ^[1]

Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Pakistan	1,652	2,783	4,264
Afghanistan	1,469	3,521	4,653
Iraq	1,438	2,688	7,015
Nigeria	616	1,504	1,012
India	611	264	651
Somalia	318	775	719
Yemen	312	1,056	925
Thailand	279	209	1,055
Philippines	247	210	440
Turkey	189	248	464
Syria	179	876	1,927
Russia	151	161	260
Colombia	115	168	456
Kenya	80	107	421
Israel	66	14	90
France	65	8	8
Libya	60	33	37
United Kingdom	51	1	2
Egypt	49	44	87
Nepal	46	9	29
Algeria	41	30	105
Sudan	40	60	95
Indonesia	39	15	20
Ireland	29	0	0
Bahrain	26	4	37
Democratic Republic of the Congo	25	288	165
West Bank and Gaza Strip	22	12	20
Greece	22	0	3
Bangladesh	18	8	32
Myanmar	17	16	10
United States	17	7	6
Ivory Coast	16	45	11
Mexico	16	17	8
Lebanon	15	9	92
Mali	14	5	45
Senegal	12	16	40
Italy	10	0	1
Ukraine	8	1	36
Peru	6	10	8
Rwanda	6	10	40
Saudi Arabia	6	4	10
Germany	5	0	0
South Sudan	5	68	22
Iran	5	12	11
Tajikistan	5	3	6
Burundi	4	6	22
Paraguay	4	1	2
Sri Lanka	4	0	1
Central African Republic	4	14	16
Kazakhstan	4	2	3
Kosovo	4	3	4
China	4	27	38
South Africa	4	5	4
Uganda	4	5	0
Serbia	3	1	2
Georgia	3	1	2
Ethiopia	3	25	8
Belarus	3	0	0
Chile	2	0	0
Sweden	2	0	0
Canada	2	0	0
Argentina	2	0	0
Bulgaria	2	8	30
Jordan	2	1	16
Malaysia	2	2	1
Bolivia	1	0	2
Guatemala	1	2	1
Madagascar	1	0	3
Liberia	1	0	0
Laos	1	0	0
Macedonia	1	5	0
Venezuela	1	0	2
Iceland	1	0	0
Ecuador	1	0	0
Belgium	1	1	1
Spain	1	0	0
Cyprus	1	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	1	1	0
Brazil	1	1	0
Moldova	1	0	0
Niger	1	1	0
Tunisia	1	0	0
Mozambique	1	1	4

See also

• Global Terrorism Index
• State-sponsored terrorism
• List of countries by Fragile States Index

References

1. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2016). Global Terrorism Database (globalterrorismdb_0616dist.xlsx Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine ). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
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5. "Trends in Global Terrorism" (PDF). umd.edu. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
6. "Global Terrorism Overview: Terrorism in 2019" (PDF). umd.edu. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
7. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2017). Global Terrorism Database (globalterrorismdb_0617dist.xlsx Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine ). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
8. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2017). Global Terrorism Database (gtd1993_0617dist.xlsx Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine ). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland

External links

• Global Terrorism Index by Institute for Economics and Peace