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

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
 Nigeria 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 16 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

2014

2013

2012

See also

References

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