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 is 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

Terrorist incidents map of the world 1970–2015. A total of 157,520 incidents are plotted. Orange: 1970–1999, Red: 2000–2015
Trend of terrorist incidents worldwide

By year

Terrorist incidents worldwide[3] [4]
YearNumber of
incidents		DeathsInjuriesRemarks
201710,90026,50224,976
201613,48834,67639,851
201514,85238,46443,960
201416,86043,56641,061
201311,99622,23437,666
20128,50015,43625,486
20115,0718,22814,652
20104,8227,72715,860
20094,7199,27119,128
20084,8039,13518,984
20073,24112,85822,453
20062,7499,36215,551
20052,0096,31312,769
20041,1625,71811,817
20031,2623,2787,091
20021,3324,7997,103
20011,9077,74321,151
20001,8134,4025,869
19991,3953,3885,341
19989334,6888,183
19973,20010,9289,174
19963,0566,96510,781
19953,0816,09414,288
19943,4587,6917,573
19937472,6695,600
19925,0739,7459,927
19914,6838,4297,591
19903,8877,1486,128
19894,3238,1365,512
19883,7207,1896,860
19873,1846,4765,769
19862,8604,9765,814
19852,9157,0945,130
19843,49510,4505,291
19832,8709,4444,047
19822,5455,1353,342
19812,5854,8513,337
19802,6624,3913,645
19792,6612,1002,502
19781,5261,4591,600
19771,319456518
1976923672755
1975740617617
1974580542763
1973473370495
1972496566408
197147017382
1970651171192
Total171,097386,223501,717

By country

2016

Terrorist incidents by country in 2016[3][4]
CountryNumber of
incidents		DeathsInjuriesRemarks
 Iraq3,35612,18714,285
 Afghanistan1,6156,1196,485
 India1,019462784
 Pakistan8611,1121,894
 Philippines633411720
 Somalia5901,5581,275
 Turkey5401,0042,772
 Nigeria5312,1641,155
 Yemen5211,5171,340
 Syria4722,7552,936
 Libya417631737
 Egypt365606626
 Thailand329120385
 Sudan173182213
 Democratic Republic of the Congo169532176
 West Bank and Gaza Strip15790124
 Saudi Arabia124161196
 United Kingdom104920
 Mali98176220
 Bangladesh887690
 Colombia853860
 Burundi8374213
 Mozambique786283
 Myanmar747358
 Kenya657269
 United States6168139
 Ukraine604839
 South Sudan59633191
 Cameroon54245324
 Russia546461
 Israel5016175
   Nepal43515
 Germany4127117
 Lebanon412574
 Central African Republic34189173
 Greece31662
 South Africa272111
 France2695470
 Niger23184139
 Indonesia192235
 Malaysia1969
 Chile1704
 Sweden1601
 Ireland1523
 Uganda157519
 Paraguay15102
 Republic of the Congo13310
 Ethiopia1327983
 Tunisia127126
 Italy1111
 Burkina Faso106240
 Iran10128
 Australia901
 Algeria992
 Jordan93565
 Kosovo800
 Belgium636276
 Venezuela6977
 Canada6134
 Netherlands613
 China51318
 Mexico540
 Chad52268
 Laos4315
 Georgia417
 Kyrgyzstan415
 Bahrain312
 Spain304
 Finland300
 Austria300
 Kazakhstan31011
 Peru3117
 Tanzania332
 Ecuador217
 Angola200
 Cyprus200
 Czech Republic201
 Armenia261
 Poland201
 Albania200
 Argentina202
 Azerbaijan211
 Kuwait211
 Japan11926Sagamihara stabbings
 Maldives103
 Sri Lanka102
 Uruguay111
 Denmark113
 Haiti170
 South Korea100
 Slovak Republic101
 Guyana100
 Hungary102
 Rwanda100
 Ivory Coast122332016 Grand-Bassam shootings
 Panama100
 Brazil110
 Moldova100
 New Zealand100
 Sierra Leone110
 Guinea110
 Tajikistan110
  Switzerland100
 Madagascar1391A grenade attack on June 26
 Taiwan100
 Bulgaria101
 Honduras120
 Ghana100
Total13,48834,67638,645

2015

2014

2013

2012

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2016). Global Terrorism Database (globalterrorismdb_0616dist.xlsx). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
  2. ↑ "GLOBAL TERRORISM DATABASE CODEBOOK: INCLUSION CRITERIA AND VARIABLES". National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. June 2016.
  3. 1 2 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2017). Global Terrorism Database (globalterrorismdb_0617dist.xlsx). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
  4. 1 2 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2017). Global Terrorism Database (gtd1993_0617dist.xlsx). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
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