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

Trend of terrorist incidents worldwide

Terrorist incidents worldwide^[1]^[3]
Year	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
2015	14,806	38,422	43,495
2014	16,840	43,550	40,989
2013	11,990	22,226	37,644
2012	8,498	15,432	25,500
2011	5,067	8,198	14,618
2010	4,821	7,720	15,780
2009	4,721	9,271	19,128
2008	4,787	9,093	18,800
2007	3,241	12,836	22,430
2006	2,751	9,363	15,552
2005	2,011	6,311	12,781
2004	1,161	5,713	11,757
2003	1,262	3,271	7,101
2002	1,332	4,799	7,096
2001	1,908	7,738	6,381	September 11 attacks
2000	1,813	4,422	5,867
1999	1,396	3,388	5,353
1998	933	4,678	8,175
1997	3,200	10,948	9,329
1996	3,056	6,953	10,781
1995	3,081	6,094	14,288
1994	3,458	7,691	7,573
1993	748	2,669	5,600
1992	5,073	9,745	9,927
1991	4,683	8,429	7,591
1990	3,887	7,148	6,128
1989	4,322	8,121	5,498
1988	3,721	7,192	6,860
1987	3,184	6,478	5,784
1986	2,860	5,003	5,787
1985	2,915	7,094	5,130
1984	3,494	10,449	5,291
1983	2,870	9,443	4,040
1982	2,545	5,135	3,341
1981	2,585	4,851	3,337
1980	2,663	4,428	3,668
1979	2,661	2,100	2,502
1978	1,526	1,459	1,600
1977	1,319	456	518
1976	923	672	755
1975	740	617	617
1974	580	542	754
1973	473	370	495
1972	494	566	222
1971	470	173	82
1970	651	171	192
Total	157,520	351,428	446,137

Terrorist incidents by country in 2015^[1]
Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries	Remarks
Iraq	2,743	8,831	13,322
Pakistan	1,926	6,208	6,958
Afghanistan	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
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

Terrorist incidents by country in 2014^[1]
Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries
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

Terrorist incidents by country in 2013^[1]
Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries
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

Terrorist incidents by country in 2012^[1]
Country	Number of incidents	Deaths	Injuries
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

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