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

By country

2015

Terrorist incidents by country in 2015[1]
Country Number of
incidents 		Deaths Injuries Remarks
 Iraq2,7438,83113,322
 Pakistan1,9266,2086,958
 Afghanistan1,2351,6061,847
 India882387647
 Philippines717444752
 Yemen6682,3733,065
 Ukraine6377651,401
 Nigeria6375,3512,854
 Egypt5827901,000
 Libya542689840
 Syria4853,9162,978
 Bangladesh46576695
 Turkey4164901,100
 Somalia4071,389799
 Thailand277116462
 West Bank and Gaza Strip247117239
 Sudan158210329
 Democratic Republic of the Congo141367244
 Colombia135104137
 Mali120268250
 United Kingdom115123
 Saudi Arabia103213281
 Burundi97220218
 Cameroon82928461
 Kenya68276205
 Israel5820118
 South Sudan54218137
 Germany50651
 Central African Republic4817291
   Nepal47011
 Lebanon44111347
 Niger41666116
 United States384452
 France36161159
 Sweden3644
 Myanmar3358151
 Greece3112
 Ireland2900
 Indonesia281917
 Chad27306427
 Russia212124
 Mexico19910
 Paraguay19130
 Bahrain18522
 Tunisia17103121
 Algeria162119
 China1612383
 Tanzania141014
 Sri Lanka11314
 Japan1000
 Peru1067
 Uganda1041
 Iran93811
 Finland901
 Mozambique7123
 Australia720
 Ethiopia74843
 Bosnia-Herzegovina646
 Italy501
 Canada502
 Brazil530
 Malaysia511
 Burkina Faso569
 Macedonia402
 Albania400
 Ivory Coast41410
 Denmark425
 Czech Republic400
 Jordan4711
 Tajikistan31210
 Cyprus300
 Venezuela310
 Kosovo200
 Netherlands200
 Laos200
 Senegal204
 Maldives203
 Estonia200
 Kyrgyzstan210
 Guinea214
 South Africa2232
 Armenia201
 Bulgaria200
 Malta100
 Ecuador100
 Kuwait1282272015 Kuwait mosque bombing
 Lesotho112
 Georgia100
 Hungary100
 Djibouti100
 Trinidad and Tobago100
 Morocco100
 Chile100
 Argentina100
 South Korea101
 Montenegro100
 Uzbekistan100
 Qatar101

2014

2013

2012

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. ↑ National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. (2016). Global Terrorism Database (gtd1993_0616dist.xlsx). Retrieved from https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd University of Maryland
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