In 2021, Afghanistan was the country most impacted by terrorism. A total of 1,426 fatalities were caused by terrorism in the country that year. The second most fatalities as a result of terrorism were recorded in Burkina Faso, amounting to 732 deaths.
Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021
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Statistics on Terrorism
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Terrorism - number of attacks worldwide 2006-2020
- Basic Statistic Terrorist attacks in 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - number of fatalities worldwide 2006-2020
- Premium Statistic Fatalities due to terrorism worldwide, by country 2020
- Basic Statistic Countries with the highest number of deaths by terrorism 2021
- Basic Statistic Global terrorism index 2021
- Premium Statistic Biggest perceived threats to global society 2021, by event
Terrorist attacks
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- Basic Statistic Terrorist attacks by region 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic Attack types used terrorist attacks worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Terrorist attacks worldwide 2020, by target type
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - global kidnappings 2007-2020
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - attacks in Iraq 2006-2020
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - attacks in Afghanistan 2007-2020
- Premium Statistic Most expensive terrorist attacks worldwide 2019, by insured property losses
Fatalities and injuries
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- Basic Statistic The 20 worst terrorist attacks by number of fatalities 2021
- Basic Statistic Countries most impacted by terrorism: number of injured 2021
- Basic Statistic Countries most impacted by terrorism: number of deaths 2021
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - number of people injured worldwide 2007-2020
- Basic Statistic Deadliest terrorist attacks worldwide 1970-2020, by number of fatalities
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - deaths in Afghanistan 2007-2020
- Basic Statistic Terrorism - deaths in Iraq 2006-2020
Perpetrators
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- Premium Statistic Number of terrorist attacks worldwide 2020, by perpetrator
- Premium Statistic Deaths due to terrorist attacks worldwide, by perpetrator 2020
- Basic Statistic Annual change in terrorist attacks worldwide 2019-2020, by perpetrator group
- Basic Statistic Annual change in fatalities of terrorism worldwide 2019-2020, by perpetrator group
Terrorism in the United States
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- Premium Statistic Total number of terrorist attacks in the United States 1995-2020
- Premium Statistic Fatalities of private U.S. citizens from terrorism worldwide by country 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. citizens injured by terrorist attacks worldwide by country 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Terrorists in the United States since 9/11 as of November 2022, by year and gender
- Premium Statistic Distribution of residency status of terrorists in the U.S. since 9/11, as of 2022
Further related statistics
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- Countries with the largest increase in deaths from terrorism from 2013 to 2014
- Countries with the largest decrease in deaths from terrorism 2020-2021
- Fatalities caused by terrorist attacks in western countries 2014
- Most deadly terrorist attacks in western countries 2014
- Terrorism: fatalities by region 2014
- Terrorism - fatalities of private U.S. citizens
- Terrorism - US Citizen Deaths as a proportion of total death count
- Number of attacks of major terrorist organizations 2000-2013, by target group
- Estimated number of fighters in terrorist organizations as of 2013
- Terrorism: suicide attacks between 2000 and 2013, by organisation
- Fatal incidences of terrorism from vehicle attacks in the EU 2016-2017
- Terrorism: percentage of suicide attacks by region 2000 to 2013
- Fatal incidences of terrorism in the EU 2017
- Opinion poll of Arab youth on support for ISIS 2016
- Number of persons killed due to terrorism in the Nordic countries 1991-2019
- Denmark: incidences of terrorism 1994-2014, by target
- Germany: incidences of terrorism 1994-2014, by target
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Statistics
- Countries with the largest increase in deaths from terrorism from 2013 to 2014
- Countries with the largest decrease in deaths from terrorism 2020-2021
- Fatalities caused by terrorist attacks in western countries 2014
- Most deadly terrorist attacks in western countries 2014
- Terrorism: fatalities by region 2014
- Terrorism - fatalities of private U.S. citizens
- Terrorism - US Citizen Deaths as a proportion of total death count
- Number of attacks of major terrorist organizations 2000-2013, by target group
- Estimated number of fighters in terrorist organizations as of 2013
- Terrorism: suicide attacks between 2000 and 2013, by organisation
- Fatal incidences of terrorism from vehicle attacks in the EU 2016-2017
- Terrorism: percentage of suicide attacks by region 2000 to 2013
- Fatal incidences of terrorism in the EU 2017
- Opinion poll of Arab youth on support for ISIS 2016
- Number of persons killed due to terrorism in the Nordic countries 1991-2019
- Denmark: incidences of terrorism 1994-2014, by target
- Germany: incidences of terrorism 1994-2014, by target
IEP. (March 2, 2022). Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/
IEP. "Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021." Chart. March 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/
IEP. (2022). Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/
IEP. "Number of Deaths in The Countries Most Impacted by Terrorism in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/
IEP, Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/ (last visited February 01, 2023)
Number of deaths in the countries most impacted by terrorism in 2021 [Graph], IEP, March 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/377070/countries-most-impacted-by-terrorism-number-of-deaths/