Countries most impacted by terrorism: number of deaths

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

Characteristic	Number of people killed
Afghanistan	1,426
Burkina Faso	732
Somalia	599
Niger	588
Mali	574
Iraq	524
Myanmar (Burma)	521
Syria	488
Nigeria	448
Pakistan	275

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Release date

March 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).

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