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Terrorism Statistics > Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Incidences (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Iraq:4,680 
#2  West Bank:2,001 
#3  Colombia:1,682 
#4  Spain:1,290 
#5  Turkey:1,164 
#6  France:1,097 
#7  Israel:939 
#8  Pakistan:748 
#9  Lebanon:665 
#10  Thailand:650 
#11  Afghanistan:637 
#12  India:632 
#13  Greece:630 
#14  United States:548 
#15  Germany:484 
#16  Russia:431 
#17  Italy:418 
#18  Philippines:386 
#19  Nepal:384 
#20  Peru:363 
#21  Argentina:267 
#22  Chile:230 
#23  Algeria:228 
#24  Indonesia:226 
#25  United Kingdom:174 
#26  Sri Lanka:165 
#27  Venezuela:156 
#28  Iran:129 
#29  Egypt:129 
#30  Bangladesh:124 
#31  Yemen:122 
#32  El Salvador:118 
#33  Belgium:117 
#34  Guatemala:109 
#35  Bosnia and Herzegovina:86 
#36  Jordan:85 
#37  Switzerland:82 
#38  Japan:79 
#39  Mexico:77 
#40  Georgia:77 
#41  Netherlands:76 
#42  Ecuador:75 
#43  Angola:73 
#44  Cyprus:72 
#45  Ethiopia:72 
#46  Honduras:72 
#47  Somalia:69 
#48  Bolivia:69 
#49  Macedonia, Republic of:64 
#50  Saudi Arabia:62 
#51  Austria:61 
#52  Uganda:61 
#53  Cambodia:58 
#54  South Africa:57 
#55  Brazil:54 
#56  Portugal:51 
#57  Albania:49 
#58  Nicaragua:46 
#59  Kuwait:45 
#60  Sweden:45 
#61  Sudan:41 
#62  Costa Rica:40 
#63  Korea, South:38 
#64  Tajikistan:37 
#65  Mozambique:36 
#66  Burma:36 
#67  Australia:33 
#68  Canada:29 
#69  Denmark:28 
#70  Zimbabwe:27 
#71  Dominican Republic:27 
#72  Ireland:26 
#73  Morocco:26 
#74  Uruguay:25 
#75  Ukraine:24 
#76  Haiti:23 
#77  Panama:23 
#78  Syria:21 
#79  Puerto Rico:21 
#80  Croatia:21 
#81  Sierra Leone:20 
#82  Cuba:19 
#83  Nigeria:18 
#84  China:18 
#85  Libya:16 
#86  Tunisia:16 
#87  Bahrain:15 
#88  Laos:14 
#89  Poland:14 
#90  Malaysia:13 
#91  Burundi:13 
#92  Malta:12 
#93  Chad:12 
#94  Bulgaria:12 
#95  Kyrgyzstan:12 
#96  Kenya:11 
#97  Paraguay:11 
#98  Uzbekistan:10 
#99  Norway:10 
#100  East Timor:
#101  United Arab Emirates:
#102  Tanzania:
#103  Zambia:
#104  Jamaica:
#105  Estonia:
#106  Liberia:
#107  Mauritania:
#108  Latvia:
#109  Armenia:
#110  Slovakia:
#111  Hungary:
#112  Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
#113  Madagascar:
#114  Azerbaijan:
#115  Singapore:
#116  Romania:
#117  Eritrea:
#118  Luxembourg:
#119  Czech Republic:
#120  Papua New Guinea:
#121  Lithuania:
#122  Rwanda:
#123  New Zealand:
#124  Kazakhstan:
#125  Djibouti:
#126  Swaziland:
#127  Moldova:
#128  Guyana:
#129  Suriname:
#130  Togo:
#131  Côte d'Ivoire:
#132  Lesotho:
#133  Gibraltar:
#134  Fiji:
#135  Qatar:
#136  Barbados:
#137  Botswana:
#138  French Polynesia:
#139  Bahamas, The:
#140  Guadeloupe:
#141  Belarus:
#142  Mali:
#143  Congo, Republic of the:
#144  Vietnam:
#145  Serbia and Montenegro:
#146  Senegal:
#147  Iceland:
#148  Trinidad and Tobago:
#149  Guinea:
#150  Central African Republic:
#151  Oman:
#152  Finland:
#153  Turkmenistan:
#154  Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
#155  Hong Kong:
#156  Gabon:
#157  Martinique:
#158  Ghana:
#159  Niger:
#160  Grenada:
#161  Slovenia:
#162  Belize:
#163  Taiwan:
#164  Benin:
#165  Namibia:
Total: 24,930  
Weighted average: 151.1  


DEFINITION: Terrorist Incidents by country from 1968 to 2006. Data for 1968-1997 covers only international incidents. Data for 1998-Present covers both domestic and international incidents. NOTE: Data for Chechnya: 232 incidences; 777 injuries; 371 fatalities. Data for Czechoslovakia: 2 incidences; 1 injury. Data for Kosovo alone: 130 incidences; 127 injuries; 51 fatalities. Data for Montenegro alone: 13 incidences; 1 fatality. Data for Northern Ireland: 696 incidences; 214 injuries; 72 fatalities. Data for Federal Republic of Germany: 459 incidences; 697 injuries; 93 fatalities. Data for German Democratic Republic: 6 incidences; 10 injuries; 1 fatality. German totals above invlude the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic, as well as Germany from 1990. Benin incudes incidences which happened under the name Dahomey. Namibia incudes incidences which happened under the name SWAf. Data for Democratic Republic of Congo includes incidences which happened under the name Zaire and Belgian Congo. Zimbabwe incudes incidences which happened under the name Rhodesia. Data for Western Sahara: 3 incidences; 3 injuries; 9 fatalities. Data for Transkei: 1 incidence.

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