Terrorism > Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Incidences per million: Countries Compared

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Iraq	166.76	2006
2	Lebanon	163	2006
3	Israel	133.12	2006
4	Cyprus	68.68	2006
5	Greece	56.51	2006
6	Colombia	38.37	2006
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	30.1	2006
7	Malta	29.53	2006
8	Spain	29.24	2006
9	Afghanistan	24.85	2006
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.19	2006
	OPEC countries average (profile)	19.37	2006
11	El Salvador	19.35	2006
12	Kuwait	18.61	2006
13	Georgia	17.51	2006
14	France	17.24	2006
15	Turkey	16.96	2006
16	Bahrain	15.77	2006
	failed states average (profile)	15.56	2006
17	Albania	15.41	2006
18	Jordan	15.35	2006
	Eurozone average (profile)	15.02	2006
19	Nepal	14.98	2006
20	Chile	13.94	2006
	Religious countries average (profile)	13.9	2006
21	Peru	12.95	2006
	Muslim countries average (profile)	12.3	2006
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	11.38	2006
22	Belgium	11.09	2006
23	Switzerland	10.96	2006
24	Luxembourg	10.58	2006
	European Union average (profile)	10.47	2006
25	Honduras	10.23	2006
26	Thailand	9.87	2006
27	Grenada	9.68	2006
	Europe average (profile)	9.51	2006
28	Costa Rica	9.11	2006
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	9.03	2006
29	East Timor	8.87	2006
	Former French colonies average (profile)	8.49	2006
30	Guatemala	8.39	2006
31	Nicaragua	8.33	2006
32	Sri Lanka	8.31	2006
	NATO countries average (profile)	7.96	2006
33	Somalia	7.94	2006
34	French Polynesia	7.76	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	7.73	2006
35	Uruguay	7.51	2006
36	Austria	7.38	2006
37	Barbados	7.27	2006
38	Bolivia	7.25	2006
39	Italy	7.09	2006
40	Argentina	6.85	2006
	Former British colonies average (profile)	6.81	2006
41	Panama	6.71	2006
42	Algeria	6.61	2006
43	Ireland	6.1	2006
44	The Bahamas	5.96	2006
45	Estonia	5.95	2006
46	Suriname	5.94	2006
47	Yemen	5.9	2006
48	Germany	5.88	2006
49	Venezuela	5.74	2006
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	5.7	2006
50	Puerto Rico	5.52	2006
	Emerging markets average (profile)	5.41	2006
51	Ecuador	5.35	2006
52	Tajikistan	5.32	2006
53	Guyana	5.23	2006
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	5.2	2006
54	Denmark	5.15	2006
55	Djibouti	5.08	2006
56	Sweden	4.96	2006
57	Portugal	4.82	2006
58	Croatia	4.73	2006
59	Netherlands	4.65	2006
60	Pakistan	4.65	2006
61	Philippines	4.42	2006
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	4.32	2006
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	4.28	2006
62	Cambodia	4.28	2006
63	Angola	4.26	2006
64	Sierra Leone	3.79	2006
65	Belize	3.58	2006
66	Swaziland	3.58	2006
67	Latvia	3.5	2006
68	Iceland	3.29	2006
69	Russia	3.02	2006
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	3.01	2006
70	Jamaica	3	2006
71	United Kingdom	2.87	2006
72	Dominican Republic	2.85	2006
73	Libya	2.81	2006
74	Armenia	2.66	2006
75	Mauritania	2.47	2006
76	Haiti	2.45	2006
77	Saudi Arabia	2.44	2006
78	Fiji	2.42	2006
79	Laos	2.37	2006
80	Liberia	2.36	2006
81	Kyrgyzstan	2.3	2006
82	Norway	2.15	2006
83	Zimbabwe	2.12	2006
84	Qatar	2.07	2006
85	Uganda	2.05	2006
86	United Arab Emirates	1.85	2006
87	United States	1.84	2006
88	Paraguay	1.83	2006
89	Iran	1.82	2006
90	Egypt	1.77	2006
91	Cuba	1.68	2006
92	Mozambique	1.67	2006
93	Burundi	1.62	2006
94	Australia	1.59	2006
95	Tunisia	1.58	2006
96	Bulgaria	1.56	2006
97	Slovakia	1.48	2006
98	Lithuania	1.47	2006
99	Sudan	1.27	2006
100	New Zealand	1.19	2006
101	South Africa	1.19	2006
102	Chad	1.16	2006
103	Singapore	1.14	2006
104	Syria	1.12	2006
105	Moldova	1.12	2006
106	Botswana	1.05	2006
107	Lesotho	1.03	2006
108	Eritrea	0.993	2006
109	Indonesia	0.992	2006
110	Ethiopia	0.92	2006
111	Canada	0.89	2006
112	Bangladesh	0.856	2006
113	Morocco	0.855	2006
114	Papua New Guinea	0.801	2006
115	Hungary	0.794	2006
116	South Korea	0.786	2006
117	Trinidad and Tobago	0.767	2006
118	Zambia	0.764	2006
119	Burma	0.713	2006
120	Gabon	0.708	2006
121	Azerbaijan	0.707	2006
122	Mexico	0.687	2006
123	Japan	0.618	2006
124	India	0.553	2006
125	Togo	0.528	2006
126	Rwanda	0.518	2006
127	Ukraine	0.513	2006
128	Slovenia	0.498	2006
129	Malaysia	0.494	2006
130	Namibia	0.487	2006
131	Czech Republic	0.487	2006
132	Oman	0.391	2006
133	Uzbekistan	0.378	2006
134	Madagascar	0.372	2006
135	Poland	0.367	2006
136	Kenya	0.299	2006
137	Brazil	0.287	2006
138	Kazakhstan	0.261	2006
139	Central African Republic	0.248	2006
140	Romania	0.232	2006
141	Tanzania	0.225	2006
142	Turkmenistan	0.208	2006
143	Belarus	0.208	2006
144	Finland	0.19	2006
145	Cote d'Ivoire	0.17	2006
146	Mali	0.162	2006
147	Hong Kong	0.146	2006
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.126	2006
149	Nigeria	0.126	2006
150	Benin	0.118	2006
151	Guinea	0.102	2006
152	Senegal	0.0863	2006
153	Niger	0.0731	2006
154	Ghana	0.0456	2006
155	Vietnam	0.024	2006
156	China	0.0137	2006

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