Somalia vs Yemen: Share of deaths from terrorism
Somalia
0.2%
in 2021
Yemen
0.4%
in 2021
Somalia rank
3rd
Yemen rank
2nd
Share of deaths from terrorism over time
- Somalia
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.4% against 0.2% in Somalia, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.6 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Yemen ahead.
Somalia ranks 3rd and Yemen ranks 2nd of 187 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of deaths from terrorism, Somalia or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.4% against 0.2% in Somalia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in share of deaths from terrorism between Somalia and Yemen?
- 0.2%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
- How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for share of deaths from terrorism?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and Yemen ranks 2nd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of deaths from terrorism. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of all deaths that are due to terrorism.