Deaths from terrorism, by target by country

Deaths from terrorist attacks on airports and aircraft.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
3 deaths
Indonesia
Lowest
0 deaths
Wallis and Futuna
Median
0 deaths
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,021

What the numbers show

Deaths from terrorism, by target is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 3 deaths in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 deaths in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 deaths, and the mean is 0.0165 deaths.

Deaths from terrorism, by target: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 3 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Afghanistan 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
2 Angola 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Albania 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Andorra 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 United Arab Emirates 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Argentina 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Armenia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Australia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Austria 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Azerbaijan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Burundi 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Belgium 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Benin 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Burkina Faso 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bangladesh 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bulgaria 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bahrain 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bahamas 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Belarus 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Belize 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bolivia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Brazil 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Barbados 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Brunei 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Bhutan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Botswana 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Central African Republic 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Canada 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Switzerland 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Chile 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 China 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Cote d'Ivoire 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Cameroon 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Colombia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Comoros 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Costa Rica 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Cuba 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Cyprus 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Czechia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Germany 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Djibouti 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Dominica 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Denmark 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Dominican Republic 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Algeria 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Ecuador 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Egypt 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Eritrea 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Spain 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Estonia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Ethiopia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Finland 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Fiji 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 France 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Gabon 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 United Kingdom 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Georgia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Ghana 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Guinea 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Gambia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Guinea-Bissau 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Equatorial Guinea 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Greece 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Grenada 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Guatemala 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Guyana 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Hong Kong 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Honduras 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Croatia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Haiti 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Hungary 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 India 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Iran 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Iraq 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Iceland 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Israel 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Italy 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Jamaica 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Jordan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Japan 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Kazakhstan 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Kenya 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Kyrgyzstan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Cambodia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 South Korea 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Kuwait 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Laos 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Lebanon 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Liberia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Libya 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Saint Lucia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Sri Lanka 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Lesotho 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Lithuania 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Latvia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Macao 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Morocco 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Moldova 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Madagascar 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Maldives 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Mexico 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Mali 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Myanmar 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Montenegro 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Mozambique 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Mauritania 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Mauritius 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Malawi 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Malaysia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Namibia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 New Caledonia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Niger 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Nigeria 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Nicaragua 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Netherlands 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Norway 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Nepal 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 New Zealand 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Pakistan 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Panama 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Peru 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Philippines 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Poland 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 North Korea 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Portugal 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Paraguay 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 French Polynesia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Qatar 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Romania 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Russia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
2 Rwanda 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Sudan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Senegal 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Singapore 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Solomon Islands 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Sierra Leone 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 El Salvador 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Somalia 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Serbia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 South Sudan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Suriname 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Slovakia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Slovenia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Sweden 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Eswatini 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Seychelles 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Syria 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Chad 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Togo 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Thailand 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Tajikistan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Turkmenistan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 East Timor 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Tunisia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Turkey 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Tanzania 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Uganda 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Ukraine 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Uruguay 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 United States 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Uzbekistan 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Venezuela 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Vietnam 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Vanuatu 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Yemen 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 South Africa 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Zambia 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Zimbabwe 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 French Guiana 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Taiwan 0 deaths 2021 volatile
2 Western Sahara 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Falkland Islands 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Vatican 0 deaths 2021 flat
2 Wallis and Futuna 0 deaths 2021 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Deaths from terrorism, by target
Unit
deaths
Source
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 9,021 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

Deaths from terrorist attacks on airports and aircraft.