Reports on International Terrorism:
Statistics on Incidents of Terrorism Worldwide

Between 2014 and 2015 global terrorist attacks decreased in frequency by 13%, and total deaths from terror attacks decreased by 14%. 2015 saw a total of 11,774 terrorist attacks worldwide, resulting in 28,328 deaths and more than 35,000 injuries. In addition, more than 12,100 people were kidnapped or taken hostage. During 2015...

• The total number of terrorist attacks decreased by 13% and total deaths due to terrorist attacks decreased by 14%, compared to 2014. This was largely due to fewer attacks and deaths in Iraq, Pakistan, and Nigeria. This represents the first decline in total terrorist attacks and deaths worldwide since 2012.
  
• In several countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Syria, and Turkey, terrorist attacks and total deaths increased.
  
• Although terrorist attacks took place in 92 countries, they were heavily concentrated geographically. More than 55% of all attacks took place in five countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nigeria), and 74% of all deaths due to terrorist attacks took place in five countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, and Pakistan).
• While the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was responsible for 31% fewer terrorist attacks in Iraq, the number of attacks carried out by ISIL in Syria increased by 39%. The geographic reach of attacks by ISIL and its affiliates expanded as several existing terrorist groups pledged allegiance to ISIL. In addition to Boko Haram in West Africa, the most active of these ISIL branches were located in Afghanistan/Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.
  
• The number of attacks in which victims were kidnapped or taken hostage declined in 2015; however, the number of kidnapping victims and hostages increased. This was primarily due to an increase in the number of attacks involving exceptionally large numbers of victims.

Year	Total Attacks	People Killed	People Injured	People Kidnapped
2007	14,415	22,720	44,103	4,980
2008	11,663	15,709	33,901	4,680
2009	10,968	15,311	32,660	10,749
2010	11,641	13,193	30,684	6,051
2011	10,283	12,533	25,903	5,554
2012	6,771	11,098	21,652	1,283
2013	9,707	17,891	32,577	2,990
2014	13,463	32,727	34,791	9,428
2015	11,774	28,328	35,320	12,189

Country	Total Attacks	Total Killed	Total Wounded	Avg. Killed per Attack	Avg. Wounded Per Attack
Iraq	2,418	6,932	11,856	2.99	5.23
Afghanistan	1,708	5,292	6,246	3.24	4
Pakistan	1,009	1,823	1,325	1.1	1.36
India	791	289	508	0.38	0.68
Nigeria	589	4,886	2,777	9.29	7.67
Egypt	494	656	844	1.34	1.73