Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics

Last updated: July 15, 2026

Data verified up to: December 31, 2025

More current data is available by accessing the database.
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Number of incidents 634 471 300 339 303 289 244 180 179 168 197 265 173 154 135 159 167 127 107 74 64 65 49 29 42 33 26 35
Total aid workers affected 833 618 480 481 496 495 460 339 309 304 342 473 277 309 253 300 275 220 237 172 127 146 86 90 91 68 68 75
Total detained* 103 92 74 171 28 12 28 48 11 13 16 1 14 13 2 3 6 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Total killed 387 297 119 141 117 126 131 141 113 111 130 159 71 86 74 113 127 91 88 53 56 87 39 27 57 33 35 39
Total injured 308 213 146 207 243 234 147 103 99 110 90 179 115 127 85 94 91 87 87 96 46 49 23 20 23 15 15 6
Total kidnapped 138 108 215 133 136 135 182 95 97 83 122 135 91 96 94 93 57 42 62 23 25 10 24 43 11 20 18 30
International victims 23 26 26 23 26 27 29 29 43 30 33 60 49 29 42 74 51 35 26 14 26 26 17 28 21 25 22 30
National victims 810 592 454 458 470 468 431 310 266 274 309 413 228 280 211 226 224 185 211 158 101 120 69 62 70 43 46 45
UN staff 216 245 85 76 66 40 71 55 74 50 72 115 48 92 45 108 65 41 61 27 11 31 18 28 31 17 21 23
International NGO staff 259 224 195 225 229 272 256 154 167 179 153 142 111 148 154 131 159 133 111 108 71 72 52 48 46 31 11 32
ICRC staff 11 6 0 5 8 2 5 14 13 3 16 14 3 5 10 8 5 4 10 3 1 8 7 11 9 7 26 9
NRCS and IFRC staff 101 55 10 10 20 14 23 65 12 30 35 44 24 10 1 25 2 8 17 5 11 21 5 3 0 7 7 10
NNGO staff 342 176 251 326 199 165 133 99 52 52 79 145 92 67 45 31 45 31 37 27 32 15 5 0 5 7 3 0

*Data on detentions/arrests is limited before 2025