Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics
Last updated: July 12, 2024
Data verified up to: December 31, 2023
More current data is available by accessing the database.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 | |
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Number of incidents | 281 | 247 | 272 | 283 | 276 | 229 | 160 | 164 | 150 | 194 | 265 | 170 | 152 | 132 | 156 | 165 | 124 | 107 | 74 | 64 | 63 | 46 | 29 | 42 | 32 | 26 | 35 |
Total aid worker victims | 595 | 459 | 466 | 484 | 481 | 409 | 315 | 296 | 290 | 340 | 474 | 277 | 309 | 252 | 300 | 278 | 221 | 240 | 172 | 127 | 143 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 68 | 68 | 75 |
Total killed | 280 | 118 | 141 | 117 | 125 | 131 | 140 | 109 | 111 | 130 | 159 | 71 | 86 | 74 | 113 | 127 | 91 | 88 | 53 | 56 | 87 | 38 | 27 | 57 | 33 | 35 | 39 |
Total injured | 224 | 146 | 203 | 242 | 234 | 147 | 103 | 99 | 110 | 89 | 179 | 115 | 127 | 85 | 94 | 91 | 87 | 87 | 96 | 46 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
Total kidnapped* | 91 | 195 | 122 | 125 | 122 | 131 | 72 | 88 | 69 | 121 | 136 | 91 | 96 | 93 | 93 | 60 | 43 | 65 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 30 |
International victims | 26 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 43 | 30 | 33 | 60 | 49 | 29 | 42 | 74 | 51 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 30 |
National victims | 569 | 436 | 443 | 459 | 454 | 380 | 287 | 253 | 260 | 307 | 414 | 228 | 280 | 210 | 226 | 227 | 186 | 214 | 158 | 101 | 117 | 68 | 62 | 70 | 43 | 46 | 45 |
UN staff | 243 | 76 | 55 | 58 | 37 | 70 | 48 | 71 | 44 | 71 | 115 | 48 | 92 | 44 | 108 | 65 | 39 | 61 | 27 | 11 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 31 | 17 | 21 | 23 |
International NGO staff | 178 | 177 | 203 | 228 | 260 | 186 | 109 | 161 | 173 | 152 | 142 | 97 | 135 | 152 | 128 | 158 | 133 | 111 | 108 | 71 | 69 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 32 |
ICRC staff | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 9 |
NRCS and IFRC staff | 45 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 60 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
NNGO staff | 119 | 184 | 187 | 168 | 154 | 128 | 84 | 41 | 39 | 71 | 145 | 92 | 67 | 45 | 31 | 43 | 27 | 37 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |