Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics

Last updated: January 20, 2021

Data verified up to: December 31, 2019

More current data is available by accessing the database.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Number of incidents	35	26	32	42	29	46	63	63	74	107	124	165	155	130	152	170	265	192	149	163	158	228	277
Total aid worker victims	75	68	68	91	90	85	143	125	172	240	221	278	295	250	311	277	475	332	289	295	313	408	483
Total killed	39	35	33	57	27	38	87	56	53	88	91	127	108	73	86	71	160	123	111	108	139	131	125
Total injured	6	15	15	23	20	23	49	46	96	87	87	91	94	84	127	115	179	88	109	99	102	146	234
Total kidnapped*	30	18	20	11	43	24	7	23	23	65	43	60	93	93	98	91	136	121	69	88	72	131	124
International victims	30	22	25	21	28	17	26	24	14	26	35	51	74	41	29	49	60	32	29	43	28	29	27
National victims	45	46	43	70	62	68	117	101	158	214	186	227	221	209	282	228	415	300	260	252	285	379	456
UN staff	23	21	17	31	28	18	31	11	27	61	39	65	103	44	91	57	106	66	43	71	48	69	39
International NGO staff	32	11	31	46	48	49	69	69	108	110	133	158	128	149	135	97	142	152	173	159	98	183	260
LNGO and RCS staff	10	8	13	4	1	5	35	43	32	55	35	45	54	47	80	115	205	98	67	52	153	151	170
ICRC staff	9	26	7	9	11	7	8	1	3	10	4	5	9	10	5	3	14	16	3	10	14	5	2