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 | |
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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 |