Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics

Last updated: December 19, 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
Number of incidents 415 248 277 287 279 233 162 166 157 194 265 170 152 132 156 165 124 107 74 64 63 46 29 42 32 26 35
Total aid workers affected 593 459 471 487 482 410 316 298 292 340 474 277 309 252 300 278 221 240 172 127 143 85 90 91 68 68 75
Total detained* 19 1 11 2 2 3 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total killed 293 118 141 117 125 131 140 109 111 130 159 71 86 74 113 127 91 88 53 56 87 38 27 57 33 35 39
Total injured 209 146 203 242 234 147 103 99 110 89 179 115 127 85 94 91 87 87 96 46 49 23 20 23 15 15 6
Total kidnapped 91 195 127 128 123 132 73 90 71 121 136 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 567 436 448 462 455 381 288 255 262 307 414 228 280 210 226 227 186 214 158 101 117 68 62 70 43 46 45
UN staff 241 76 55 58 37 70 48 71 45 71 115 48 92 44 108 65 39 61 27 11 31 18 28 31 17 21 23
International NGO staff 196 178 211 229 261 188 115 161 173 152 142 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 30 27 44 24 10 1 25 2 8 17 5 11 20 5 3 0 7 7 10
NNGO staff 120 184 195 172 156 130 85 43 43 71 145 92 67 45 31 43 27 37 27 32 15 5 0 4 6 3 0

*Data on detentions/arrests is limited before 2025