Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics

Last updated: June 15, 2021

Data verified up to: December 31, 2019

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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 74 107 124 165 155 130 152 170 265 192 149 163 158 229 276
Total aid worker victims 75 68 68 91 90 85 143 125 172 240 221 278 295 250 309 277 474 332 289 295 313 409 481
Total killed 39 35 33 57 27 38 87 56 53 88 91 127 108 73 86 71 159 123 111 109 139 131 125
Total injured 6 15 15 23 20 23 49 46 96 87 87 91 94 84 127 115 179 88 109 99 102 147 234
Total kidnapped* 30 18 20 11 43 24 7 23 23 65 43 60 93 93 96 91 136 121 69 87 72 131 122
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 68 117 101 158 214 186 227 221 209 280 228 414 300 260 252 285 380 454
UN staff 23 21 17 31 28 18 31 11 27 61 39 65 103 44 92 57 119 66 43 71 48 70 39
International NGO staff 32 11 31 46 48 49 69 69 108 111 133 158 128 150 135 97 142 152 173 161 109 186 260
ICRC staff 9 26 7 9 11 7 8 1 3 10 4 5 8 10 5 3 14 16 3 10 14 5 2
NRCS and IFRC staff 10 7 7
NNGO staff