Major attacks on aid workers: Summary statistics

Last updated: May 8, 2025

Data verified up to: December 31, 2024

More current data is available by accessing the database.
2024 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 631 469 284 326 297 283 237 171 168 161 195 265 170 152 132 156 166 124 107 74 64 64 46 29 42 33 26 35
Total aid workers affected 831 617 474 476 492 484 441 329 298 299 341 473 277 309 252 300 275 220 237 172 127 146 85 90 91 68 68 75
Total detained* 102 85 52 144 26 5 6 33 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total killed 385 297 119 141 117 125 131 140 109 111 130 159 71 86 74 113 127 91 88 53 56 87 38 27 57 33 35 39
Total injured 308 213 146 205 243 234 147 103 99 110 89 179 115 127 85 94 91 87 87 96 46 49 23 20 23 15 15 6
Total kidnapped 138 107 209 130 132 125 163 86 90 78 122 135 91 96 93 93 57 42 62 23 25 10 24 43 11 20 18 30
International victims 23 26 26 23 26 27 29 29 43 30 33 60 49 29 42 74 51 35 26 14 26 26 17 28 21 25 22 30
National victims 808 591 448 453 466 457 412 300 255 269 308 413 228 280 210 226 224 185 211 158 101 120 68 62 70 43 46 45
UN staff 214 245 79 75 64 39 71 55 73 47 72 115 48 92 44 108 65 39 61 27 11 31 18 28 31 17 21 23
International NGO staff 259 223 187 213 229 263 218 139 161 174 152 142 97 135 152 128 158 133 111 108 71 72 49 48 46 31 11 32
ICRC staff 11 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 100 55 10 10 20 14 21 60 11 30 27 44 24 10 1 25 2 8 17 5 11 20 5 3 0 7 7 10
NNGO staff 342 169 237 307 195 157 132 94 43 47 71 145 92 67 45 31 45 27 37 27 32 15 5 0 4 7 3 0

*Data on detentions/arrests is limited before 2025