In 2020, around 563 people were killed by terrorists in Iraq. The number of fatalities in Iraq due to terrorism has been declining drastically for years. In 2016 there were aver 9,700 deaths due to terrorism in Iraq.
Number of deaths in Iraq due to terrorism between 2006 and 2020
Characteristic
Number of deaths
2020
563
2019
644
2018
1,520
2017
4,269
2016
9,782
2015
6,973
2014
9,926
2013
6,387
2012
2,436
2011
3,063
2010
3,363
2009
3,654
2008
5,013
02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000
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Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).
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US Department of Homeland Security. (December 16, 2021). Number of deaths in Iraq due to terrorism between 2006 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/202861/number-of-deaths-in-iraq-due-to-terrorism/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of deaths in Iraq due to terrorism between 2006 and 2020." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202861/number-of-deaths-in-iraq-due-to-terrorism/
US Department of Homeland Security. (2021). Number of deaths in Iraq due to terrorism between 2006 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202861/number-of-deaths-in-iraq-due-to-terrorism/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of Deaths in Iraq Due to Terrorism between 2006 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/202861/number-of-deaths-in-iraq-due-to-terrorism/
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Number of deaths in Iraq due to terrorism between 2006 and 2020 [Graph], US Department of Homeland Security, December 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/202861/number-of-deaths-in-iraq-due-to-terrorism/
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