Somalia is one of the countries with the highest terrorism threat levels in the world. In 2023, the terrorism index in this East-African country stood at 7.8 points, the third highest in Africa. In the same year, it recorded the eighth-largest number of deaths related to terrorism worldwide. The militant group Al-Shabaab, a jihadist fundamentalist group, was responsible for 99 percent of all terror-related deaths in Somalia in 2023, resulting in 429 deaths.
Number of deaths caused by Al-Shabaab in Somalia from 2017 to 2023
Characteristic
Number of deaths
2023
429
2022
733
2021
534
2019
503
2018
586
2017
1,352
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Vision of Humanity. (February 29, 2024). Number of deaths caused by Al-Shabaab in Somalia from 2017 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197831/deaths-caused-by-al-shabaab-in-somalia/
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