by Felix Richter, Statista.com
— this post authored by Martin Armstrong
In the wake of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy in Syria on Monday, this infographic looks at the amount of aid workers killed around the world between 2005 and

Over this period, the peak for such deaths was in 2013, when 156 were killed. In 2015, the most common location for attacks (not necessarily resulting in any deaths) was on the road.
This chart shows the number of aid workers killed from 2005 to 2015.
You will find more statistics at Statista.





