Shark Incidents by Country

Explore reviewed shark-human incident records by country and territory. Country pages combine a map, chronological incident list and links to the source-backed records in the Shark Incidents dataset.

A larger number of recorded incidents does not automatically mean a country is more dangerous. Coastline length, beach attendance, surfing and fishing activity, population, tourism, emergency reporting and historical documentation all affect the number of incidents that reach a database.

Only normalized countries and territories appear in this section. Historical descriptions such as “between Portugal and India” or “Gulf of Aden” are treated as incident locations or geographic regions rather than countries.

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