Shark Incidents by Country

Explore reviewed shark-human incident records by country and territory. Country pages combine an incident map, chronological record list, activity context, species-confidence data and links to the underlying sources.

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 should appear here. Historical source phrases such as “between Portugal and India,” “Central Pacific” or “Gulf of Aden” belong to region or incident-level geography rather than being presented as countries.

Country pages should display:

• latest reviewed incidents;

• records by year;

• state/province/region breakdown where meaningful;

• activity distribution;

• outcome distribution;

• species-confidence breakdown, including unknown;

• source and methodology links;

• a clear “data through” date.

Countries with no reviewed public record should not be generated as empty SEO pages.

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