of the nearly 100 shark attacks worldwide each year

Yet of the nearly 100 shark attacks worldwide each year, only about a third to one half are from great whites.

75

On average, five people are killed by sharks every year, with around 75 attacks in total globally.

98

Overall, shark attacks on humans are very rare - just 98 attacks occurred worldwide in 2015, according to the International Shark Attack File.

65

Although there are 65 annual shark attacks each year, only a handful are fatal.

70 people

70 people are attacked by sharks each year and 3.22 Billion people can swim (see above).

about five people

Comparatively, sharks only kill five people a year annually.

around 100 people

Worldwide, around 100 people are attacked by sharks each year.

10 people

Sharks kill 10 people annually in the entire world, so the entire world’s pretty microscopic in what you should actually be concerned about as a surfer.

88

Although there are plenty of shark attacks recorded each year, with 88 attacks recorded worldwide in 2017, not all sharks are aggressive.

about 6 people a year

On average, sharks kill 6 people a year.

80

The yearly average of unprovoked shark attacks on humans is 80, resulting in about 6 deaths.

100,000,000 sharks

Shark-based human fatalities are rare and in fact whilst the average is ~60 deaths per year, humans kill 100,000,000 sharks per year.

10 to 20

Still, about 10 to 20 people worldwide are killed yearly by sharks.

around 50 to 75

According to National Geographic, around 50 to 75 people worldwide are attacked by sharks each year, with 5 to 15 fatalities.

just five to ten attacks on humans every year

Sharks make just five to ten attacks on humans every year.

Only 4 human

Only 4 human are attacked by sharks a year 273,973 charismatic sharks are being killed a day!

only about four people a year

Fun Fact: Despite their ‘killer’ image, sharks across the world kill only about four people a year.

75 to 100

The yearly worldwide average of unprovoked shark attacks is 75 to 100 with 10 to 15 deaths.

average only 60 people

On average only 60 people are attacked by sharks each year.

a conservative estimate to say 100 million per year are killed by humans, and could be as high as 273 million killed annually

approximately two million sharks is a conservative estimate to say 100 million per year are killed by humans, and could be as high as 273 million killed annually.