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Global annual average number of oil spills from tankers per decade

Tanker accidents are broken down by magnitude based on the amount of oil spilled.

OurWorldInData.org/oil-spills •

Note: Decadal figures are measured as the annual average over the subsequent ten-year period. For example, thefigures for the 1990s is the average from 1990 (inclusive) to 1999.

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