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Annual average number of oil spills worldwide per decade 1970-2017

Average annual number of large oil spills worldwide per decade from 1970 to 2017

The data displays the annual average number of oil spills greater than 700 tons in size by oil tankers worldwide each decade from 1970 to 2017. The global annual average number of oil spills of more than 700 tons of oil between 2010 and 2017 was 1.8.

1970-1979 24.5
1980-1989 9.4
1990-1999 7.7
2000-2009 3.2
2010-2017 1.8