In the 2010s, a 91 percent share of the oil spilt from oil tanker spill incidents came from 10 incidents. The remaining nine percent of the oil spilt from oil tankers in that decade corresponded to some 53 distinct incidents.
Ratio of oil spilt to number of oil tanker spill incidents worldwide each decade from 1970 to 2019
* Oil spills larger in size than 7 tons of oil.
** The disparity of the size of oil spills is apparent when comparing the share of oil spilt to the number of incidents that correspond to each of the two categories given for each decade.
The acronym ITOPF stands for The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited.
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