Six of the 10 unprovoked shark attack deaths last year were in Australia

International report attributes spike in deaths in Australia to chance', saying the country's 18 unprovoked attacks in 2020 was only slightly above average

Unprovoked shark bites killed 10 people around the world in 2020 with six of the deaths in Australian waters, according to international figures.

The number of unprovoked shark bites and encounters in Australia was only slightly above average, with 18 incidents recorded by the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File (Isaf). The average over the last five years is 16.