Angola vs South Africa: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Angola
153,513 tonnes
in 2018
South Africa
140,611 tonnes
in 2018
Angola rank
25th
South Africa rank
28th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Angola
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 153,513 tonnes against 140,611 tonnes in South Africa, a difference of 12,902 tonnes.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 28th of 111 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Wild fish catch from bottom trawling
Unit
tonnes
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 6,156 data points, 1950–2018
Last refreshed

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.