Australia vs Tunisia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Australia
36,429 tonnes
in 2018
Tunisia
25,741 tonnes
in 2018
Australia rank
54th
Tunisia rank
57th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Australia
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 36,429 tonnes against 25,741 tonnes in Tunisia, a difference of 10,688 tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Tunisia's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 54th and Tunisia ranks 57th 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.