Australia vs Uruguay: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling
Australia
36,429 tonnes
in 2018
Uruguay
47,385 tonnes
in 2018
Australia rank
54th
Uruguay rank
51st
Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time
- Australia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 47,385 tonnes against 36,429 tonnes in Australia, a difference of 10,956 tonnes.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 54th and Uruguay ranks 51st of 111 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21,181 tonnes | 3,099 tonnes | 18,082 tonnes | Australia |
| 1960s | 38,146 tonnes | 8,072 tonnes | 30,074 tonnes | Australia |
| 1970s | 116,314 tonnes | 31,186 tonnes | 85,128 tonnes | Australia |
| 1980s | 160,685 tonnes | 122,471 tonnes | 38,213 tonnes | Australia |
| 1990s | 148,030 tonnes | 107,583 tonnes | 40,447 tonnes | Australia |
| 2000s | 77,546 tonnes | 78,362 tonnes | 816.49 tonnes | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 40,014 tonnes | 50,452 tonnes | 10,439 tonnes | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Australia or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 47,385 tonnes against 36,429 tonnes in Australia as of 2018.
- What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Australia and Uruguay?
- 10,956 tonnes, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Uruguay?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Australia and Uruguay rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
- Australia ranks 54th and Uruguay ranks 51st of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Sea Around Us (2020) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.