Belgium vs Equatorial Guinea: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Belgium
4,731 tonnes
in 2018
Equatorial Guinea
3,362 tonnes
in 2018
Belgium rank
79th
Equatorial Guinea rank
82nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Belgium
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 4,731 tonnes against 3,362 tonnes in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 1,369 tonnes.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.4 times Equatorial Guinea's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 79th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 82nd 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.