Brazil vs Italy: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Brazil
128,156 tonnes
in 2018
Italy
150,061 tonnes
in 2018
Brazil rank
30th
Italy rank
27th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

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How they compare

Italy currently reports 150,061 tonnes against 128,156 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 21,905 tonnes.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

Brazil ranks 30th and Italy ranks 27th of 111 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Italy Difference Ahead
1950s 49,890 tonnes 206,871 tonnes 156,982 tonnes Italy
1960s 123,013 tonnes 495,546 tonnes 372,533 tonnes Italy
1970s 207,594 tonnes 840,163 tonnes 632,569 tonnes Italy
1980s 190,256 tonnes 816,358 tonnes 626,102 tonnes Italy
1990s 98,091 tonnes 601,045 tonnes 502,954 tonnes Italy
2000s 111,913 tonnes 381,273 tonnes 269,360 tonnes Italy
2010s 127,264 tonnes 150,721 tonnes 23,458 tonnes Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Brazil or Italy?
Italy, at 150,061 tonnes against 128,156 tonnes in Brazil as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Brazil and Italy?
21,905 tonnes, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Italy?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Brazil and Italy rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
Brazil ranks 30th and Italy ranks 27th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Sea Around Us (2020) – 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

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.