Brazil vs South Africa: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Brazil
128,156 tonnes
in 2018
South Africa
140,611 tonnes
in 2018
Brazil rank
30th
South Africa rank
28th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Brazil
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 140,611 tonnes against 128,156 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 12,455 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.

Brazil ranks 30th 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.