Statizoid

Brazil vs United Kingdom: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Brazil
128,156 tonnes
in 2018
United Kingdom
129,985 tonnes
in 2018
Brazil rank
30th
United Kingdom rank
29th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Brazil
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 129,985 tonnes against 128,156 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 1,829 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Brazil ranks 30th and United Kingdom ranks 29th 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.