Denmark vs Namibia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Denmark
206,495 tonnes
in 2018
Namibia
185,451 tonnes
in 2018
Denmark rank
21st
Namibia rank
22nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Denmark
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 206,495 tonnes against 185,451 tonnes in Namibia, a difference of 21,044 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 21st and Namibia ranks 22nd 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
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Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.