Egypt vs Faroe Islands: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling
Egypt
64,509 tonnes
in 2018
Faroe Islands
64,470 tonnes
in 2018
Egypt rank
45th
Faroe Islands rank
46th
Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time
- Egypt
- Faroe Islands
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 64,509 tonnes against 64,470 tonnes in Faroe Islands, a difference of 39 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Faroe Islands ahead.
Egypt ranks 45th and Faroe Islands ranks 46th of 111 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Faroe Islands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Faroe Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20,549 tonnes | 141,087 tonnes | 120,538 tonnes | Faroe Islands |
| 1960s | 39,995 tonnes | 307,676 tonnes | 267,681 tonnes | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 25,926 tonnes | 142,905 tonnes | 116,979 tonnes | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 34,684 tonnes | 134,204 tonnes | 99,521 tonnes | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 77,336 tonnes | 108,940 tonnes | 31,604 tonnes | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 108,785 tonnes | 107,046 tonnes | 1,739 tonnes | Egypt |
| 2010s | 81,098 tonnes | 73,707 tonnes | 7,391 tonnes | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Egypt or Faroe Islands?
- Egypt, at 64,509 tonnes against 64,470 tonnes in Faroe Islands as of 2018.
- What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Egypt and Faroe Islands?
- 39 tonnes, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Faroe Islands?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Egypt and Faroe Islands rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
- Egypt ranks 45th and Faroe Islands ranks 46th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Sea Around Us (2020) β 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
Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.