Faroe Islands vs Germany: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Faroe Islands
64,470 tonnes
in 2018
Germany
52,181 tonnes
in 2018
Faroe Islands rank
46th
Germany rank
48th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Germany
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 64,470 tonnes against 52,181 tonnes in Germany, a difference of 12,290 tonnes.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Faroe Islands ranks 46th and Germany ranks 48th 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.