France vs Senegal: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

France
112,089 tonnes
in 2018
Senegal
92,467 tonnes
in 2018
France rank
33rd
Senegal rank
36th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • France
  • Senegal
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How they compare

France currently reports 112,089 tonnes against 92,467 tonnes in Senegal, a difference of 19,622 tonnes.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

France ranks 33rd and Senegal ranks 36th 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.