Germany vs Sweden: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Germany
52,181 tonnes
in 2018
Sweden
56,944 tonnes
in 2018
Germany rank
48th
Sweden rank
47th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 56,944 tonnes against 52,181 tonnes in Germany, a difference of 4,763 tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 48th and Sweden ranks 47th 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.