Iraq vs Israel: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Iraq
976.73 tonnes
in 2018
Israel
1,255 tonnes
in 2018
Iraq rank
95th
Israel rank
92nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Iraq
  • Israel
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k195019842018

How they compare

Israel currently reports 1,255 tonnes against 976.73 tonnes in Iraq, a difference of 278.27 tonnes.

That makes Israel's figure about 1.3 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Israel ahead.

Iraq ranks 95th and Israel ranks 92nd of 111 countries.

Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iraq Israel Difference Ahead
1970s 1,507 tonnes 12,813 tonnes 11,307 tonnes Israel
1980s 2,343 tonnes 18,300 tonnes 15,957 tonnes Israel
1990s 1,024 tonnes 1,935 tonnes 910.72 tonnes Israel
2000s 1,103 tonnes 2,288 tonnes 1,185 tonnes Israel
2010s 850.56 tonnes 1,801 tonnes 949.95 tonnes Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Iraq or Israel?
Israel, at 1,255 tonnes against 976.73 tonnes in Iraq as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Iraq and Israel?
278.27 tonnes, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Israel?
39 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Iraq and Israel rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
Iraq ranks 95th and Israel ranks 92nd of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Sea Around Us (2020) – 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iraq vs Israel: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid, drawing on Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/bottom-trawling/iraq/israel/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/bottom-trawling/iraq/israel/">Iraq vs Israel: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling</a> β€” Statizoid

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.