Iraq vs Syria: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Iraq
976.73 tonnes
in 2018
Syria
1,051 tonnes
in 2018
Iraq rank
95th
Syria rank
94th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Iraq
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 1,051 tonnes against 976.73 tonnes in Iraq, a difference of 73.93 tonnes.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Syria ahead.

Iraq ranks 95th and Syria ranks 94th 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.