Ireland vs Saudi Arabia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Ireland
15,261 tonnes
in 2018
Saudi Arabia
13,820 tonnes
in 2018
Ireland rank
64th
Saudi Arabia rank
67th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Ireland
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 15,261 tonnes against 13,820 tonnes in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1,440 tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 64th and Saudi Arabia ranks 67th of 111 regions.

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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.