Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, North Korea or Mauritania?

North Korea, at 72,377 tonnes against 70,716 tonnes in Mauritania as of 2018.

What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between North Korea and Mauritania?

1,661 tonnes, with North Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mauritania?

69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.

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.

North Korea vs Mauritania: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

North Korea

72,377 tonnes

in 2018

Mauritania

70,716 tonnes

in 2018

North Korea rank

41st

Mauritania rank

42nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

North Korea
Mauritania

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 72,377 tonnes against 70,716 tonnes in Mauritania, a difference of 1,661 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 41st and Mauritania ranks 42nd of 111 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 5 and Mauritania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	302,649 tonnes	1,975 tonnes	300,674 tonnes	North Korea
1960s	474,965 tonnes	8,316 tonnes	466,649 tonnes	North Korea
1970s	682,632 tonnes	12,297 tonnes	670,336 tonnes	North Korea
1980s	661,109 tonnes	45,862 tonnes	615,247 tonnes	North Korea
1990s	161,065 tonnes	205,847 tonnes	44,783 tonnes	Mauritania
2000s	54,149 tonnes	207,540 tonnes	153,390 tonnes	Mauritania
2010s	67,489 tonnes	48,628 tonnes	18,861 tonnes	North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, North Korea or Mauritania?: North Korea, at 72,377 tonnes against 70,716 tonnes in Mauritania as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between North Korea and Mauritania?: 1,661 tonnes, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mauritania?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do North Korea and Mauritania rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: North Korea ranks 41st and Mauritania ranks 42nd 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.

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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: 07 August 2026

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.