Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Libya
11,748 tonnes
in 2018
Saudi Arabia
13,820 tonnes
in 2018
Libya rank
70th
Saudi Arabia rank
67th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Libya
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 13,820 tonnes against 11,748 tonnes in Libya, a difference of 2,072 tonnes.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Libya ranks 70th and Saudi Arabia ranks 67th 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.