Libya vs Yemen: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Libya
11,748 tonnes
in 2018
Yemen
10,021 tonnes
in 2018
Libya rank
70th
Yemen rank
72nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Libya
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 11,748 tonnes against 10,021 tonnes in Yemen, a difference of 1,727 tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.2 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Yemen ahead.

Libya ranks 70th and Yemen ranks 72nd 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.