Statizoid

Malta vs Sierra Leone: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Malta
36,309 tonnes
in 2018
Sierra Leone
36,405 tonnes
in 2018
Malta rank
56th
Sierra Leone rank
55th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Malta
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 36,405 tonnes against 36,309 tonnes in Malta, a difference of 96.1 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Malta ranks 56th and Sierra Leone ranks 55th 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.