What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?

7,192 tonnes, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?

48 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Nigeria

43,597 tonnes

in 2018

Sierra Leone

36,405 tonnes

in 2018

Nigeria rank

52nd

Sierra Leone rank

55th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Nigeria
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 43,597 tonnes against 36,405 tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 7,192 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 52nd and Sierra Leone ranks 55th of 111 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1970s	22,249 tonnes	11,372 tonnes	10,877 tonnes	Nigeria
1980s	72,007 tonnes	17,573 tonnes	54,434 tonnes	Nigeria
1990s	122,299 tonnes	37,348 tonnes	84,951 tonnes	Nigeria
2000s	45,915 tonnes	45,858 tonnes	57.3 tonnes	Nigeria
2010s	44,437 tonnes	53,286 tonnes	8,850 tonnes	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?: Nigeria, at 43,597 tonnes against 36,405 tonnes in Sierra Leone as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?: 7,192 tonnes, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Nigeria ranks 52nd and Sierra Leone ranks 55th 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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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: 18 September 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.