Peru vs Senegal: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Peru
99,653 tonnes
in 2018
Senegal
92,467 tonnes
in 2018
Peru rank
35th
Senegal rank
36th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Peru
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 99,653 tonnes against 92,467 tonnes in Senegal, a difference of 7,186 tonnes.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 35th and Senegal ranks 36th 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.