What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Portugal and Turkey?

14,705 tonnes, with Turkey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Turkey?

69 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Portugal vs Turkey: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Portugal

104,344 tonnes

in 2018

Turkey

119,049 tonnes

in 2018

Portugal rank

34th

Turkey rank

31st

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Portugal
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 119,049 tonnes against 104,344 tonnes in Portugal, a difference of 14,705 tonnes.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 34th and Turkey ranks 31st of 111 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1950s	891,717 tonnes	71,276 tonnes	820,442 tonnes	Portugal
1960s	998,908 tonnes	96,245 tonnes	902,663 tonnes	Portugal
1970s	510,860 tonnes	140,557 tonnes	370,303 tonnes	Portugal
1980s	318,913 tonnes	389,705 tonnes	70,792 tonnes	Turkey
1990s	180,184 tonnes	298,746 tonnes	118,562 tonnes	Turkey
2000s	119,855 tonnes	278,129 tonnes	158,274 tonnes	Turkey
2010s	87,742 tonnes	151,635 tonnes	63,893 tonnes	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Portugal or Turkey?: Turkey, at 119,049 tonnes against 104,344 tonnes in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Portugal and Turkey?: 14,705 tonnes, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Turkey?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Portugal and Turkey rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Portugal ranks 34th and Turkey ranks 31st 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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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: 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.