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Sierra Leone vs Tunisia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Sierra Leone
36,405 tonnes
in 2018
Tunisia
25,741 tonnes
in 2018
Sierra Leone rank
55th
Tunisia rank
57th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 36,405 tonnes against 25,741 tonnes in Tunisia, a difference of 10,664 tonnes.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Tunisia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Tunisia ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 55th and Tunisia ranks 57th 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.