Bulgaria vs Sweden: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Bulgaria
11,429 metric tons
in 2024
Sweden
10,062 metric tons
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
83rd
Sweden rank
84th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 11,429 metric tons against 10,062 metric tons in Sweden, a difference of 1,367 metric tons.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 83rd and Sweden ranks 84th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,570 metric tons | 643.6 metric tons | 2,926 metric tons | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 6,458 metric tons | 442.1 metric tons | 6,016 metric tons | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 12,545 metric tons | 4,484 metric tons | 8,061 metric tons | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 6,459 metric tons | 7,150 metric tons | 691.5 metric tons | Sweden |
| 2000s | 3,817 metric tons | 6,448 metric tons | 2,631 metric tons | Sweden |
| 2010s | 10,837 metric tons | 13,134 metric tons | 2,297 metric tons | Sweden |
| 2020s | 11,277 metric tons | 12,085 metric tons | 807.82 metric tons | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Bulgaria or Sweden?
- Bulgaria, at 11,429 metric tons against 10,062 metric tons in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Bulgaria and Sweden?
- 1,367 metric tons, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Sweden rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Bulgaria ranks 83rd and Sweden ranks 84th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Capture fishery production is the volume of wild fish catches landed for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes.