Lesotho vs Senegal: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Lesotho
2,107 metric tons
in 2024
Senegal
2,074 metric tons
in 2024
Lesotho rank
120th
Senegal rank
121st
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Lesotho
- Senegal
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 2,107 metric tons against 2,074 metric tons in Senegal, a difference of 33 metric tons.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Lesotho ranks 120th and Senegal ranks 121st of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 13.3 metric tons | 120.6 metric tons | 107.3 metric tons | Senegal |
| 1980s | 21.9 metric tons | 60.6 metric tons | 38.7 metric tons | Senegal |
| 1990s | 14.2 metric tons | 48.8 metric tons | 34.6 metric tons | Senegal |
| 2000s | 36.26 metric tons | 73.7 metric tons | 37.44 metric tons | Senegal |
| 2010s | 1,132 metric tons | 895.24 metric tons | 236.47 metric tons | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2,013 metric tons | 1,989 metric tons | 24.19 metric tons | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Lesotho or Senegal?
- Lesotho, at 2,107 metric tons against 2,074 metric tons in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Lesotho and Senegal?
- 33 metric tons, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Senegal rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Lesotho ranks 120th and Senegal ranks 121st 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.