Mauritius vs Senegal: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Mauritius
1,888 metric tons
in 2024
Senegal
2,074 metric tons
in 2024
Mauritius rank
122nd
Senegal rank
121st
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Mauritius
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 2,074 metric tons against 1,888 metric tons in Mauritius, a difference of 186 metric tons.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Mauritius's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Mauritius ranks 122nd and Senegal ranks 121st of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 4 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 2.1 metric tons | 120.6 metric tons | 118.5 metric tons | Senegal |
| 1980s | 46.7 metric tons | 60.6 metric tons | 13.9 metric tons | Senegal |
| 1990s | 114.3 metric tons | 48.8 metric tons | 65.5 metric tons | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 228.54 metric tons | 73.7 metric tons | 154.84 metric tons | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 1,116 metric tons | 895.24 metric tons | 221.08 metric tons | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 2,280 metric tons | 1,989 metric tons | 291.16 metric tons | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Mauritius or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 2,074 metric tons against 1,888 metric tons in Mauritius as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Mauritius and Senegal?
- 186 metric tons, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritius and Senegal rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Mauritius ranks 122nd 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.