Italy vs Spain: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square

Italy
0.4271 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
0.4865 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Italy rank
43rd
Spain rank
40th

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square over time

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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.4865 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.4271 metric tons per square kilometre in Italy, a difference of 0.0594 metric tons per square kilometre.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 43rd and Spain ranks 40th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0433 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1209 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0776 metric tons per square kilometre Spain
1970s 0.1595 metric tons per square kilometre 0.3601 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2006 metric tons per square kilometre Spain
1980s 0.3465 metric tons per square kilometre 0.4852 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1387 metric tons per square kilometre Spain
1990s 0.6327 metric tons per square kilometre 0.4462 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1865 metric tons per square kilometre Italy
2000s 0.6012 metric tons per square kilometre 0.5538 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0474 metric tons per square kilometre Italy
2010s 0.5017 metric tons per square kilometre 0.573 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0714 metric tons per square kilometre Spain
2020s 0.4467 metric tons per square kilometre 0.5337 metric tons per square kilometre 0.087 metric tons per square kilometre Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square, Italy or Spain?
Spain, at 0.4865 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.4271 metric tons per square kilometre in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square between Italy and Spain?
0.0594 metric tons per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Italy and Spain rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square?
Italy ranks 43rd and Spain ranks 40th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
215 places, 12,245 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.