Mauritania vs Taiwan: What is wild fish catch used for?

Mauritania
426.24 tonnes
in 2015
Taiwan
373.94 tonnes
in 2015
Mauritania rank
40th
Taiwan rank
41st

What is wild fish catch used for? over time

  • Mauritania
  • Taiwan
0100200300400500195019822015

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 426.24 tonnes against 373.94 tonnes in Taiwan, a difference of 52.3 tonnes.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.

Mauritania ranks 40th and Taiwan ranks 41st of 140 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Taiwan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Taiwan Difference Ahead
1950s 4.66 tonnes 66.6 tonnes 61.94 tonnes Taiwan
1960s 13.75 tonnes 187.87 tonnes 174.12 tonnes Taiwan
1970s 54.49 tonnes 345.55 tonnes 291.07 tonnes Taiwan
1980s 61.97 tonnes 387.7 tonnes 325.73 tonnes Taiwan
1990s 56.49 tonnes 328.23 tonnes 271.74 tonnes Taiwan
2000s 143.81 tonnes 196.97 tonnes 53.16 tonnes Taiwan
2010s 355.17 tonnes 197.78 tonnes 157.39 tonnes Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher what is wild fish catch used for?, Mauritania or Taiwan?
Mauritania, at 426.24 tonnes against 373.94 tonnes in Taiwan as of 2015.
What is the difference in what is wild fish catch used for? between Mauritania and Taiwan?
52.3 tonnes, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Taiwan?
66 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2015.
How do Mauritania and Taiwan rank globally for what is wild fish catch used for??
Mauritania ranks 40th and Taiwan ranks 41st of 140 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as What is wild fish catch used for?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
What is wild fish catch used for?
Unit
tonnes
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
140 places, 8,720 data points, 1950–2015
Last refreshed