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Table 1: Value of fishery landings in relation to the national economies of the European Industrialized Countries in 1995 (Sources: OECD, IMF and FAO estimates; data preliminary)

Country Landings quantity
(thousand tonnes)
Landings value
(US$ million)
GDP
(US$ million)
Fishery landings value
as% of GDP
Iceland 1616 833 7067 11.79
Norway 2807 1352 146250 0.92
Portugal 263 517 830372 0.62
Spain2 1380 2469 483141 0.51
Greece2 198 396 97874 0.40
Ireland 317 209 61940 0.34
Denmark 2041 537 173501 0.31
UK2 954 1190 1023774 0.12
France2 838 1554 1333693 0.12
Italy 608 1154 10191232 0.11
Finland 184 1201 125121 0.10
Sweden 412 129 229572 0.06
Belgium 36 105 269506 0.04
Germany 298 2111 18387002 0.01
1 Estimated
2 Figures for 1994