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Reading no. 2024/137

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How many tonnes of fish per soldier in Papua New Guinea?

62.4tonnes per soldier

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Capture fisheries declared by Papua New Guinea in 2022, set against its armed forces personnel in 2020, the latest year published.

249,445tonnesCapture fisheries, Papua New Guinea (2022)
4,000peopleArmed forces personnel, Papua New Guinea (2020)

249,445 tonnes caught in 2022, 4,000 personnel in 2020: 62.4 tonnes each. The personnel series does not say how many go to sea.

Observation
Capture fisheries, Papua New Guinea (2022)
249,445 tonnes
Armed forces personnel, Papua New Guinea (2020)
4,000 people

Method

World Bank indicators for Papua New Guinea: ER.FSH.CAPT.MT (capture fisheries, in tonnes), year 2022: 249,445; MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 (armed forces personnel, paramilitary included), year 2020, the latest published: 4,000. Quotient of the first by the second.

Source

Nature

Cross-reading

Two real, sourced values with no connection, set against each other. Each is exact. Their quotient has no known use.

Confidence

Medium

See also

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