Argentina vs South Korea: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Argentina
430,062 tonnes
in 2018
South Korea
659,111 tonnes
in 2018
Argentina rank
14th
South Korea rank
11th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Argentina
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 659,111 tonnes against 430,062 tonnes in Argentina, a difference of 229,049 tonnes.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.5 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.

Argentina ranks 14th and South Korea ranks 11th of 111 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Wild fish catch from bottom trawling
Unit
tonnes
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 6,156 data points, 1950–2018
Last refreshed

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.