Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Australia or Malta?

Australia, at 36,429 tonnes against 36,309 tonnes in Malta as of 2018.

What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Australia and Malta?

120 tonnes, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malta?

48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Malta: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Australia

36,429 tonnes

in 2018

Malta

36,309 tonnes

in 2018

Australia rank

54th

Malta rank

56th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Australia
Malta

How they compare

Australia currently reports 36,429 tonnes against 36,309 tonnes in Malta, a difference of 120 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 54th and Malta ranks 56th of 111 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Malta in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1970s	121,191 tonnes	8,021 tonnes	113,170 tonnes	Australia
1980s	160,685 tonnes	13,055 tonnes	147,630 tonnes	Australia
1990s	148,030 tonnes	30,398 tonnes	117,631 tonnes	Australia
2000s	77,546 tonnes	42,745 tonnes	34,801 tonnes	Australia
2010s	40,014 tonnes	52,521 tonnes	12,507 tonnes	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Australia or Malta?: Australia, at 36,429 tonnes against 36,309 tonnes in Malta as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Australia and Malta?: 120 tonnes, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malta?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Australia and Malta rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Australia ranks 54th and Malta ranks 56th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Malta: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid, drawing on Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/bottom-trawling/australia/malta/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/bottom-trawling/australia/malta/">Australia vs Malta: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling</a> — Statizoid

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: 18 September 2026

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