Bangladesh vs Denmark: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Bangladesh
170,278 tonnes
in 2018
Denmark
206,495 tonnes
in 2018
Bangladesh rank
24th
Denmark rank
21st

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 206,495 tonnes against 170,278 tonnes in Bangladesh, a difference of 36,217 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Denmark ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 24th and Denmark ranks 21st 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
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Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.