What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Bangladesh and Denmark?

36,217 tonnes, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Denmark?

47 years are reported by both, from 1972 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.

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

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.

Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Denmark	Difference	Ahead
1970s	41,137 tonnes	982,762 tonnes	941,625 tonnes	Denmark
1980s	81,856 tonnes	1.14 million tonnes	1.05 million tonnes	Denmark
1990s	100,616 tonnes	1.06 million tonnes	958,274 tonnes	Denmark
2000s	106,636 tonnes	471,705 tonnes	365,069 tonnes	Denmark
2010s	153,597 tonnes	253,543 tonnes	99,946 tonnes	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Bangladesh or Denmark?: Denmark, at 206,495 tonnes against 170,278 tonnes in Bangladesh as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Bangladesh and Denmark?: 36,217 tonnes, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Denmark?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and Denmark rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Bangladesh ranks 24th and Denmark ranks 21st 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.

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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.