China vs India: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

China
7.33 million tonnes
in 2018
India
2.18 million tonnes
in 2018
China rank
1st
India rank
4th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 7.33 million tonnes against 2.18 million tonnes in India, a difference of 5.14 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 3.4 times India's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 4th 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.