Hong Kong vs Malaysia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Hong Kong
511,312 tonnes
in 2018
Malaysia
667,346 tonnes
in 2018
Hong Kong rank
13th
Malaysia rank
10th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 667,346 tonnes against 511,312 tonnes in Hong Kong, a difference of 156,034 tonnes.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.3 times Hong Kong's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 13th and Malaysia ranks 10th 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.