Hong Kong vs Mexico: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Hong Kong
511,312 tonnes
in 2018
Mexico
406,777 tonnes
in 2018
Hong Kong rank
13th
Mexico rank
16th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 511,312 tonnes against 406,777 tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 104,535 tonnes.

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

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

Hong Kong ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 16th 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.