India vs Indonesia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

India
2.18 million tonnes
in 2018
Indonesia
2.58 million tonnes
in 2018
India rank
4th
Indonesia rank
2nd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • India
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 2.58 million tonnes against 2.18 million tonnes in India, a difference of 400,440 tonnes.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.

India ranks 4th and Indonesia ranks 2nd of 111 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Indonesia Difference Ahead
1960s 25,120 tonnes 357,224 tonnes 332,104 tonnes Indonesia
1970s 328,260 tonnes 1.04 million tonnes 708,054 tonnes Indonesia
1980s 631,105 tonnes 1.96 million tonnes 1.33 million tonnes Indonesia
1990s 1.21 million tonnes 1.71 million tonnes 502,588 tonnes Indonesia
2000s 1.27 million tonnes 1.86 million tonnes 583,765 tonnes Indonesia
2010s 2.12 million tonnes 2.28 million tonnes 158,702 tonnes Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, India or Indonesia?
Indonesia, at 2.58 million tonnes against 2.18 million tonnes in India as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between India and Indonesia?
400,440 tonnes, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?
58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.
How do India and Indonesia rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
India ranks 4th and Indonesia ranks 2nd 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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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.