India vs United States: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

India
2.18 million tonnes
in 2018
United States
791,936 tonnes
in 2018
India rank
4th
United States rank
7th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • India
  • United States
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How they compare

India currently reports 2.18 million tonnes against 791,936 tonnes in United States, a difference of 1.39 million tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 2.8 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

India ranks 4th and United States ranks 7th 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.