India vs Vietnam: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

India
2.18 million tonnes
in 2018
Vietnam
2.47 million tonnes
in 2018
India rank
4th
Vietnam rank
3rd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • India
  • Vietnam
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How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 2.47 million tonnes against 2.18 million tonnes in India, a difference of 287,370 tonnes.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was India ahead.

India ranks 4th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 111 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Vietnam in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Vietnam Difference Ahead
1970s 328,260 tonnes 23.5 tonnes 328,236 tonnes India
1980s 631,105 tonnes 23,433 tonnes 607,671 tonnes India
1990s 1.21 million tonnes 547,479 tonnes 659,269 tonnes India
2000s 1.27 million tonnes 1.48 million tonnes 205,301 tonnes Vietnam
2010s 2.12 million tonnes 2.29 million tonnes 163,733 tonnes Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, India or Vietnam?
Vietnam, at 2.47 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 Vietnam?
287,370 tonnes, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Vietnam?
49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do India and Vietnam rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?
India ranks 4th and Vietnam ranks 3rd 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.