North Korea vs Philippines: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

North Korea
72,377 tonnes
in 2018
Philippines
67,637 tonnes
in 2018
North Korea rank
41st
Philippines rank
44th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • North Korea
  • Philippines
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How they compare

North Korea currently reports 72,377 tonnes against 67,637 tonnes in Philippines, a difference of 4,740 tonnes.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 41st and Philippines ranks 44th 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.