South Korea vs Malaysia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

South Korea
659,111 tonnes
in 2018
Malaysia
667,346 tonnes
in 2018
South Korea rank
11th
Malaysia rank
10th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • South Korea
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 667,346 tonnes against 659,111 tonnes in South Korea, a difference of 8,235 tonnes.

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

South Korea ranks 11th and Malaysia ranks 10th 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.