South Korea vs Spain: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

South Korea
659,111 tonnes
in 2018
Spain
693,683 tonnes
in 2018
South Korea rank
11th
Spain rank
9th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 693,683 tonnes against 659,111 tonnes in South Korea, a difference of 34,572 tonnes.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

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

South Korea ranks 11th and Spain ranks 9th 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.