Malaysia vs Spain: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Malaysia
667,346 tonnes
in 2018
Spain
693,683 tonnes
in 2018
Malaysia rank
10th
Spain rank
9th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Malaysia
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 693,683 tonnes against 667,346 tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 26,337 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Malaysia ranks 10th 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.