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Malaysia vs United States: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Malaysia
667,346 tonnes
in 2018
United States
791,936 tonnes
in 2018
Malaysia rank
10th
United States rank
7th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Malaysia
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 791,936 tonnes against 667,346 tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 124,590 tonnes.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Malaysia ranks 10th and United States ranks 7th 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.