What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Morocco and Thailand?

426,567 tonnes, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Thailand?

58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Morocco vs Thailand: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Morocco

1.19 million tonnes

in 2018

Thailand

764,583 tonnes

in 2018

Morocco rank

5th

Thailand rank

8th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Morocco
Thailand

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 1.19 million tonnes against 764,583 tonnes in Thailand, a difference of 426,567 tonnes.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.6 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 8th of 111 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 1 and Thailand in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	204,286 tonnes	253,458 tonnes	49,172 tonnes	Thailand
1970s	246,584 tonnes	1.00 million tonnes	758,073 tonnes	Thailand
1980s	414,969 tonnes	1.34 million tonnes	928,549 tonnes	Thailand
1990s	715,408 tonnes	1.67 million tonnes	952,077 tonnes	Thailand
2000s	893,645 tonnes	1.45 million tonnes	560,562 tonnes	Thailand
2010s	1.05 million tonnes	756,453 tonnes	289,462 tonnes	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Morocco or Thailand?: Morocco, at 1.19 million tonnes against 764,583 tonnes in Thailand as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Morocco and Thailand?: 426,567 tonnes, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Thailand?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.
How do Morocco and Thailand rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Morocco ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 8th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.