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

1.28 million tonnes, with Vietnam ahead.

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

49 years are reported by both, from 1970 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 Vietnam: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Morocco

1.19 million tonnes

in 2018

Vietnam

2.47 million tonnes

in 2018

Morocco rank

5th

Vietnam rank

3rd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Morocco
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 2.47 million tonnes against 1.19 million tonnes in Morocco, a difference of 1.28 million tonnes.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 2.1 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 111 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 3 and Vietnam in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1970s	246,584 tonnes	23.5 tonnes	246,560 tonnes	Morocco
1980s	414,969 tonnes	23,433 tonnes	391,536 tonnes	Morocco
1990s	715,408 tonnes	547,479 tonnes	167,929 tonnes	Morocco
2000s	893,645 tonnes	1.48 million tonnes	585,437 tonnes	Vietnam
2010s	1.05 million tonnes	2.29 million tonnes	1.24 million tonnes	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Morocco or Vietnam?: Vietnam, at 2.47 million tonnes against 1.19 million tonnes in Morocco as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Morocco and Vietnam?: 1.28 million tonnes, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Vietnam?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Morocco and Vietnam rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Morocco ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 3rd 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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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: 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.