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

94,697 tonnes, with Norway ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Norway 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.

Norway vs Thailand: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Norway

859,280 tonnes

in 2018

Thailand

764,583 tonnes

in 2018

Norway rank

6th

Thailand rank

8th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Norway
Thailand

How they compare

Norway currently reports 859,280 tonnes against 764,583 tonnes in Thailand, a difference of 94,697 tonnes.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 8th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	349,028 tonnes	253,458 tonnes	95,570 tonnes	Norway
1970s	438,448 tonnes	1.00 million tonnes	566,208 tonnes	Thailand
1980s	427,195 tonnes	1.34 million tonnes	916,323 tonnes	Thailand
1990s	523,617 tonnes	1.67 million tonnes	1.14 million tonnes	Thailand
2000s	294,754 tonnes	1.45 million tonnes	1.16 million tonnes	Thailand
2010s	680,506 tonnes	756,453 tonnes	75,947 tonnes	Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Norway or Thailand?: Norway, at 859,280 tonnes against 764,583 tonnes in Thailand as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Norway and Thailand?: 94,697 tonnes, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Thailand?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.
How do Norway and Thailand rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Norway ranks 6th 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.