Peru vs Taiwan: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Peru
99,653 tonnes
in 2018
Taiwan
86,116 tonnes
in 2018
Peru rank
35th
Taiwan rank
37th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Peru
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 99,653 tonnes against 86,116 tonnes in Taiwan, a difference of 13,537 tonnes.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Taiwan ahead.

Peru ranks 35th and Taiwan ranks 37th 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.