Portugal vs Taiwan: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Portugal
104,344 tonnes
in 2018
Taiwan
86,116 tonnes
in 2018
Portugal rank
34th
Taiwan rank
37th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

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  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 104,344 tonnes against 86,116 tonnes in Taiwan, a difference of 18,228 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 34th 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.