The absolute cumulative yields of various fission products in the 12, 14, and 16 MeV bremsstrahlung-induced fission of ²³²Th were determined using a recoil catcher and an off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique using the ELBE electron linac of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in Dresden, Germany. The mass chain yields were obtained from the absolute cumulative yields by correcting the charge distribution. The peak-to-valley ratio, average light mass (A_L) and heavy mass (A_H) values, and average number of neutrons ((n)_exp) in the bremsstrahlung-induced fission of ²³²Th at different excitation energies were obtained from the mass chain yield data. The present study and existing literature data for the ²³²Th(γ,f) reaction are compared with similar data for the ²³⁸U(γ,f) reaction at various excitation energies, and surprisingly different behavior was found in the two fissioning systems.