Countries ranked by Aquaculture (farmed fish and seafood)

How it has changed (1960–2024)

See how aquaculture (farmed fish and seafood) has changed across the world’s countries from 1960 to 2024.

• The country ranked first is China in both 1960 and 2024. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.
• Japan’s aquaculture (farmed fish and seafood) went from 308K t in 1960 to 802K t in 2024 (up 494K t).
• Japan ranked #2 of 159 countries in 1960 and #15 of 193 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
China	959K t	1.48M t	3.11M t	8.39M t	29.7M t	47.8M t	70.5M t	81.9M t
Indonesia	80.6K t	109K t	225K t	600K t	994K t	6.28M t	14.8M t	15.8M t
India	44.8K t	122K t	365K t	1.02M t	1.94M t	3.79M t	8.64M t	12.1M t
Vietnam	37.7K t	65.4K t	99.2K t	162K t	514K t	2.7M t	4.68M t	5.65M t
Bangladesh	49.2K t	64.7K t	91K t	193K t	657K t	1.31M t	2.58M t	2.98M t
Japan	308K t	597K t	1.09M t	1.37M t	1.29M t	1.15M t	999K t	802K t
Countries with data	159	167	167	166	189	191	193	193

See the full history, year by year