Atlantic salmon: production by country

Atlantic salmon: the total weight produced in each country in a year, in tonnes. Which countries produce the most?

#1 Norway (1.55M t), #2 Chile (703K t), #3 United Kingdom (192K t). The last place is Portugal (0.057 t).

How to read this number

The total weight, in tonnes, of the crop or product harvested or produced in the country in a year, as reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Item: Atlantic salmon. The weight is wild catch and farmed production added together, counted as live weight: the whole animal as it was caught or harvested, before it is gutted, shelled or processed. It is more than the weight of the food you buy.

Only countries with a production above zero are listed. Countries that grow or make none, or that have no FAO figure, are not ranked (they are not counted as zero). Many figures, especially for small countries, are estimated by the FAO, so small differences between countries are not reliable. Weather and harvests change the amounts from year to year.

  • Countries listed: 22 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
  • 20 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryAtlantic salmon: productionYearBar
1 Norway 1,552,988 t 2024
2 Chile 703,032 t 2024
3 United Kingdom 192,006 t 2024
4 Australia 70,915 t 2024
5 Iceland 49,253 t 2024
6 Ireland 13,435 t 2024
7 United States 9,500 t 2024
8 Russia 2,439 t 2024
9 Denmark 1,642 t 2024
10 Finland 346 t 2024
11 Switzerland 240 t 2024
12 Sweden 194 t 2024
13 United Arab Emirates 180 t 2022
14 North Korea 60 t 2024
15 France 9 t 2024
16 Estonia 8 t 2024
17 Latvia 2 t 2024
18 Spain 2 t 2024
19 Poland 1 t 2024
20 Lithuania 0 t 2024
21 Slovenia 0 t 2022
22 Portugal 0 t 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 22 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: FAO. 2026. FishStat: Global production by production source. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division [online]. Rome. Updated 2026. Accessed on 05 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/fishery

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