Bigeye tuna: production by country

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

#1 Indonesia (63K t), #2 Japan (30.7K t), #3 Ecuador (25.8K t). The last place is Equatorial Guinea (0.694 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: Bigeye tuna. 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: 68 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
  • 67 countries use 2024 data

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RankCountryBigeye tuna: productionYearBar
1 Indonesia 62,990 t 2024
2 Japan 30,737 t 2024
3 Ecuador 25,828 t 2024
4 South Korea 22,108 t 2024
5 Spain 21,136 t 2024
6 China 15,003 t 2024
7 Seychelles 10,506 t 2024
8 Kiribati 8,935 t 2024
9 El Salvador 8,067 t 2024
10 United States 7,619 t 2024
11 France 6,370 t 2024
12 Somalia 5,945 t 2024
13 Micronesia 5,658 t 2024
14 Sri Lanka 5,348 t 2024
15 Philippines 4,984 t 2024
16 Marshall Islands 4,900 t 2024
17 Mauritius 4,852 t 2024
18 Vanuatu 4,138 t 2024
19 Panama 3,981 t 2024
20 Brazil 3,648 t 2024
21 Papua New Guinea 2,784 t 2024
22 Portugal 2,527 t 2024
23 Ghana 2,345 t 2024
24 Nauru 1,807 t 2024
25 Colombia 1,775 t 2024
26 Iran 1,739 t 2024
27 Belize 1,547 t 2024
28 Solomon Islands 1,402 t 2024
29 Tanzania 1,329 t 2024
30 Vietnam 1,229 t 2024
31 Comoros 1,192 t 2024
32 Mexico 809 t 2024
33 Guatemala 750 t 2024
34 South Africa 714 t 2024
35 Nicaragua 710 t 2024
36 Tuvalu 589 t 2024
37 Senegal 578 t 2024
38 Côte d’Ivoire 552 t 2024
39 Fiji 543 t 2024
40 Malaysia 508 t 2024
41 Italy 494 t 2024
42 India 446 t 2024
43 Mozambique 325 t 2024
44 Australia 302 t 2024
45 Kenya 299 t 2024
46 Maldives 271 t 2024
47 Canada 240 t 2024
48 Suriname 214 t 2024
49 Namibia 207 t 2024
50 Madagascar 157 t 2024
51 Venezuela 142 t 2024
52 São Tomé & Príncipe 141 t 2024
53 New Zealand 61 t 2024
54 Morocco 49 t 2024
55 Samoa 34 t 2024
56 Gabon 30 t 2024
57 Barbados 14 t 2024
58 Trinidad & Tobago 13 t 2024
59 Tonga 11 t 2024
60 Togo 10 t 2022
61 Chile 9 t 2024
62 Liberia 7 t 2024
63 St. Lucia 5 t 2024
64 Cape Verde 5 t 2024
65= Guyana 3 t 2024
65= Palau 3 t 2024
67 Grenada 3 t 2024
68 Equatorial Guinea 1 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 68 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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