Atlantic bluefin tuna: production by country

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

#1 Malta (15.5K t), #2 Spain (15.5K t), #3 Türkiye (8.78K t). The last place is New Zealand (0.162 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 bluefin 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: 32 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
  • 31 countries use 2024 data

Map

Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryAtlantic bluefin tuna: productionYearBar
1 Malta 15,530 t 2024
2 Spain 15,497 t 2024
3 Türkiye 8,778 t 2024
4 France 6,475 t 2024
5 Croatia 5,302 t 2024
6 Italy 4,797 t 2024
7 Tunisia 4,020 t 2024
8 Japan 3,674 t 2024
9 Morocco 3,628 t 2024
10 Libya 2,474 t 2024
11 Algeria 2,011 t 2024
12 United States 1,100 t 2024
13 Portugal 778 t 2024
14 Canada 607 t 2024
15 Greece 397 t 2024
16 South Korea 268 t 2024
17 Albania 264 t 2024
18 Cyprus 188 t 2024
19 Montenegro 166 t 2024
20 Norway 146 t 2024
21 China 113 t 2024
22 Syria 85 t 2024
23 United Kingdom 40 t 2024
24 Dominican Republic 20 t 2024
25 Mexico 20 t 2024
26 Ireland 17 t 2024
27 Israel 10 t 2024
28 Egypt 5 t 2024
29 Netherlands 4 t 2024
30 Denmark 2 t 2024
31 Sweden 1 t 2024
32 New Zealand 0 t 2023

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 32 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

Explore next

  • The color bar (legend) under the map shows how colors match values. Point at a country to see its number.
  • Select a country name in the table to open its page with the capital, population, area and more.

More rankings: Food & farming

Other rankings

Geography & nature

People & population

Economy

Daily life & technology

Environment

See all rankings

Back to top