Common carp production over time (1950–2024)

Follow common carp production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1950 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Common carp production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1950 to 2024. Last values: China 2.94M t, Indonesia 534K t, Vietnam 173K t, Bangladesh 117K t, Iran 108K t, Japan 1.69K t.01M2M3M4M19501960197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaIndonesiaIndonesiaVietnamVietnamBangladeshBangladeshIranIranJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country195019601970198019902000201020202024
China3.96K t30K t34.9K t54.1K t522K t1.85M t2.45M t2.9M t2.94M t
Indonesia20K t37.7K t46.1K t41.7K t93.3K t187K t292K t573K t534K t
Vietnam––––––56.2K t144K t173K t
Bangladesh–––––24.1K t46.3K t104K t117K t
Iran–––3.79K t6.56K t14.1K t39.2K t77.2K t108K t
Japan5K t8.4K t19.9K t33.5K t22.6K t14.6K t4.09K t2.41K t1.69K t
Countries with data182025365780869095

Biggest changes, 1950–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1950 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19502024ChangeRank
China3.96K t2.94M tup 2.94M t#6 → #1
Indonesia20K t534K tup 514K t#1 → #2
Poland2K t19.5K tup 17.5K t#9 → #13
Hungary1K t14.8K tup 13.8K t#11 → #16
Thailand6 t3.01K tup 3.01K t#18 → #28
Biggest decreases
Country19502024ChangeRank
United States16K t90 tdown 15.9K t#2 → #71
Japan5K t1.69K tdown 3.31K t#3 → #36
Romania5K t2.84K tdown 2.16K t#3 → #29
Israel2.9K t2.17K tdown 730 t#8 → #34

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country195019601970198019902000201020202024
China3.96K t30K t34.9K t54.1K t522K t1.85M t2.45M t2.9M t2.94M t
Indonesia20K t37.7K t46.1K t41.7K t93.3K t187K t292K t573K t534K t
Vietnam––––––56.2K t144K t173K t
Bangladesh–––––24.1K t46.3K t104K t117K t
Iran–––3.79K t6.56K t14.1K t39.2K t77.2K t108K t
Russia–––––38.2K t60.2K t76.5K t76.9K t
Myanmar––––60 t–23.4K t123K t43.9K t
India–––––74.5K t186K t26.1K t36.6K t
Iraq––10 t3.62K t3.57K t1.75K t16.8K t31.8K t32.8K t
Uzbekistan–––––1.52K t1.8K t32.2K t28.5K t
Nepal––2 t324 t2.31K t3.03K t4.23K t19K t25.8K t
Mexico–1.21K t800 t4.43K t27.2K t23.4K t30.2K t17.6K t23K t
Poland2K t8.1K t9.7K t8.79K t22K t22.6K t15.4K t19.7K t19.5K t
Czechia–––––20.7K t20.9K t20.3K t18.7K t
Ethiopia–––––75 t182 t4.04K t15K t
Hungary1K t9K t13.3K t15K t23.1K t11.9K t13.2K t15.7K t14.8K t
Ukraine–––––20K t19.7K t9.4K t9.36K t
Pakistan––––––––9K t
Kazakhstan–––––713 t225 t2.59K t8.49K t
Belarus–––––5.88K t12.9K t7.19K t6.58K t
Laos––20 t176 t1.25K t10.5K t6.1K t7.65K t6.5K t
Moldova–––––173 t1.7K t4.2K t4.6K t
Germany4K t6K t8.7K t13.1K t20.2K t10.9K t9.71K t4.87K t4.41K t
Serbia––––––6.65K t4.49K t4.21K t
Cambodia–––30 t1.84K t4K t1.4K t5.1K t4.07K t
Madagascar–––53 t230 t2.48K t2.8K t10 t3.52K t
Türkiye3K t3.26K t5.22K t10.6K t17K t15K t12.5K t3.07K t3.22K t
Thailand6 t54 t700 t2.14K t5.82K t12.5K t8.13K t2.85K t3.01K t
Romania5K t11K t12.9K t20.3K t13.4K t2.72K t2.99K t3.82K t2.84K t
Croatia–––––2.01K t2K t1.86K t2.78K t
Bulgaria300 t900 t5.4K t11.3K t6.19K t1.39K t2.41K t3.24K t2.76K t
Lithuania–––––1.94K t2.94K t3.31K t2.5K t
Malaysia9 t26 t76 t222 t1.28K t981 t675 t1.11K t2.44K t
Israel2.9K t8.27K t10.2K t7.23K t7.95K t6.47K t5.69K t2.71K t2.17K t
Slovakia–––––928 t1.28K t2K t1.76K t
Japan5K t8.4K t19.9K t33.5K t22.6K t14.6K t4.09K t2.41K t1.69K t
Saudi Arabia––––10 t––577 t1.46K t
Kyrgyzstan–––––20 t147 t1.05K t1.39K t
France––40 t2.13K t4.5K t5.65K t4.2K t1.42K t1.34K t
Jordan––––20 t6 t259 t1.03K t1.27K t
Algeria–––––––11.5 t1.25K t
Sri Lanka––––––807 t690 t1.18K t
Cuba–––105 t516 t166 t91 t1.66K t1.08K t
Tajikistan–––––69 t110 t384 t950 t
Uganda––––20 t100 t120 t333 t942 t
Kenya–––20 t441 t94 t1.88K t898 t809 t
South Korea––100 t2.04K t10.8K t2.84K t2K t979 t771 t
Bolivia––––30 t40 t87 t850 t760 t
Paraguay––––25 t20 t148 t550 t700 t
Armenia–––––381 t738 t712 t700 t
Argentina––––––633 t1.22K t632 t
North Macedonia–––––263 t216 t260 t619 t
Syria––8 t407 t2.13K t3.79K t3.86K t750 t550 t
Austria400 t1.5K t1.1K t1.2K t1.05K t620 t348 t621 t539 t
Latvia–––––271 t440 t542 t468 t
Georgia–––––47 t200 t360 t463 t
Albania––––165 t232 t335 t673 t430 t
Papua New Guinea––––5 t200 t500 t350 t350 t
Dominican Republic–––777 t440 t620 t128 t276 t310 t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––––2.74K t371 t261 t
Canada500 t700 t300 t1.52K t753 t516 t33 t545 t253 t
Greece–30 t90 t140 t250 t335 t325 t203 t247 t
Azerbaijan–––––93 t697 t263 t236 t
Slovenia–––––230 t229 t200 t181 t
Italy50 t100 t200 t500 t375 t700 t104 t139 t154 t
Montenegro––––––245 t145 t145 t
Tunisia–––––215 t338 t407 t119 t
United Kingdom––––50 t–248 t168 t110 t
Colombia––––50 t1K t404 t104 t100 t
Turkmenistan–––––144 t40 t75 t100 t
United States16K t14.3K t12K t10.7K t777 t716 t336 t72 t90 t
Malawi–––1 t8 t10 t76 t26.9 t35 t
Cameroon–––10 t20 t–28 t25 t30 t
Zambia––––60 t220 t82 t15 t30 t
Lesotho–––23 t25 t28 t15.4 t22 t26 t
Timor-Leste––––––23 t24 t25 t
Haiti–––––1 t25 t20 t20 t
Burundi–––––––15 t15 t
Central African Republic–––––––15 t15 t
Spain––––––303 t21.9 t15 t
Belgium––––55 t280 t30 t10 t10 t
Panama––––29 t2 t4.4 t13 t10 t
Rwanda––––5 t4 t0.3 t3.2 t10 t
Uruguay–––––1 t––6 t
Bhutan––––––7 t38.5 t5.8 t
Switzerland––––30 t36 t7 t6.79 t5 t
Guatemala––––6 t14 t3.93 t5 t5 t
South Africa––––20 t25 t0.8 t5.2 t4 t
United Arab Emirates––––––––3 t
Eritrea–––––––2 t2.45 t
Estonia–––––47 t39.4 t0.237 t0.301 t
New Zealand–––––4 t4 t6.57 t0.101 t
Denmark––––2 t–––0.039 t
Peru––––35 t6 t19 t–0.02 t
Sweden––––––––0.003 t
Brunei––––1 t5 t4 t––
Brazil–––––54.6K t–––
Chile–––––––––
Egypt1.3K t2.1K t2.6K t7.5K t25K t16.4K t–1.06K t–
Morocco–––3 t–200 t–––
Nicaragua––––1 t––––
Netherlands600 t300 t–1 t1 t––––
Portugal–––––––––
El Salvador–––––––––
Eswatini–––––20 t–––
Venezuela––––20 t10 t–––
Countries with data182025365780869095

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FishStat). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

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.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

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

FishStat data last updated: 2026-03-30

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