Crayfish and other freshwater crustaceans production over time (1975–2024)

Follow crayfish and other freshwater crustaceans production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1975 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Crayfish and other freshwater crustaceans production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1975 to 2024. Last values: China 4.98M t, Bangladesh 144K t, United States 56.5K t, Thailand 44K t, India 27.9K t, Japan 56 t.02M4M6M19801990200020102024ChinaChinaBangladeshBangladeshUnited StatesUnited StatesThailandThailandIndiaIndiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country1975198019902000201020202024
China38.6K t51.6K t99.6K t838K t1.81M t3.75M t4.98M t
Bangladesh–––5.5K t171K t122K t144K t
United States8.65K t12.5K t36.5K t7.89K t59.8K t76.1K t56.5K t
Thailand5.56K t3.67K t6.6K t10.1K t26.5K t43.2K t44K t
India––198 t16.7K t33.4K t10.4K t27.9K t
Japan6.84K t5.85K t3.95K t1.69K t676 t198 t56 t
Countries with data20274651535958

Biggest changes, 1975–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1975 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19752024ChangeRank
China38.6K t4.98M tup 4.95M t#1 → #1
United States8.65K t56.5K tup 47.9K t#3 → #3
Thailand5.56K t44K tup 38.5K t#5 → #4
Indonesia4.49K t26.8K tup 22.3K t#6 → #6
Egypt680 t20.4K tup 19.8K t#10 → #7
Biggest decreases
Country19752024ChangeRank
Japan6.84K t56 tdown 6.78K t#4 → #32
Brazil9.22K t5.35K tdown 3.87K t#2 → #9
Spain1.06K t10 tdown 1.05K t#9 → #41

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
Country1975198019902000201020202024
China38.6K t51.6K t99.6K t838K t1.81M t3.75M t4.98M t
Bangladesh–––5.5K t171K t122K t144K t
United States8.65K t12.5K t36.5K t7.89K t59.8K t76.1K t56.5K t
Thailand5.56K t3.67K t6.6K t10.1K t26.5K t43.2K t44K t
India––198 t16.7K t33.4K t10.4K t27.9K t
Indonesia4.49K t6.48K t8.98K t9.79K t15.1K t19.2K t26.8K t
Egypt680 t151 t1.02K t4.88K t5.24K t11.9K t20.4K t
Myanmar–4 t3 t–2.88K t10.9K t19.9K t
Brazil9.22K t10.1K t7.21K t2.89K t5.84K t5.35K t5.35K t
Benin––3.8K t4.2K t2.13K t2.8K t4.26K t
Russia–––969 t3.46K t5.59K t4.21K t
Kazakhstan––––––1.92K t
Vietnam30 t1.56K t10K t3.51K t4.25K t2K t1.79K t
Mexico1.2K t2.24K t1.93K t3.64K t2.87K t220 t1.32K t
Armenia––––286 t679 t1.1K t
Philippines––7 t252 t1.42K t1.12K t1.08K t
Malaysia36 t134 t137 t1.34K t1.01K t691 t1.05K t
Kenya––87 t22 t20 t5.59K t1.04K t
Cambodia100 t100 t19 t300 t520 t875 t910 t
Peru––5 t10 t15 t652 t866 t
Türkiye–5.77K t542 t1.68K t1.03K t1.23K t748 t
Sweden––10 t24 t178 t1.99K t662 t
Burkina Faso–––––87 t563 t
Senegal––2 t––202 t423 t
Sri Lanka––––45 t173 t178 t
Finland–294 t458 t80 t230 t161 t155 t
Fiji6 t19 t351 t345 t117 t185 t152 t
Australia181 t62 t109 t433 t191 t672 t127 t
Dominican Republic––50 t83 t118 t36.9 t70.1 t
Romania53 t37 t–32 t––70 t
Pakistan–––––176 t60 t
Japan6.84K t5.85K t3.95K t1.69K t676 t198 t56 t
Ukraine––––7.5 t29.3 t49.4 t
Netherlands–––––13.3 t32.6 t
Israel––3 t––40 t30 t
Greece–––23 t21 t21 t21 t
France––5 t18 t–13 t20 t
South Korea361 t405 t107 t114 t342 t20 t18.8 t
Ecuador41 t385 t849 t30 t74 t49.8 t16.9 t
Germany–––12 t3 t22.7 t11.6 t
Spain1.06K t600 t5.11K t2K t18.6 t14 t10 t
Papua New Guinea103 t10 t10 t5 t6 t6 t6 t
Belarus–––––3.95 t5.7 t
Moldova–––10 t20 t5 t5 t
Mauritius–16 t42 t39 t3 t1.6 t4.7 t
St. Lucia––––2 t1.03 t4.15 t
Jamaica––30 t10 t10 t3 t3 t
Azerbaijan––––––2 t
Switzerland––––––2 t
Iran––––298 t17 t2 t
Estonia–––1 t2.4 t2.25 t1.48 t
Venezuela––23 t––1 t1 t
Austria–––1 t––0.945 t
Bulgaria––––11.9 t7 t0.582 t
Barbados––––0.5 t0.5 t0.5 t
Dominica–––4 t1 t0.1 t0.5 t
Costa Rica––7 t8 t1 t0.95 t0.23 t
Denmark––––––0.1 t
Albania––45 t––––
Argentina–––32 t–––
Belgium–––––––
Brunei–17 t20 t22 t–0.878 t–
Côte d’Ivoire2.4K t2.4K t2K t27 t246 t975 t–
Chile––32 t––––
Colombia––60 t––––
Cuba–158 t–––––
Gabon–––4 t5 t––
United Kingdom––15 t81 t–––
Grenada–––3 t–––
Guatemala––10 t64 t20.8 t––
Honduras–42 t–––––
Italy––––9.2 t––
Lithuania–––1 t–––
Latvia––––0.2 t––
Morocco––1 t3 t–––
Malawi–2 t6 t––––
Nicaragua––––5 t––
Norway–––––––
Panama––6 t––0.048 t–
Poland5 t––––0.1 t–
Portugal–––––––
Paraguay–––––––
Solomon Islands–––––––
Singapore–––––2.13 t–
Suriname–––––––
El Salvador––8 t18 t3.69 t1.46 t–
Eswatini–––5 t–––
Trinidad & Tobago––––0.5 t––
Uganda–––––––
Uruguay–––––––
Vanuatu–––––0.23 t–
South Africa–––2 t0.8 t––
Zambia–––––––
Zimbabwe––7 t––––
Countries with data20274651535958

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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