Countries ranked by Fish catch (from sea, rivers and lakes)

How it has changed (1960–2024)

See how fish catch (from sea, rivers and lakes) has changed across the world’s countries from 1960 to 2024.

• The country ranked first changed over time: Japan in 1960–1961, Peru in 1962–1971, Japan in 1972–1991, China in 1992–1993, Peru in 1994, China in 1995–2024. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.
• Japan’s fish catch (from sea, rivers and lakes) went from 5.95M t in 1960 to 2.85M t in 2024 (down 3.1M t).
• Japan ranked #1 of 159 countries in 1960 and #8 of 193 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
China	2.22M t	2.49M t	3.15M t	6.71M t	14.8M t	15.1M t	13.4M t	13.3M t
Indonesia	681K t	1.15M t	1.65M t	2.67M t	4.17M t	5.4M t	6.99M t	7.82M t
India	1.12M t	1.64M t	2.08M t	2.86M t	3.73M t	4.72M t	4.66M t	6.36M t
Peru	3.51M t	12.5M t	2.71M t	6.87M t	10.7M t	4.31M t	5.68M t	5.76M t
Russia	–	–	–	–	4.08M t	4.08M t	5.09M t	5.02M t
Japan	5.95M t	8.76M t	10.1M t	9.82M t	5.21M t	4.2M t	3.27M t	2.85M t
Countries with data	159	167	167	166	189	191	193	193

See the full history, year by year