Fish and seafood production (catch + farmed) over time (1960–2024)

Follow fish and seafood production (catch + farmed) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1960 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Fish and seafood production (catch + farmed): Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1960 to 2024. Last values: China 95.2M t, Indonesia 23.6M t, India 18.5M t, Vietnam 9.08M t, Peru 5.88M t, Japan 3.65M t.050M100M1960197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaIndonesiaIndonesiaIndiaIndiaVietnamVietnamPeruPeruJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19601970198019902000201020202024
China3.17M t3.97M t6.25M t15.1M t44.6M t62.8M t83.9M t95.2M t
Indonesia762K t1.26M t1.88M t3.27M t5.16M t11.7M t21.8M t23.6M t
India1.16M t1.76M t2.45M t3.88M t5.67M t8.51M t13.3M t18.5M t
Vietnam473K t618K t560K t941K t2.14M t4.95M t8.22M t9.08M t
Peru3.51M t12.5M t2.71M t6.88M t10.7M t4.39M t5.82M t5.88M t
Japan6.25M t9.36M t11.2M t11.2M t6.5M t5.35M t4.27M t3.65M t
Countries with data159167167166189191193193

Biggest changes, 1960–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1960 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19602024ChangeRank
China3.17M t95.2M tup 92M t#3 → #1
Indonesia762K t23.6M tup 22.8M t#13 → #2
India1.16M t18.5M tup 17.3M t#6 → #3
Vietnam473K t9.08M tup 8.61M t#18 → #4
Bangladesh401K t5.02M tup 4.62M t#19 → #7
Biggest decreases
Country19602024ChangeRank
Japan6.25M t3.65M tdown 2.6M t#1 → #12
Germany788K t219K tdown 569K t#11 → #63
South Africa883K t530K tdown 352K t#10 → #41
Canada1.08M t842K tdown 239K t#7 → #31
Portugal490K t261K tdown 229K t#17 → #57

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
Country19601970198019902000201020202024
China3.17M t3.97M t6.25M t15.1M t44.6M t62.8M t83.9M t95.2M t
Indonesia762K t1.26M t1.88M t3.27M t5.16M t11.7M t21.8M t23.6M t
India1.16M t1.76M t2.45M t3.88M t5.67M t8.51M t13.3M t18.5M t
Vietnam473K t618K t560K t941K t2.14M t4.95M t8.22M t9.08M t
Peru3.51M t12.5M t2.71M t6.88M t10.7M t4.39M t5.82M t5.88M t
Russia––––4.15M t4.2M t5.38M t5.36M t
Bangladesh401K t690K t647K t846K t1.66M t3.04M t4.5M t5.02M t
United States2.86M t3.01M t3.9M t6.1M t5.5M t5.26M t5.14M t4.68M t
Norway1.61M t3.18M t2.6M t1.97M t3.4M t3.86M t4.13M t4M t
Chile349K t1.23M t2.9M t5.42M t4.97M t3.76M t3.69M t3.95M t
Philippines498K t1.1M t1.72M t2.52M t3.02M t5.05M t4.24M t3.85M t
Japan6.25M t9.36M t11.2M t11.2M t6.5M t5.35M t4.27M t3.65M t
South Korea357K t877K t2.41M t3.29M t2.51M t3.11M t3.71M t3.56M t
Myanmar360K t432K t580K t744K t1.19M t2.81M t2.92M t2.95M t
Thailand231K t1.44M t1.8M t2.79M t3.74M t3.13M t2.61M t2.65M t
Mexico197K t385K t1.29M t1.45M t1.4M t1.65M t1.94M t2.19M t
Egypt88.5K t76.8K t140K t313K t724K t1.3M t2.01M t2.03M t
Ecuador44.3K t91K t640K t367K t658K t673K t1.41M t2.02M t
Malaysia156K t342K t740K t1.01M t1.46M t2.02M t1.79M t1.92M t
Brazil252K t574K t810K t640K t851K t1.2M t1.12M t1.6M t
Iran20K t26.1K t52.9K t269K t425K t664K t1.34M t1.5M t
Morocco168K t258K t335K t575K t917K t1.14M t1.4M t1.43M t
Nigeria58.5K t156K t261K t316K t467K t818K t1.04M t1.11M t
Iceland630K t749K t1.53M t1.52M t2M t1.09M t1.08M t1.06M t
Spain914K t1.58M t1.38M t1.33M t1.37M t1.22M t1.07M t1.01M t
United Kingdom1.02M t1.18M t898K t822K t907K t814K t847K t981K t
Türkiye87.9K t174K t428K t385K t582K t654K t786K t933K t
Cambodia35K t52.2K t19.7K t117K t322K t550K t936K t927K t
Argentina105K t215K t400K t561K t924K t821K t862K t918K t
North Korea304K t457K t1.2M t1.38M t681K t727K t884K t894K t
Canada1.08M t1.54M t1.54M t1.79M t1.25M t1.21M t942K t842K t
Oman55K t92K t106K t120K t120K t164K t795K t733K t
Pakistan77.2K t167K t238K t464K t611K t596K t656K t711K t
Colombia29.8K t54.5K t76.2K t250K t1.03M t809K t516K t704K t
France762K t857K t858K t955K t961K t654K t681K t670K t
Tanzania70.8K t191K t231K t420K t330K t359K t493K t670K t
Uganda62.6K t129K t166K t245K t221K t509K t703K t642K t
Mauritania20K t49.6K t21.6K t66K t114K t276K t678K t640K t
Angola257K t375K t85.1K t133K t239K t310K t377K t632K t
Ghana33.8K t172K t232K t396K t459K t362K t421K t618K t
South Africa883K t1.37M t933K t554K t697K t693K t664K t530K t
Mozambique13.4K t20.1K t33.9K t35.2K t42.2K t167K t394K t503K t
Senegal76.2K t121K t233K t315K t436K t410K t459K t502K t
Denmark575K t1.23M t2.03M t1.52M t1.58M t864K t775K t496K t
New Zealand52.7K t60.2K t158K t380K t639K t547K t484K t423K t
Sri Lanka48.1K t89.2K t183K t184K t301K t398K t424K t412K t
Guinea4K t6K t20K t44K t92.5K t114K t387K t392K t
Namibia0 t6.5K t10.3K t280K t633K t430K t334K t382K t
Papua New Guinea12.2K t15.6K t78.1K t61.8K t135K t266K t265K t345K t
Australia63.2K t105K t146K t250K t252K t286K t313K t345K t
Netherlands305K t301K t341K t507K t571K t502K t350K t330K t
Panama11K t58.9K t217K t134K t240K t192K t223K t295K t
Venezuela84.7K t127K t188K t428K t397K t251K t253K t284K t
Ireland42.8K t78.9K t150K t275K t364K t395K t254K t283K t
Kiribati5K t8.8K t12.9K t32K t46.6K t47.9K t203K t279K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo77K t137K t102K t163K t247K t228K t254K t272K t
Portugal490K t478K t276K t338K t200K t232K t181K t261K t
Ethiopia––––15.7K t18.1K t60.3K t255K t
Cameroon51.7K t68.8K t81.1K t70.8K t112K t182K t220K t250K t
Saudi Arabia10K t21.7K t24.8K t42.6K t55.1K t91.5K t165K t247K t
Laos12K t20K t24K t28K t71.3K t113K t200K t232K t
Italy217K t418K t505K t531K t521K t388K t267K t232K t
Germany788K t939K t563K t391K t270K t284K t244K t219K t
Zambia19.5K t52.1K t51K t69.7K t90.7K t110K t175K t212K t
Belize900 t1.5K t2.07K t2.13K t34K t407K t186K t209K t
Sierra Leone20K t31.1K t49K t56.6K t74.8K t200K t201K t209K t
Micronesia400 t1.5K t1.72K t2.37K t23.5K t31.5K t184K t209K t
Georgia––––1.88K t46.9K t209K t203K t
Uzbekistan––––8.96K t10.7K t144K t199K t
Malawi13.6K t47K t65.8K t75.2K t50.7K t104K t181K t195K t
Poland184K t469K t640K t475K t251K t220K t246K t184K t
Greece87.4K t86.1K t108K t142K t195K t191K t203K t184K t
Madagascar29.5K t53.9K t57.5K t106K t136K t141K t126K t180K t
Kenya13K t33.9K t48K t205K t220K t158K t161K t174K t
Yemen22.3K t27.4K t78.4K t77.3K t115K t164K t145K t152K t
Sweden250K t286K t234K t260K t343K t223K t192K t150K t
Seychelles1.8K t3K t4.68K t5.45K t33.2K t87.1K t142K t136K t
Finland65.5K t81.7K t166K t152K t172K t168K t164K t128K t
Nepal1.3K t1.9K t3.65K t14.5K t31.7K t49.7K t97.8K t123K t
Mali80K t110K t88.2K t70.5K t110K t102K t125K t113K t
Zimbabwe1.3K t2K t13.3K t43.3K t97.2K t101K t124K t113K t
Chad40K t70K t60K t70K t83.2K t91K t105K t109K t
Maldives13K t37.3K t38.6K t80.2K t119K t123K t149K t107K t
Tunisia16.7K t22.7K t61.1K t85.2K t96.2K t98.6K t128K t105K t
Solomon Islands4K t8.5K t34.9K t41.4K t19.6K t44.6K t46K t100K t
Honduras1.7K t5K t6.64K t24.5K t28K t39.6K t87K t98.2K t
Algeria25.5K t24.2K t48K t90.6K t114K t95.2K t77K t97.9K t
Somalia4.5K t5.6K t14.3K t23.2K t24.2K t30K t90.1K t97.9K t
Marshall Islands0 t100 t150 t380 t8.26K t59.8K t88.2K t96.8K t
Côte d’Ivoire40.5K t64.3K t70.1K t95.1K t81.5K t49.7K t74.4K t95.1K t
Nauru0 t100 t140 t180 t380 t589 t97.7K t87.3K t
Lithuania––––81K t153K t95.5K t81.7K t
Nicaragua4K t9.8K t7K t3.16K t34.4K t58K t73.5K t76.2K t
Croatia––––27.9K t68.5K t93.4K t72.2K t
El Salvador7.3K t11.1K t14K t9.16K t9.85K t44.1K t67.8K t69K t
Azerbaijan––––19.1K t45.9K t61.2K t67.3K t
Estonia––––114K t96.3K t75.2K t66.3K t
Kazakhstan––––37.4K t47.1K t53.1K t65K t
Benin26K t43.1K t37.8K t38.2K t32.3K t40.3K t70K t64K t
United Arab Emirates30K t40K t64.6K t95.1K t105K t70.8K t74.4K t60.6K t
Latvia––––137K t165K t65.7K t57.1K t
Iraq9K t32.1K t53.2K t24.2K t22.5K t39.7K t57.5K t56.6K t
Republic of the Congo11K t14.4K t32K t48.8K t46K t65.5K t71.5K t55.5K t
Gambia4.5K t7.45K t13.3K t21.7K t29K t46.7K t51K t55.1K t
South Sudan––––––43K t55K t
Guinea-Bissau700 t1.5K t4.17K t5.4K t6.32K t6.58K t62.4K t54.1K t
Ukraine–0 t0 t–423K t233K t88K t53.6K t
Niger3.4K t2.4K t8.89K t3.35K t16.3K t40.1K t46.6K t51.2K t
Uruguay18.5K t28.4K t129K t96.3K t113K t74.3K t63K t48.4K t
Sudan––––––44.2K t46.5K t
Tuvalu0 t0 t150 t518 t500 t11.5K t11.3K t45.4K t
Vanuatu1.4K t2.1K t2.94K t42K t70.6K t101K t64.9K t44.4K t
Costa Rica2.2K t8.1K t16.5K t18.9K t44.9K t44.8K t42.9K t44.3K t
Rwanda500 t900 t1.22K t2.51K t7K t13.1K t34.9K t43.1K t
Guatemala1K t3.4K t3.51K t7.8K t43.2K t45.1K t47.6K t40K t
Mauritius2.5K t5.4K t6.36K t14.2K t9.7K t7.93K t29.3K t39.9K t
Paraguay600 t1.8K t3.3K t12.6K t37.9K t20.8K t31.1K t39.6K t
Guyana5.7K t17.4K t31.5K t49.6K t60.1K t66.4K t41.5K t38.7K t
Fiji3K t3.9K t20.4K t39.5K t49.4K t42.7K t37.8K t35.5K t
Libya2.01K t5.5K t12.8K t24.8K t50K t50.1K t31.9K t33.1K t
Burkina Faso2K t5K t6.5K t7.01K t8.51K t14.8K t29.8K t33.1K t
Suriname4.51K t11.8K t4.05K t7.67K t24.6K t35.2K t29.8K t32.2K t
Gabon6K t10K t19.8K t20K t48.4K t32.8K t29K t30.2K t
Bolivia700 t1.1K t4.38K t7.87K t6.85K t32.4K t29.6K t29.8K t
Central African Republic2K t7K t13.1K t13.1K t15.1K t35.2K t27.8K t29.4K t
Liberia4.2K t8K t11.8K t6.46K t11.5K t11.8K t32.7K t28.1K t
Armenia––––2.03K t5.67K t19.1K t27K t
Hungary14.9K t26K t33.7K t33.8K t20K t20.5K t23.9K t24.2K t
Dominican Republic1.3K t5.2K t10.7K t19.8K t13.1K t15.8K t17.5K t24K t
Togo3.5K t9.11K t9.13K t15.8K t22.3K t27.6K t18.8K t23.5K t
Cuba31.2K t105K t186K t188K t101K t55.4K t46.4K t22.3K t
Czechia––––24.1K t24.4K t24.1K t22.1K t
Qatar800 t1.5K t2.18K t5.7K t7.14K t13.8K t15.1K t21.1K t
Malta1.22K t1.21K t1.08K t799 t2.82K t8.72K t21.9K t19.8K t
Burundi9.2K t13.3K t14.8K t17.4K t17.4K t17.3K t20.1K t19.5K t
Kyrgyzstan––––110 t379 t5.12K t19.4K t
Bulgaria8.7K t94.2K t125K t57.1K t12.3K t18.7K t19.3K t18.3K t
Comoros817 t1.66K t6.95K t11.3K t12K t63.4K t20.7K t17.7K t
Brunei800 t1.5K t2.23K t2.35K t2.6K t2.85K t16.6K t17.7K t
Belgium63.7K t53K t45.7K t42.1K t31.7K t23K t20.2K t17.4K t
Israel14.7K t28.2K t28K t24.1K t27.8K t22.5K t17.3K t16.9K t
Haiti3K t4K t5K t5.17K t7.43K t14.1K t16.8K t16.7K t
Albania2.6K t8K t9K t15K t3.64K t7.65K t16.9K t16.5K t
Turkmenistan––––12.3K t15K t14.8K t16.2K t
Romania38K t62.8K t174K t128K t17.1K t11.7K t20.3K t15.8K t
Bahrain1.5K t3.5K t5.12K t8.11K t11.7K t13.5K t17.2K t15.2K t
Afghanistan200 t460 t870 t1.4K t1.3K t3.25K t11.4K t14.2K t
Jamaica8.5K t8.5K t9.25K t17.1K t10.1K t19.3K t13.8K t13.4K t
Trinidad & Tobago2.4K t3.6K t4.46K t12.4K t14.3K t13.9K t12.9K t12.9K t
Moldova––––1.74K t8.84K t12.6K t12.8K t
Cyprus500 t1.36K t1.34K t2.71K t70.2K t5.49K t8.7K t10.2K t
Belarus––––7.27K t17.2K t10.2K t9.58K t
Serbia–––––13.5K t8.64K t9.37K t
Timor-Leste0 t0 t0 t0 t3.62K t4.79K t7.99K t9.13K t
Bahamas1.6K t3.38K t7.12K t9.76K t15.5K t16.3K t7.44K t8.88K t
Samoa500 t900 t1.99K t1.51K t8.6K t12.8K t9.96K t8.11K t
Equatorial Guinea900 t4K t2.5K t3.7K t3.63K t7.39K t5.98K t7.27K t
Syria1.5K t1.7K t3.97K t5.78K t13.4K t15.2K t5.7K t6K t
São Tomé & Príncipe500 t800 t1.85K t3.87K t3.7K t4.84K t5.68K t5.73K t
Cape Verde1.6K t5.18K t8.84K t6.58K t10.6K t21.4K t20K t5.59K t
Tajikistan––––253 t1.21K t2.58K t5.48K t
Austria4.2K t3.2K t4.3K t3.66K t3.29K t2.52K t4.89K t5.36K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––255 t7.93K t4.12K t5.24K t
Singapore9.2K t18.3K t16.1K t14.8K t11K t6.45K t7.28K t4.12K t
Switzerland2.5K t2.4K t3.5K t4.23K t2.76K t3.36K t3.85K t4.09K t
Slovakia––––2.26K t2.31K t4.03K t3.96K t
Lebanon2.1K t2.3K t1.74K t1.51K t4.07K t4.58K t3.44K t3.69K t
Djibouti900 t300 t251 t360 t800 t1.59K t2.32K t3.39K t
Jordan100 t100 t56 t412 t1.12K t1.03K t2.64K t3.38K t
Antigua & Barbuda600 t900 t1.17K t875 t1.73K t2.23K t3.14K t3.31K t
Kuwait3.5K t4.7K t3.69K t4.45K t7.35K t6.68K t3.55K t2.91K t
Eritrea––––12.7K t3.59K t1.91K t2.49K t
North Macedonia––––1.43K t1.73K t2.11K t2.47K t
Montenegro–––––2.09K t1.7K t2.41K t
Grenada300 t1.3K t1.42K t1.91K t1.71K t2.18K t1.92K t2.18K t
Lesotho0 t0 t23 t30 t40 t345 t2.67K t2.18K t
St. Lucia600 t1.42K t969 t988 t2.03K t1.98K t1.52K t1.99K t
Slovenia––––3.04K t1.72K t1.98K t1.32K t
Tonga400 t400 t1.99K t1.64K t4.31K t2.38K t1.2K t1.23K t
Dominica500 t500 t1.45K t458 t1.21K t711 t527 t989 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines400 t600 t540 t9.02K t22.8K t66.4K t2.14K t981 t
Palau500 t8.88K t7.52K t1.08K t1.27K t992 t791 t814 t
Barbados5.21K t2.31K t3.75K t3.03K t3.19K t3.28K t1.06K t728 t
St. Kitts & Nevis600 t1K t1.94K t623 t971 t21.8K t650 t679 t
Botswana400 t800 t1.25K t1.9K t177 t1.56K t1.73K t196 t
Eswatini–50 t70 t110 t119 t100 t80 t90 t
Bhutan100 t150 t150 t131 t80 t52 t182 t63 t
Mongolia–300 t346 t124 t425 t100 t25 t31 t
Luxembourg–0 t0 t0 t5 t8 t8 t8 t
Monaco–0 t1 t2 t3 t1 t1 t1 t
Andorra–0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t
Liechtenstein–0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t
San Marino–0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t0 t
Countries with data159167167166189191193193

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. 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. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.

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: Total fisheries production (metric tons), indicator ER.FSH.PROD.MT. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08

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