Giant river prawn: production by country

Giant river prawn: the total weight produced in each country in a year, in tonnes. Which countries produce the most?

#1 China (246K t), #2 Bangladesh (57.6K t), #3 Thailand (42.6K t). The last place is Mexico (0.05 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: Giant river prawn. 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: 30 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
  • 26 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryGiant river prawn: productionYearBar
1 China 245,655 t 2024
2 Bangladesh 57,583 t 2024
3 Thailand 42,643 t 2024
4 India 26,368 t 2024
5 Myanmar 19,922 t 2024
6 Indonesia 18,468 t 2024
7 Vietnam 1,791 t 2024
8 Philippines 1,076 t 2024
9 Malaysia 238 t 2024
10 Sri Lanka 178 t 2024
11 Brazil 150 t 2024
12 Cambodia 140 t 2024
13 Dominican Republic 60 t 2024
14 Israel 30 t 2024
15 Ukraine 20 t 2024
16 Peru 19 t 2024
17 Fiji 12 t 2024
18 United States 5 t 2024
19 Mauritius 5 t 2024
20 St. Lucia 4 t 2024
21 France 3 t 2024
22 Brunei 3 t 2023
23 Jamaica 2 t 2024
24 Singapore 2 t 2022
25= Iran 1 t 2024
25= Russia 1 t 2023
27 Dominica 1 t 2024
28 Panama 0 t 2023
29 Costa Rica 0 t 2024
30 Mexico 0 t 2024

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 30 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

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