Giant tiger prawn: production by country

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

#1 Vietnam (289K t), #2 India (274K t), #3 China (138K t). The last place is Colombia (1 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 tiger 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: 26 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
  • 25 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryGiant tiger prawn: productionYearBar
1 Vietnam 288,554 t 2024
2 India 274,339 t 2024
3 China 137,965 t 2024
4 Indonesia 133,235 t 2024
5 Bangladesh 75,990 t 2024
6 Myanmar 31,699 t 2024
7 Philippines 23,460 t 2024
8 Malaysia 22,302 t 2024
9 Thailand 21,312 t 2024
10 Madagascar 4,487 t 2024
11 Australia 3,259 t 2024
12 Sri Lanka 2,496 t 2024
13 Pakistan 300 t 2023
14 Mozambique 250 t 2024
15 Papua New Guinea 148 t 2024
16 Brunei 50 t 2024
17 Spain 48 t 2024
18 Fiji 46 t 2024
19 Greece 15 t 2024
20 Ghana 10 t 2024
21 Singapore 10 t 2024
22 Togo 6 t 2024
23 Benin 3 t 2024
24 Tanzania 1 t 2024
25 Croatia 1 t 2024
26 Colombia 1 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 26 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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