Gilthead seabream production over time (1984–2024)

Follow gilthead seabream production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1984 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Gilthead seabream production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1984 to 2024. Last values: Türkiye 156K t, Greece 58.5K t, Egypt 46.4K t, Tunisia 13.1K t, Spain 11.2K t.050K100K150K200K1990200020102024TürkiyeTürkiyeGreeceGreeceEgyptEgyptTunisiaTunisiaSpainSpain
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country198419902000201020202024
Türkiye709 t2.05K t16.3K t29.3K t110K t156K t
Greece108 t1.67K t38.8K t57.4K t62.5K t58.5K t
Egypt239 t3.69K t11.3K t17.1K t40.9K t46.4K t
Tunisia810 t404 t1.17K t2.79K t16.6K t13.1K t
Spain525 t1.18K t9.47K t21.4K t7.7K t11.2K t
Japan––––––
Countries with data111219262931

Biggest changes, 1984–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1984 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19842024ChangeRank
Türkiye709 t156K tup 155K t#3 → #1
Greece108 t58.5K tup 58.4K t#9 → #2
Egypt239 t46.4K tup 46.2K t#6 → #3
Tunisia810 t13.1K tup 12.3K t#2 → #4
Spain525 t11.2K tup 10.7K t#4 → #5

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
Country198419902000201020202024
Türkiye709 t2.05K t16.3K t29.3K t110K t156K t
Greece108 t1.67K t38.8K t57.4K t62.5K t58.5K t
Egypt239 t3.69K t11.3K t17.1K t40.9K t46.4K t
Tunisia810 t404 t1.17K t2.79K t16.6K t13.1K t
Spain525 t1.18K t9.47K t21.4K t7.7K t11.2K t
Croatia––825 t2.46K t7.91K t10.7K t
Saudi Arabia–––1.3K t11K t9.64K t
Italy1.9K t2.78K t7.94K t6.6K t8.12K t8.52K t
Cyprus–37 t1.38K t2.81K t4.38K t6.4K t
Mauritania–––711 t–5.54K t
Albania––23 t692 t4.35K t5.11K t
France427 t650 t1.56K t2.45K t3.7K t3.85K t
Algeria1 t2 t26 t64.9 t3.04K t3.2K t
Portugal184 t262 t2K t1.27K t2.07K t3.01K t
Malta––1.51K t1.76K t2.6K t2.51K t
Israel12 t84 t2.51K t1.24K t2.75K t2.15K t
Oman––––1.06K t2K t
Morocco217 t133 t396 t403 t143 t1.84K t
United Arab Emirates––––1.59K t1.51K t
Dominican Republic–––350 t285 t250 t
Senegal––––25 t233 t
Libya––15 t260 t125 t130 t
Montenegro–––60 t69.8 t93.9 t
Bosnia & Herzegovina–––100 t74.4 t66.1 t
Slovenia––28 t5 t13.4 t39 t
Qatar–––––29.9 t
Syria––46 t22 t15 t20 t
Bahrain–––0.679 t15 t15 t
United Kingdom–––1 t0.134 t12.8 t
Lebanon––––2 t2 t
Côte d’Ivoire–––––0.933 t
Bulgaria––––––
Kuwait––83 t10 t––
Netherlands––––0.085 t–
Countries with data111219262931

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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