Grass carp production over time (1979–2024)

Follow grass carp production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1979 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Grass carp production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1979 to 2024. Last values: China 6.16M t, Bangladesh 78.7K t, Iran 64K t, India 41.1K t, Uzbekistan 28.8K t.02M4M6M8M19801990200020102024ChinaChinaBangladeshBangladeshIranIranIndiaIndiaUzbekistanUzbekistan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country197919902000201020202024
China122K t1.02M t2.76M t4.07M t5.57M t6.16M t
Bangladesh––10.4K t27K t63.5K t78.7K t
Iran2.54K t8.39K t4.55K t21.4K t41.1K t64K t
India––130K t25.1K t29.1K t41.1K t
Uzbekistan––17 t1.4K t18.4K t28.8K t
Japan––––––
Countries with data101535444545

Biggest changes, 1979–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1979 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19792024ChangeRank
China122K t6.16M tup 6.04M t#1 → #1
Iran2.54K t64K tup 61.5K t#3 → #3
Egypt2.25K t16.6K tup 14.4K t#4 → #7
Laos148 t6.8K tup 6.65K t#7 → #11
Biggest decreases
Country19792024ChangeRank
Romania2.75K t306 tdown 2.44K t#2 → #24
Malaysia1.58K t640 tdown 942 t#5 → #18

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
Country197919902000201020202024
China122K t1.02M t2.76M t4.07M t5.57M t6.16M t
Bangladesh––10.4K t27K t63.5K t78.7K t
Iran2.54K t8.39K t4.55K t21.4K t41.1K t64K t
India––130K t25.1K t29.1K t41.1K t
Uzbekistan––17 t1.4K t18.4K t28.8K t
Pakistan–––23.8K t26.8K t20K t
Egypt2.25K t6K t79.1K t21.4K t14.5K t16.6K t
Russia––100 t13.1K t11.9K t14K t
Nepal––769 t1.93K t9.1K t11.2K t
Myanmar–5 t–15.6K t12.3K t8.39K t
Laos148 t1.25K t1.38K t5.3K t7.25K t6.8K t
Indonesia––––602 t1.6K t
Tajikistan––21 t40.8 t310 t1.09K t
Iraq–––1.2K t2K t1K t
Hungary350 t867 t882 t775 t720 t818 t
Ukraine––100 t11.4 t215 t797 t
Poland–2 t4 t580 t689 t732 t
Malaysia1.58K t1.11K t1.48K t873 t415 t640 t
Kyrgyzstan––5 t12 t960 t636 t
Czechia––242 t577 t722 t589 t
United States––17 t46 t521 t509 t
Cambodia4 t405 t900 t140 t500 t390 t
Kazakhstan––––794 t388 t
Romania2.75K t3.48K t214 t84.2 t198 t306 t
Belarus––6 t665 t332 t296 t
Croatia––279 t287 t176 t186 t
Israel120 t––333 t160 t160 t
Georgia–––90 t114 t154 t
Moldova––99 t450 t800 t150 t
Bulgaria––662 t187 t227 t101 t
Slovakia––16 t40 t94 t95.5 t
Turkmenistan––2 t2 t45 t55 t
Sri Lanka––––24 t54 t
Lithuania–––14.1 t54.9 t52 t
Serbia–––391 t151 t49 t
Azerbaijan–––50 t43 t38 t
Albania–12 t46 t67 t17 t37 t
Austria––8 t11 t31.9 t35.2 t
Argentina––––32.7 t29.5 t
France––22 t–16.7 t25 t
Mexico–––––3.5 t
Syria–––6 t3 t3 t
Bhutan–––10 t48 t2.9 t
Fiji––3 t––2 t
Singapore––––2.14 t1.6 t
Bosnia & Herzegovina–––260 t––
Cuba–42 t42 t1 t––
Germany20 t22 t5 t10 t––
Algeria–281 t255 t240 t––
Italy––––––
Latvia–––3.1 t––
Morocco––100 t–––
North Macedonia–––16 t5.13 t–
Panama–29 t––––
Paraguay––10 t–––
Slovenia––9 t9 t1.06 t–
Countries with data101535444545

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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