Milkfish production over time (2000–2024)

Follow milkfish production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 2000 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Milkfish production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 2000 to 2024. Last values: Indonesia 797K t, Philippines 362K t, Malaysia 4.72K t, Singapore 899 t, United Arab Emirates 875 t.0500K1M200020052010201520202024IndonesiaIndonesiaPhilippinesPhilippinesMalaysiaMalaysiaSingaporeSingaporeUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirat…
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country2000201020202024
Indonesia217K t422K t815K t797K t
Philippines210K t358K t421K t362K t
Malaysia––3.26K t4.72K t
Singapore676 t1.31K t1.36K t899 t
United Arab Emirates58 t129 t168 t875 t
Japan––––
Countries with data10152122

Biggest changes, 2000–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 2000 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country20002024ChangeRank
Indonesia217K t797K tup 580K t#1 → #1
Philippines210K t362K tup 152K t#2 → #2
United Arab Emirates58 t875 tup 817 t#6 → #5
Singapore676 t899 tup 223 t#4 → #4
Eritrea3 t86 tup 83 t#9 → #11
Biggest decreases
Country20002024ChangeRank
Kiribati2.19K t10 tdown 2.18K t#3 → #15

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
Country2000201020202024
Indonesia217K t422K t815K t797K t
Philippines210K t358K t421K t362K t
Malaysia––3.26K t4.72K t
Singapore676 t1.31K t1.36K t899 t
United Arab Emirates58 t129 t168 t875 t
Mexico–68 t3.95K t786 t
Oman–––710 t
Kenya––160 t266 t
Saudi Arabia64 t46 t23.3 t98 t
Thailand–––91 t
Eritrea3 t16 t40 t86 t
Fiji30 t20 t33 t33 t
Timor-Leste–5 t5 t15 t
Tanzania–8.5 t168 t12 t
Bahrain–7 t15.9 t10 t
Kiribati2.19K t12 t6 t10 t
Palau1 t17.5 t10 t5 t
Brunei––11.3 t4 t
Solomon Islands––3 t3 t
United States––1 t1 t
Nauru––0.5 t0.5 t
Tuvalu–2.5 t0.4 t0.3 t
Colombia––––
Ecuador––––
Sri Lanka–2.2 t66.2 t–
Papua New Guinea––––
Tonga14 t–––
Countries with data10152122

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.

Older years have fewer countries with data. 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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