Scallops: production by country

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

#1 China (1.95M t), #2 Japan (436K t), #3 Peru (85.1K t). The last place is Sweden (0.043 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: Scallops. 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: 31 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
  • 30 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryScallops: productionYearBar
1 China 1,950,547 t 2024
2 Japan 436,100 t 2024
3 Peru 85,093 t 2024
4 United States 80,872 t 2024
5 Canada 55,705 t 2024
6 Argentina 55,244 t 2024
7 France 46,818 t 2024
8 Russia 42,482 t 2024
9 United Kingdom 34,151 t 2024
10 South Korea 11,302 t 2024
11 Australia 5,584 t 2024
12 Chile 4,488 t 2024
13 Mexico 3,894 t 2024
14 Thailand 2,847 t 2024
15 Ireland 2,707 t 2024
16 Norway 1,144 t 2024
17 Belgium 544 t 2024
18 North Korea 400 t 2024
19 Spain 338 t 2024
20 Indonesia 313 t 2024
21 Italy 269 t 2024
22 Iceland 80 t 2024
23 Philippines 32 t 2024
24 Brazil 30 t 2024
25 Croatia 29 t 2024
26 Netherlands 24 t 2024
27 Germany 1 t 2024
28 New Zealand 1 t 2024
29 Greece 1 t 2024
30 Ecuador 0 t 2023
31 Sweden 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 31 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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