Sharks and rays production over time (1950–2024)

Follow sharks and rays production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1950 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Sharks and rays production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1950 to 2024. Last values: Indonesia 80.9K t, Mexico 64.3K t, Spain 55.5K t, United States 30.7K t, Nigeria 20.3K t, Japan 19.4K t.050K100K150K19501960197019801990200020102024IndonesiaIndonesiaMexicoMexicoSpainSpainUnited StatesUnited StatesNigeriaNigeriaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country195019601970198019902000201020202024
Indonesia1K t6.12K t10.1K t42.9K t73.3K t114K t103K t88.7K t80.9K t
Mexico–4.7K t9.1K t26.6K t44.9K t35.3K t37.7K t44.8K t64.3K t
Spain10.8K t14.1K t7.5K t2.05K t14.2K t80.3K t79.1K t54.4K t55.5K t
United States2.61K t2.8K t1.7K t11.2K t34.6K t30.9K t37.1K t32.8K t30.7K t
Nigeria1.3K t2K t8.3K t21.5K t8.4K t13.2K t21.6K t18.5K t20.3K t
Japan101K t83.9K t61.5K t54.3K t32.1K t31.9K t14.2K t15.3K t19.4K t
Countries with data4754677686105120126126

Biggest changes, 1950–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1950 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19502024ChangeRank
Indonesia1K t80.9K tup 79.9K t#24 → #1
Spain10.8K t55.5K tup 44.7K t#7 → #3
United States2.61K t30.7K tup 28.1K t#11 → #4
Nigeria1.3K t20.3K tup 19K t#21 → #5
Malaysia2.2K t18.9K tup 16.7K t#15 → #7
Biggest decreases
Country19502024ChangeRank
Japan101K t19.4K tdown 81.3K t#1 → #6
United Kingdom29.4K t5.83K tdown 23.6K t#3 → #22
India30K t17.1K tdown 12.9K t#2 → #8
Norway12K t2.64K tdown 9.36K t#5 → #38
Pakistan4.8K t945 tdown 3.86K t#9 → #58

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country195019601970198019902000201020202024
Indonesia1K t6.12K t10.1K t42.9K t73.3K t114K t103K t88.7K t80.9K t
Mexico–4.7K t9.1K t26.6K t44.9K t35.3K t37.7K t44.8K t64.3K t
Spain10.8K t14.1K t7.5K t2.05K t14.2K t80.3K t79.1K t54.4K t55.5K t
United States2.61K t2.8K t1.7K t11.2K t34.6K t30.9K t37.1K t32.8K t30.7K t
Nigeria1.3K t2K t8.3K t21.5K t8.4K t13.2K t21.6K t18.5K t20.3K t
Japan101K t83.9K t61.5K t54.3K t32.1K t31.9K t14.2K t15.3K t19.4K t
Malaysia2.2K t2.7K t6.05K t9.58K t16.6K t24.5K t20.6K t14.7K t18.9K t
India30K t35.6K t44.1K t49.7K t51.2K t76.1K t60.3K t25.9K t17.1K t
France17.6K t26.3K t28K t35.3K t26.3K t25K t18.7K t14.1K t16.9K t
Argentina1K t3.4K t8.7K t11.3K t16.7K t25.8K t39.7K t17.8K t14.3K t
Peru1.3K t7.2K t19K t13.3K t12.3K t15.4K t10.7K t9.83K t13.6K t
Portugal3.1K t2.2K t1.9K t4.1K t26.6K t12.8K t19.6K t15.1K t11.8K t
South Korea11.5K t10.9K t16.3K t18K t15.7K t15.4K t13K t6.29K t10.8K t
New Zealand1K t2K t2.6K t6.59K t10.1K t17.7K t18K t15K t10.6K t
Brazil1.5K t5.2K t12.6K t23.3K t24.7K t21.6K t21.3K t7.6K t10.4K t
Mozambique–––––84 t372 t5.44K t9.66K t
Tanzania–––2.85K t3.87K t4.8K t5.45K t11.9K t8.61K t
Ecuador–––––807 t5.52K t7.99K t7.73K t
Philippines300 t800 t6.9K t9.7K t18.4K t4.32K t5.51K t3.77K t6.35K t
Oman––––2.79K t3.89K t5.94K t6.81K t6.19K t
Sri Lanka2.05K t5K t9.4K t10.6K t12.5K t29.2K t8.18K t10.3K t5.95K t
United Kingdom29.4K t29.3K t22.4K t21.4K t21.8K t17.4K t4.63K t5.23K t5.83K t
Morocco600 t700 t1.2K t1.6K t2.94K t5.6K t4.67K t3.9K t5.06K t
Somalia–––––––6K t4.96K t
Costa Rica––100 t590 t1.43K t12.9K t6.7K t3.89K t4.94K t
Australia2K t2.3K t7.8K t9.41K t6.68K t7.54K t7.37K t5.22K t4.81K t
Libya––––––8.6K t4.7K t4.8K t
Sierra Leone1K t2K t212 t212 t400 t1.69K t3.81K t4.42K t4.59K t
Iran–––––12.2K t13.6K t8.79K t4.49K t
Russia–––––5.94K t3.64K t5.75K t4.44K t
Mauritania––2.64K t13 t450 t750 t2.56K t13.3K t4.03K t
Angola800 t800 t1.1K t209 t500 t750 t1.45K t271 t3.62K t
Namibia––––2 t1.74K t2.67K t5.07K t3.54K t
Ghana–600 t1.5K t1.23K t1.58K t1.9K t5.26K t2.87K t3.43K t
Chile400 t600 t300 t5.11K t6.14K t5.75K t3.72K t1.55K t3.27K t
Bangladesh––––––4.03K t3.37K t2.95K t
Senegal––900 t3.28K t4.96K t10.8K t7.76K t4.66K t2.84K t
Norway12K t30K t43.5K t15.6K t11.1K t2.86K t1.36K t2.58K t2.64K t
Cameroon–100 t1.2K t529 t238 t217 t1.25K t2.3K t2.59K t
Cambodia–––––––1.74K t1.94K t
Kenya–––809 t279 t115 t274 t851 t1.86K t
Venezuela2.5K t2K t2.6K t5.04K t6.76K t5.49K t4.51K t3.48K t1.74K t
Tunisia––639 t870 t1.7K t1.92K t2.24K t2.67K t1.69K t
United Arab Emirates––––1.6K t1.53K t1.43K t780 t1.66K t
Belgium5.1K t5.8K t4.1K t2.55K t1.9K t1.65K t1.82K t2.08K t1.57K t
Thailand2K t4.3K t11.4K t9.46K t11K t24.7K t6.68K t2.39K t1.4K t
South Africa1.1K t1.8K t200 t1.74K t2.51K t1.97K t3.64K t1.79K t1.35K t
Italy2.5K t3.8K t4.81K t5.12K t9.61K t969 t1.54K t1.15K t1.26K t
Côte d’Ivoire100 t1K t500 t510 t255 t762 t1.14K t684 t1.25K t
Marshall Islands––––––68.5 t81.1 t1.21K t
Ireland2.2K t3.2K t1.7K t1.84K t4.15K t3.17K t1.54K t1.14K t1.19K t
Egypt–100 t228 t122 t779 t1.44K t3.08K t883 t1.06K t
Netherlands200 t500 t400 t525 t–659 t33 t885 t1.01K t
Papua New Guinea––––––264 t375 t996 t
Canada300 t500 t600 t7.81K t5.84K t12.9K t3.47K t974 t976 t
Madagascar605 t1.03K t1.68K t2.32K t5.16K t5.74K t5.7K t817 t959 t
Republic of the Congo––65 t95 t748 t945 t1.26K t1.42K t949 t
Pakistan4.8K t6.6K t26.8K t23.7K t24.8K t31K t6.14K t6.04K t945 t
Saudi Arabia––––38 t657 t912 t516 t929 t
Micronesia––––––504 t396 t833 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo––100 t–360 t766 t808 t795 t830 t
Liberia––100 t337 t54 t1.68K t220 t1.13K t696 t
Benin––335 t15 t303 t73 t246 t1.26K t695 t
Cuba1K t1.2K t2.4K t3.08K t3.13K t3.46K t2.22K t1.66K t659 t
Kiribati––––1.82K t1.58K t250 t887 t593 t
Nicaragua–––––92 t389 t299 t580 t
Greece1K t2.5K t––616 t1.73K t866 t469 t519 t
Algeria300 t500 t200 t610 t474 t522 t365 t553 t516 t
Vanuatu––––––2.1K t1.56K t511 t
Belize–––––54 t801 t318 t495 t
Trinidad & Tobago100 t200 t200 t368 t873 t805 t690 t524 t474 t
El Salvador–––––364 t44 t467 t455 t
Seychelles––100 t75 t82 t155 t312 t1.02K t396 t
Uruguay700 t1.5K t1.8K t1.42K t1.27K t3.03K t2.11K t861 t393 t
Iceland100 t800 t500 t281 t452 t1.36K t1.3K t946 t387 t
Qatar–––––––91.5 t382 t
Panama–––––5.5K t744 t889 t382 t
Croatia–––––107 t133 t260 t315 t
Gambia–––913 t620 t720 t504 t498 t300 t
Denmark2.3K t1K t2K t1.64K t1.48K t362 t60 t180 t269 t
Fiji–––––––194 t236 t
Dominican Republic–––23 t80 t518 t232 t3.21 t200 t
Solomon Islands––––14 t19 t10 t171 t199 t
Togo––108 t104 t11 t148 t33 t28 t172 t
Gabon–––––800 t165 t130 t160 t
Guinea–––––969 t3.44K t2.39K t136 t
Guyana–––––1.16K t383 t18 t105 t
Syria–––30 t32 t187 t105 t65 t85 t
Malta100 t119 t100 t78 t67 t41 t48 t68.8 t83.8 t
Comoros–––––155 t31 t77.9 t81.7 t
Djibouti––––––47 t164 t81.5 t
Germany900 t1.5K t1.2K t226 t83 t606 t44 t54.4 t64 t
Suriname––––––––63.7 t
Guatemala––––296 t151 t273 t375 t61.4 t
Tuvalu–––––––6.7 t60.1 t
Singapore–400 t1.1K t597 t820 t304 t115 t18.8 t60 t
Bulgaria––––16 t102 t156 t66.6 t52.8 t
Equatorial Guinea––300 t300 t370 t100 t103 t50 t50 t
Sweden400 t400 t300 t408 t404 t128 t15 t0.659 t47.4 t
Brunei–––––––36.1 t40 t
China–––––405 t1.93K t1.12K t32.6 t
Eritrea–––––130 t307 t150 t27.8 t
Antigua & Barbuda––––––28 t20 t25 t
Grenada–––6 t8 t29 t10 t23.1 t21.3 t
Cyprus––60 t19 t11 t22 t13 t12.4 t19.8 t
Estonia–––––240 t228 t2.1 t19 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines––––––7 t14.1 t17 t
Montenegro––––––27 t16 t16 t
Bahrain––––––17 t31.7 t15 t
Barbados100 t100 t100 t22 t18 t21 t11 t6.07 t14 t
Cape Verde–––––––3.31 t11.8 t
Tonga––––––21 t6.16 t11.8 t
Palau––––––––10.1 t
Guinea-Bissau––––––5 t9.16 t10 t
Romania––10 t22 t59 t–3 t6.91 t8.27 t
Jordan–––––––0.715 t5 t
St. Kitts & Nevis––––––––5 t
São Tomé & Príncipe–––27 t332 t178 t139 t15.2 t5 t
Mauritius–––13 t19 t27 t28 t1 t3.96 t
St. Lucia–––––5 t9 t3.12 t2.45 t
Slovenia–––––2 t2 t2.15 t2 t
Colombia–200 t300 t316 t618 t694 t112 t184 t1 t
Nauru–––––––1 t1 t
Türkiye–500 t2.5K t5.88K t2.81K t4.04K t972 t8.8 t0.8 t
Samoa–––10 t60 t250 t67 t1.82 t0.16 t
Ukraine–––––99 t72 t20.2 t0.019 t
Albania––––20 t149 t125 t––
Bahamas–––––––––
Georgia–––––21 t–––
Honduras–––––––––
Israel100 t100 t108 t97 t87 t–181 t––
Lebanon––––40 t60 t30 t––
Lithuania––––––4 t––
Maldives––300 t2.8K t1.78K t13.5K t158 t9.02 t–
Poland–––968 t–––––
Sudan–––––––––
Vietnam–––––––7 t–
Yemen1K t1K t1.3K t1.77K t639 t5K t8.92K t6.65K t–
Countries with data4754677686105120126126

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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