Silver carp production over time (1978–2024)

Follow silver carp production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1978 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Silver carp production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1978 to 2024. Last values: China 3.91M t, India 736K t, Bangladesh 279K t, Iran 191K t, Uzbekistan 69K t.01M2M3M4M19801990200020102024ChinaChinaIndiaIndiaBangladeshBangladeshIranIranUzbekistanUzbekistan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country197819902000201020202024
China343K t1.4M t2.81M t3.48M t3.81M t3.91M t
India––14.2K t130K t549K t736K t
Bangladesh––121K t196K t247K t279K t
Iran169 t15.5K t25.4K t77.2K t148K t191K t
Uzbekistan––3.29K t4.8K t56.3K t69K t
Japan––––––
Countries with data101535434242

Biggest changes, 1978–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1978 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19782024ChangeRank
China343K t3.91M tup 3.57M t#1 → #1
Iran169 t191K tup 191K t#7 → #4
Laos123 t7.5K tup 7.38K t#8 → #10
Biggest decreases
Country19782024ChangeRank
Israel1.67K t240 tdown 1.43K t#3 → #24
Romania1.5K t1.05K tdown 448 t#4 → #16

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
Country197819902000201020202024
China343K t1.4M t2.81M t3.48M t3.81M t3.91M t
India––14.2K t130K t549K t736K t
Bangladesh––121K t196K t247K t279K t
Iran169 t15.5K t25.4K t77.2K t148K t191K t
Uzbekistan––3.29K t4.8K t56.3K t69K t
Russia––24.1K t12.2K t38.5K t41.8K t
Pakistan–––23.8K t26.6K t25K t
Nepal––4.54K t9.89K t7.7K t12.7K t
Cuba–2.32K t17.5K t16.2K t13.5K t10.4K t
Laos123 t1.25K t2.47K t8.4K t10.2K t7.5K t
Moldova––608 t4.1K t4.8K t4.2K t
Ukraine––7.94K t1.68K t5.14K t3.64K t
Kyrgyzstan––51 t43 t1.3K t1.54K t
Myanmar–7 t–9.37K t7.98K t1.5K t
Tajikistan––55 t358 t918 t1.39K t
Romania1.5K t13.9K t3.85K t2.09K t1.77K t1.05K t
Iraq–––1.3K t1.5K t1K t
Kazakhstan––780 t280 t759 t791 t
Belarus––358 t1.84K t852 t741 t
Thailand267 t1K t438 t215 t453 t631 t
Serbia–––989 t427 t487 t
Cambodia3 t640 t1.4K t140 t500 t390 t
Morocco––600 t––300 t
Israel1.67K t623 t776 t577 t230 t240 t
Croatia––255 t75 t163 t236 t
Albania183 t594 t142 t165 t244 t152 t
United States–––13 t39 t150 t
Czechia––201 t269 t89.3 t141 t
Armenia––51 t300 t100 t120 t
Sri Lanka–––205 t83 t77 t
Poland–6 t185 t66 t146 t62.6 t
Bulgaria––42 t83.5 t165 t57.1 t
Azerbaijan–––250 t81 t57 t
Italy–––1.2 t–50 t
Turkmenistan––66 t14 t30 t50 t
Slovakia––29 t14 t13 t13.9 t
Austria––4 t1 t14.6 t11.9 t
Bhutan–––5 t14.5 t6.96 t
Syria–––4 t2 t2 t
Germany25 t220 t39 t10 t9.5 t1.7 t
Dominican Republic–––––1 t
Mexico––––0.134 t0.12 t
Bosnia & Herzegovina–––330 t––
Estonia––––––
Egypt––––1.98K t–
Fiji––2 t–––
France––15 t–––
Georgia––37 t–––
Honduras–4 t––––
Hungary4.36K t4.69K t2.01K t1.43K t76.7 t–
Latvia–––0.3 t––
Panama–138 t––––
Slovenia––12 t1.5 t0.11 t–
Countries with data101535434242

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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