Skipjack tuna: production by country

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

#1 Indonesia (411K t), #2 Ecuador (381K t), #3 South Korea (249K t). The last place is Trinidad & Tobago (0.018 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: Skipjack tuna. 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: 82 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
  • 79 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountrySkipjack tuna: productionYearBar
1 Indonesia 411,468 t 2024
2 Ecuador 381,166 t 2024
3 South Korea 249,123 t 2024
4 Kiribati 226,699 t 2024
5 Japan 221,320 t 2024
6 Papua New Guinea 192,526 t 2024
7 Micronesia 162,675 t 2024
8 Spain 135,346 t 2024
9 Philippines 115,557 t 2024
10 Panama 112,356 t 2024
11 United States 82,468 t 2024
12 Maldives 80,293 t 2024
13 Marshall Islands 77,989 t 2024
14 Seychelles 77,883 t 2024
15 Nauru 76,626 t 2024
16 Vietnam 72,642 t 2024
17 Iran 69,510 t 2024
18 Ghana 65,259 t 2024
19 Sri Lanka 48,713 t 2024
20 Solomon Islands 42,094 t 2024
21 France 41,433 t 2024
22 Tuvalu 36,509 t 2024
23 China 35,399 t 2024
24 Colombia 32,886 t 2024
25 India 30,943 t 2024
26 Peru 30,680 t 2024
27 Belize 28,728 t 2024
28 Senegal 24,924 t 2024
29 Vanuatu 24,837 t 2024
30 El Salvador 24,354 t 2024
31 Mexico 24,307 t 2024
32 Brazil 23,695 t 2024
33 Mauritius 16,990 t 2024
34 Morocco 15,568 t 2024
35 Nicaragua 14,822 t 2024
36 Somalia 7,140 t 2024
37 Guatemala 6,411 t 2024
38 Comoros 6,056 t 2024
39 Thailand 6,029 t 2024
40 Italy 4,714 t 2024
41 Malaysia 4,284 t 2024
42 Venezuela 4,042 t 2024
43 Kenya 2,787 t 2024
44 Yemen 2,755 t 2022
45 Portugal 2,648 t 2024
46 Mozambique 2,148 t 2024
47 Pakistan 2,075 t 2024
48 Côte d’Ivoire 1,803 t 2024
49 Cape Verde 993 t 2024
50 Fiji 883 t 2024
51 Brunei 850 t 2024
52 New Zealand 819 t 2024
53 Tanzania 691 t 2024
54 Türkiye 425 t 2024
55 Oman 160 t 2024
56 Liberia 149 t 2024
57 São Tomé & Príncipe 134 t 2024
58 Bangladesh 113 t 2024
59 St. Lucia 96 t 2024
60 Madagascar 52 t 2024
61 Togo 41 t 2022
62 Dominican Republic 40 t 2024
63 St. Vincent & Grenadines 33 t 2024
64 Tonga 33 t 2024
65 Netherlands 27 t 2024
66 Cuba 24 t 2024
67 Jordan 20 t 2024
68 Samoa 15 t 2024
69 Australia 10 t 2024
70 Chile 10 t 2024
71 Grenada 9 t 2024
72 Dominica 7 t 2024
73 Malta 7 t 2024
74 South Africa 4 t 2024
75 Poland 4 t 2024
76 Cyprus 3 t 2024
77 Mauritania 3 t 2024
78 Namibia 3 t 2024
79 Jamaica 1 t 2024
80 Barbados 1 t 2024
81 Equatorial Guinea 1 t 2024
82 Trinidad & Tobago 0 t 2023

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 82 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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