Tunas, bonitos and billfishes production over time (1950–2024)

Follow tunas, bonitos and billfishes production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1950 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Tunas, bonitos and billfishes production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1950 to 2024. Last values: Indonesia 1.71M t, Ecuador 587K t, China 537K t, Vietnam 478K t, Japan 404K t.0500K1M1.5M2M19501960197019801990200020102024IndonesiaIndonesiaEcuadorEcuadorChinaChinaVietnamVietnamJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country195019601970198019902000201020202024
Indonesia6.92K t47.1K t72.4K t173K t365K t715K t1.05M t1.38M t1.71M t
Ecuador2.9K t19.1K t16K t18.6K t58.7K t185K t214K t351K t587K t
China––26.6K t51.5K t209K t478K t618K t446K t537K t
Vietnam–––––34.4K t42.9K t465K t478K t
Japan139K t578K t611K t820K t738K t711K t599K t393K t404K t
Countries with data46487187101121128132132

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
Indonesia6.92K t1.71M tup 1.71M t#12 → #1
Ecuador2.9K t587K tup 584K t#21 → #2
South Korea1.1K t387K tup 386K t#27 → #6
Papua New Guinea1K t318K tup 317K t#28 → #7
Iran17 t292K tup 292K t#46 → #9
Biggest decreases
Country19502024ChangeRank
United States182K t119K tdown 63K t#1 → #20
Norway2.05K t146 tdown 1.91K t#24 → #116
Greece3.6K t2.22K tdown 1.38K t#18 → #82
Denmark1K t2 tdown 998 t#28 → #130
Cuba1K t365 tdown 635 t#28 → #106

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
Indonesia6.92K t47.1K t72.4K t173K t365K t715K t1.05M t1.38M t1.71M t
Ecuador2.9K t19.1K t16K t18.6K t58.7K t185K t214K t351K t587K t
China––26.6K t51.5K t209K t478K t618K t446K t537K t
Vietnam–––––34.4K t42.9K t465K t478K t
Japan139K t578K t611K t820K t738K t711K t599K t393K t404K t
South Korea1.1K t3.3K t33.8K t137K t261K t256K t364K t344K t387K t
Papua New Guinea1K t1.5K t2.73K t34.1K t–68.9K t209K t234K t318K t
Philippines31.1K t39.1K t111K t217K t354K t391K t496K t380K t311K t
Iran17 t15 t766 t1.74K t24.6K t103K t164K t257K t292K t
Spain36K t47.7K t57.8K t121K t281K t321K t292K t288K t281K t
Kiribati––200 t1.91K t2.41K t14.7K t39K t200K t275K t
Mexico–8.1K t19.1K t48.9K t159K t142K t154K t155K t223K t
India14.5K t14.5K t17K t49.6K t71.1K t110K t141K t139K t207K t
Micronesia––500 t700 t600 t21.9K t24K t173K t197K t
Peru52K t125K t76.3K t8.47K t41.6K t4.64K t29.3K t150K t171K t
Panama––6.59K t21.5K t20K t27.2K t87.2K t124K t158K t
Oman––––32.9K t19.6K t22K t126K t139K t
France17.1K t29.5K t48.1K t92.8K t159K t152K t91.6K t104K t130K t
Seychelles––300 t831 t232 t28.3K t82.3K t132K t129K t
United States182K t142K t228K t247K t251K t165K t251K t221K t119K t
Sri Lanka4.38K t6.38K t18.3K t37.3K t42.9K t120K t150K t104K t116K t
Maldives11K t11K t33.6K t30.4K t72.5K t98.2K t103K t147K t107K t
Ghana––3K t25.9K t58.5K t56.6K t75K t97.9K t105K t
Marshall Islands–––––7.56K t57.3K t84.9K t95.6K t
Malaysia4K t3.5K t12.8K t28.8K t29.7K t77.2K t81.2K t97.9K t92.7K t
Nauru–––––11 t320 t97.5K t87.1K t
Thailand––7.8K t25K t171K t126K t52.6K t64.7K t84.8K t
Senegal––87 t3.45K t9.69K t8.55K t13.1K t42.6K t79.7K t
Pakistan2.15K t5.1K t17.3K t8.56K t27.6K t37.1K t58.2K t51.5K t73.8K t
Solomon Islands–––23.3K t26.7K t13K t27.3K t39.8K t69.2K t
Türkiye9K t32.6K t18.3K t15.3K t17K t13.4K t13.3K t31.2K t60.6K t
Brazil3.1K t6.9K t4.94K t15.7K t32K t48.6K t45.1K t47.4K t58.3K t
Belize–––––7.75K t7.24K t30.8K t46.3K t
El Salvador––––––21.2K t49.9K t45.2K t
Morocco5.9K t8.9K t4.44K t10.9K t8.94K t12.5K t11.1K t15.1K t44.8K t
Tuvalu––––98 t340 t10.6K t10.5K t44.4K t
Colombia–1K t1.1K t661 t28.8K t66K t39.6K t54.2K t44.4K t
Venezuela7K t7.5K t6.62K t27.3K t83.6K t98.6K t49.7K t35.5K t43.1K t
Yemen800 t800 t1K t7.43K t13.7K t32.2K t44K t33K t42.7K t
Vanuatu200 t500 t1K t727 t36.8K t68.5K t49.5K t58.9K t37.8K t
Mauritius–––1.03K t6.85K t1.58K t1.48K t20.9K t33.3K t
Somalia–––––––18.7K t32.9K t
Mauritania––50 t132 t100 t1.11K t317 t17.1K t28.1K t
Costa Rica–––4.42K t1.39K t3.59K t2.52K t19.7K t23.1K t
Nicaragua–––––5.54K t16.8K t16.7K t22.9K t
Italy4.4K t5.55K t6.79K t13.5K t16.1K t16.3K t10.3K t16.4K t22.7K t
Australia500 t4.15K t8K t12.6K t13.4K t22.8K t19.7K t20.3K t20.2K t
Tanzania––2.02K t1.37K t3.79K t3.27K t5.71K t10.5K t19.4K t
Bangladesh––––60 t60 t2.35K t4.18K t18.8K t
Mozambique––––130 t140 t2.77K t881 t17.2K t
Malta100 t100 t112 t269 t241 t557 t5.54K t17.9K t16K t
Fiji––100 t4.3K t5.95K t12.4K t13.6K t13.5K t14.9K t
Kenya–––395 t603 t684 t940 t2.77K t13.6K t
Comoros235 t117 t561 t4.64K t8.3K t7.95K t6.13K t15.7K t12.9K t
Angola9.1K t8.7K t8.8K t6.07K t802 t600 t9.51K t8.18K t11.7K t
Portugal3.28K t9.82K t6.63K t6.22K t15K t6.65K t21.8K t9.67K t11.6K t
Tunisia665 t750 t734 t3.45K t4.17K t5.66K t5.02K t11.5K t11.3K t
Guatemala–––––29.4K t16.9K t10.2K t11K t
Guinea––––––3.99K t3.61K t9.76K t
Côte d’Ivoire–––177 t9K t2.23K t6.9K t10.3K t9.5K t
South Africa–––3.02K t6.38K t4.76K t5.57K t5.93K t7.92K t
Chile4.1K t2.9K t4.7K t2.82K t5.37K t3.13K t4.42K t5.78K t7.92K t
Myanmar––––––14.1K t8.9K t7.8K t
Benin–––242 t346 t287 t960 t10.1K t7.33K t
Saudi Arabia––––8.93K t6.88K t7.19K t6.28K t7.17K t
Algeria100 t–100 t1.48K t2.8K t4.49K t2.6K t3.5K t5.67K t
Canada2.43K t2.04K t15.1K t2.9K t1.93K t5.06K t7.15K t4.49K t5.61K t
Croatia–––––1.25K t3.84K t4.33K t5.44K t
United Arab Emirates1.3K t3.3K t3.2K t5.2K t14.5K t12.7K t10.7K t7.5K t4.8K t
Qatar––––562 t768 t2.44K t3.05K t4.18K t
Ireland––––40 t3.52K t938 t2.98K t4.08K t
Madagascar1.25K t2.12K t3.43K t4.75K t6.32K t7.48K t8.76K t8.53K t4.02K t
New Zealand––50 t12K t7.39K t20.3K t28.1K t10.6K t3.73K t
Cape Verde––1.58K t3.14K t3.59K t3.7K t14.6K t16.4K t3.69K t
Cambodia–––––––2.83K t3.15K t
Egypt–––242 t684 t2.36K t3.5K t3.43K t3.09K t
Libya1K t1.1K t500 t398 t328 t1.96K t1.75K t2.39K t3.03K t
Lithuania–––––80 t5.55K t849 t2.91K t
Trinidad & Tobago300 t600 t900 t1.48K t6.9K t2.87K t3.37K t2.64K t2.71K t
Russia–––––2.53K t1.65K t3.92K t2.51K t
Dominican Republic––600 t888 t2.15K t1.25K t3.53K t1.77K t2.26K t
Greece3.6K t2.4K t927 t809 t6.48K t6.67K t2.8K t2.73K t2.22K t
Suriname–––––––534 t2.07K t
Sierra Leone–––149 t90 t735 t2.7K t1.94K t2.02K t
Liberia––200 t187 t37 t1.34K t360 t9.66K t1.71K t
Togo––––192 t539 t2.39K t487 t1.7K t
Timor-Leste–––––6 t6 t2.04K t1.65K t
São Tomé & Príncipe–––64 t809 t921 t1.76K t975 t1.63K t
Brunei–––––––1.34K t1.45K t
Grenada100 t–400 t698 t796 t1.01K t1.22K t1.11K t1.38K t
Netherlands–––––1.51K t643 t80.2 t1.38K t
Poland–––1 t––20 t13 t1.21K t
Djibouti––––77 t85 t266 t869 t1.21K t
Namibia–––––3.54K t1.95K t3.91K t1.02K t
Dominica––––135 t328 t240 t196 t666 t
Eritrea–––––260 t837 t805 t665 t
Cyprus––14 t99 t206 t363 t247 t840 t587 t
Samoa–––1.1K t362 t5.84K t3.13K t2.44K t585 t
Equatorial Guinea––300 t200 t370 t50 t2.25K t42.3 t543 t
Cameroon––––3 t1 t180 t465 t520 t
St. Lucia––119 t67 t296 t714 t854 t519 t517 t
Nigeria––––9 t51 t569 t478 t510 t
Georgia––––––14 t485 t485 t
Guyana–––––522 t151 t970 t446 t
Guinea-Bissau––––3 t37 t30 t413 t430 t
Cuba1K t5.1K t9.2K t11.9K t4.66K t1.7K t983 t975 t365 t
Tonga–––420 t233 t1.3K t214 t225 t303 t
Albania–––––25 t40 t204 t282 t
Kuwait–––19 t131 t449 t273 t145 t265 t
Barbados500 t800 t300 t229 t304 t397 t223 t274 t257 t
Lebanon300 t500 t200 t140 t130 t500 t340 t250 t255 t
Montenegro––––––14 t45.1 t205 t
Republic of the Congo–––1.4K t49 t–223 t281 t180 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines––––140 t6.64K t1.72K t845 t176 t
Sudan–––––––160 t175 t
Norway2.05K t3.94K t870 t282 t1.79K t–0.025 t194 t146 t
Gabon–––––634 t128 t102 t130 t
Jordan–––––90 t100 t85.4 t105 t
Israel100 t500 t39 t332 t129 t113 t99 t90 t90 t
Syria–––80 t127 t370 t499 t72 t85 t
Bahrain––90 t81 t92 t66 t45 t76.6 t50 t
United Kingdom–––––31 t890 t292 t45.2 t
Bulgaria––30 t91 t17 t44 t16 t31.5 t43.9 t
Singapore–400 t1K t1.59K t164 t80 t39 t13.4 t33 t
Antigua & Barbuda––––––15 t20 t25 t
Gambia––––2 t5 t––10 t
Palau––8.08K t6.61K t143 t145 t2 t1 t8 t
St. Kitts & Nevis–––––24 t780 t22.5 t5 t
Jamaica–––––78 t–3.01 t4.54 t
Denmark1K t47 t–––––1 t2 t
Sweden100 t42 t4 t–––––0.577 t
Argentina–2.2K t5.2K t2.64K t1.81K t20 t323 t6.76 t0.2 t
Germany200 t400 t14 t361 t91 t––12.9 t–
Estonia–––––––––
Honduras––––280 t2.65K t2.04K t––
Iceland–––––36 t–––
Latvia–––––452 t1.22K t––
Romania–––89 t150 t––––
Slovenia––––––1 t0.571 t–
Ukraine–––––1.57K t768 t––
Uruguay––400 t3 t414 t969 t394 t––
Countries with data46487187101121128132132

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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