Australia vs Peru: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Australia
117,540 metric tons
in 2024
Peru
117,620 metric tons
in 2024
Australia rank
38th
Peru rank
37th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Australia
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 117,620 metric tons against 117,540 metric tons in Australia, a difference of 80 metric tons.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 38th and Peru ranks 37th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Peru in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,540 metric tons | 2 metric tons | 6,538 metric tons | Australia |
| 1970s | 9,661 metric tons | 329.6 metric tons | 9,332 metric tons | Australia |
| 1980s | 9,990 metric tons | 3,393 metric tons | 6,597 metric tons | Australia |
| 1990s | 20,907 metric tons | 6,575 metric tons | 14,332 metric tons | Australia |
| 2000s | 47,880 metric tons | 24,276 metric tons | 23,604 metric tons | Australia |
| 2010s | 84,584 metric tons | 108,860 metric tons | 24,276 metric tons | Peru |
| 2020s | 125,976 metric tons | 131,658 metric tons | 5,682 metric tons | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Australia or Peru?
- Peru, at 117,620 metric tons against 117,540 metric tons in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Australia and Peru?
- 80 metric tons, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Peru?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Peru rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Australia ranks 38th and Peru ranks 37th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Aquaculture means raising fish and other seafood — including molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants — in farms. Capture fishery production is how much wild fish is caught, whether for commercial, industrial, recreational, or subsistence use.