Malaysia vs Turkey: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Malaysia
512,360 metric tons
in 2024
Turkey
577,124 metric tons
in 2024
Malaysia rank
19th
Turkey rank
18th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Malaysia
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 577,124 metric tons against 512,360 metric tons in Malaysia, a difference of 64,764 metric tons.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 18th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 6 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,660 metric tons | 182 metric tons | 20,478 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 43,589 metric tons | 759 metric tons | 42,830 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 62,155 metric tons | 2,638 metric tons | 59,517 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 106,722 metric tons | 27,110 metric tons | 79,612 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 246,303 metric tons | 108,401 metric tons | 137,902 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 494,115 metric tons | 249,654 metric tons | 244,462 metric tons | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 482,381 metric tons | 508,268 metric tons | 25,887 metric tons | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Malaysia or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 577,124 metric tons against 512,360 metric tons in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Malaysia and Turkey?
- 64,764 metric tons, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Turkey?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Turkey rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Malaysia ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 18th 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.