Nauru vs Tuvalu: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Nauru
0.5 metric tons
in 2024
Tuvalu
0.3 metric tons
in 2024
Nauru rank
197th
Tuvalu rank
199th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Nauru
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 0.5 metric tons against 0.3 metric tons in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.2 metric tons.
That makes Nauru's figure about 1.7 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Nauru ranks 197th and Tuvalu ranks 199th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1980s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1990s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 2000s | 0.12 metric tons | 1.15 metric tons | 1.03 metric tons | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 0.31 metric tons | 1.78 metric tons | 1.47 metric tons | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 0.5 metric tons | 0.23 metric tons | 0.27 metric tons | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Nauru or Tuvalu?
- Nauru, at 0.5 metric tons against 0.3 metric tons in Tuvalu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Nauru and Tuvalu?
- 0.2 metric tons, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Tuvalu?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Nauru and Tuvalu rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Nauru ranks 197th and Tuvalu ranks 199th 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.