Australia vs Hong Kong: Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed

Australia
892.49 tonnes
in 2015
Hong Kong
1,325 tonnes
in 2015
Australia rank
46th
Hong Kong rank
44th

Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed over time

  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
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How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 1,325 tonnes against 892.49 tonnes in Australia, a difference of 432.51 tonnes.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Australia ranks 46th and Hong Kong ranks 44th of 69 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Hong Kong Difference Ahead
1950s 35.06 tonnes 1,589 tonnes 1,554 tonnes Hong Kong
1960s 51.28 tonnes 4,011 tonnes 3,960 tonnes Hong Kong
1970s 724.69 tonnes 6,513 tonnes 5,788 tonnes Hong Kong
1980s 11,098 tonnes 16,251 tonnes 5,152 tonnes Hong Kong
1990s 13,375 tonnes 23,280 tonnes 9,906 tonnes Hong Kong
2000s 3,451 tonnes 8,973 tonnes 5,522 tonnes Hong Kong
2010s 438.56 tonnes 1,402 tonnes 963.75 tonnes Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed, Australia or Hong Kong?
Hong Kong, at 1,325 tonnes against 892.49 tonnes in Australia as of 2015.
What is the difference in global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed between Australia and Hong Kong?
432.51 tonnes, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Hong Kong?
66 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2015.
How do Australia and Hong Kong rank globally for global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed?
Australia ranks 46th and Hong Kong ranks 44th of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed
Unit
tonnes
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
69 places, 4,524 data points, 1950–2015
Last refreshed

Some wild fish catch is processed into fishmeal and oils for animal feed – this is used for land-based livestock and fish farms (aquaculture). Efficiency improvements in aquaculture, and changes in the diets of farmed fish means production has increased rapidly, without increasing inputs from wild fish.