Japan vs Viet Nam: Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed
Japan
413,298 tonnes
in 2015
Viet Nam
505,059 tonnes
in 2015
Japan rank
10th
Viet Nam rank
8th
Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed over time
- Japan
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 505,059 tonnes against 413,298 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 91,761 tonnes.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Viet Nam in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 568,052 tonnes | 13.66 tonnes | 568,038 tonnes | Japan |
| 1960s | 472,713 tonnes | 809.38 tonnes | 471,904 tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 883,117 tonnes | 2,547 tonnes | 880,570 tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 3.06 million tonnes | 11,227 tonnes | 3.05 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.25 million tonnes | 95,789 tonnes | 1.16 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 387,136 tonnes | 350,448 tonnes | 36,688 tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 375,770 tonnes | 470,646 tonnes | 94,876 tonnes | Viet Nam |
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, Japan or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 505,059 tonnes against 413,298 tonnes in Japan as of 2015.
- What is the difference in global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed between Japan and Viet Nam?
- 91,761 tonnes, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Viet Nam?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2015.
- How do Japan and Viet Nam rank globally for global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed?
- Japan ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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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About this data
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.