Capture fisheries vs aquaculture by country
Countries reporting
212
Highest
81.95 million
China
Lowest
0
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
3,518
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,849
What the numbers show
Capture fisheries vs aquaculture is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 81.95 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,518, and the mean is 665,274.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 100,130.0%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Capture fisheries vs aquaculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 81.95 million | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 15.75 million | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 12.09 million | 2024 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Vietnam | 5.65 million | 2024 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 2.98 million | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 6 | South Korea | 2.28 million | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Philippines | 2.22 million | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Norway | 1.67 million | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 1.60 million | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Chile | 1.42 million | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Ecuador | 1.24 million | 2024 | up 235.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Myanmar | 1.21 million | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 998,645 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 882,935 | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Japan | 802,045 | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 709,391 | 2024 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 17 | North Korea | 685,700 | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Turkey | 577,124 | 2024 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 512,360 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 467,617 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 342,450 | 2024 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 320,282 | 2024 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 273,739 | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 258,230 | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 246,201 | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 226,006 | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Colombia | 210,520 | 2024 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 28 | France | 189,039 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 174,338 | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 161,883 | 2024 | up 577.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Canada | 160,518 | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 155,819 | 2024 | up 432.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Laos | 153,504 | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Tanzania | 138,607 | 2024 | up 1,243.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Greece | 128,022 | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 121,810 | 2024 | up 216.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 117,620 | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 117,540 | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Faroe Islands | 109,512 | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Uganda | 103,420 | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 102,403 | 2024 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 42 | New Zealand | 98,878 | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 97,792 | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Zambia | 88,950 | 2024 | up 361.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Venezuela | 81,797 | 2024 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 76,600 | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 56,118 | 2024 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Iceland | 54,789 | 2024 | up 549.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Poland | 43,554 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 50 | Ireland | 37,632 | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 34,690 | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Netherlands | 33,376 | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 53 | Germany | 32,652 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 30,510 | 2024 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Madagascar | 29,748 | 2024 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 29,369 | 2024 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Denmark | 28,411 | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 25,800 | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Guatemala | 25,773 | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 24,332 | 2024 | up 114.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Paraguay | 22,300 | 2024 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Angola | 21,788 | 2024 | up 7,043.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 19,988 | 2024 | up 4,775.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Hungary | 19,435 | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,396 | 2024 | up 3,256.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Tunisia | 18,744 | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Czechia | 18,685 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 18,642 | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 18,038 | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 18,005 | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Malta | 17,954 | 2024 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Bolivia | 17,001 | 2024 | up 632.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Finland | 16,609 | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Iraq | 15,535 | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Israel | 14,850 | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 76 | Cameroon | 14,100 | 2024 | up 795.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Cuba | 13,647 | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Moldova | 12,757 | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Argentina | 12,175 | 2024 | up 204.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 12,170 | 2024 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 12,168 | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 82 | El Salvador | 11,868 | 2024 | up 613.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 11,429 | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 10,062 | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 10,058 | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9,636 | 2024 | up 157.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mali | 9,090 | 2024 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 9,054 | 2024 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 9,022 | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 91 | Rwanda | 8,392 | 2024 | up 457.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 8,224 | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Guinea | 8,214 | 2024 | up 2,240.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 7,378 | 2024 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Mozambique | 7,170 | 2024 | up 508.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Serbia | 6,870 | 2024 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 97 | Algeria | 6,673 | 2024 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5,790 | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Oman | 5,500 | 2024 | up 1,847.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 5,171 | 2024 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Austria | 5,008 | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,932 | 2024 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 4,800 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Sudan | 4,450 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 105 | Lithuania | 4,440 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 4,200 | 2024 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Singapore | 3,742 | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 3,294 | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Togo | 3,176 | 2024 | up 12,604.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 2,863 | 2024 | up 545.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 2,684 | 2024 | up 198.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 2,579 | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 2,552 | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 2,539 | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 2,476 | 2024 | up 214.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 2,460 | 2024 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovakia | 2,445 | 2024 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 118 | Georgia | 2,424 | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 2,337 | 2024 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 120 | Lesotho | 2,107 | 2024 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Senegal | 2,074 | 2024 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 1,888 | 2024 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 1,809 | 2024 | up 392.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Congo | 1,760 | 2024 | up 238.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Montenegro | 1,555 | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 1,350 | 2024 | up 718.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Brunei | 1,310 | 2024 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 1,293 | 2024 | up 447.9% | volatile |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 1,285 | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 130 | East Timor | 1,255 | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 131 | French Polynesia | 1,247 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Syria | 1,165 | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Slovenia | 1,102 | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 988 | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Estonia | 960.24 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 136 | Latvia | 742.01 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 137 | Qatar | 739.07 | 2024 | up 1,219.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Jamaica | 675 | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 645 | 2024 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Fiji | 580 | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Kuwait | 461.24 | 2024 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 457 | 2024 | up 434.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Namibia | 340 | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Haiti | 313 | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Belgium | 303 | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Belize | 270.97 | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Niger | 267 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 210 | 2024 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 185 | 2024 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 158.94 | 2024 | up 339.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Botswana | 156 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Chad | 115 | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Tonga | 113 | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | 103 | 2024 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Seychelles | 100.23 | 2024 | up 100,130.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Cayman Islands | 90 | 2024 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Guam | 64 | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahrain | 63 | 2024 | up 1,003.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Gambia | 63 | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Bhutan | 58 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Uruguay | 55.45 | 2024 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Suriname | 50 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 40 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 165 | South Sudan | 34 | 2024 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 166 | Palestine | 32 | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Greenland | 30 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Grenada | 26 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 25.97 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Eswatini | 25 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 21 | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20 | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 18 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Samoa | 13 | 2024 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11 | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Palau | 11 | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Puerto Rico | 10 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 2024 | up 614.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 10 | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Maldives | 9 | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 8 | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 8 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Barbados | 5.5 | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5 | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 1.5 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 1.2 | 2024 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Bahamas | 1 | 2024 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Curacao | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Dominica | 1 | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Nauru | 0.5 | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Tuvalu | 0.3 | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Bermuda | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Comoros | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Djibouti | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Macao | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Monaco | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Mongolia | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Somalia | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 8,439
- Central African Republic 410
- American Samoa 15