Capture fishery production, per capita by country
Capture fishery production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
12.4 metric tons per person
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 metric tons per person
Moldova
Median
0.0071 metric tons per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,819
What the numbers show
Capture fishery production, per capita is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 12.4 metric tons per person in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 metric tons per person in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0071 metric tons per person, and the mean is 0.2123 metric tons per person.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 149 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 28,988.1%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).
Capture fishery production, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 12.4 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 2 | Nauru | 7.31 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 28,988.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Greenland | 5.83 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 4.71 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 601.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Iceland | 2.61 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 2.58 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Kiribati | 2.07 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Micronesia (country) | 1.84 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 280.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Seychelles | 1.12 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Belize | 0.5009 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Norway | 0.418 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 12 | Maldives | 0.2035 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 0.1685 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Oman | 0.1376 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 161.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 0.1355 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Chile | 0.1279 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Namibia | 0.1258 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Mauritania | 0.1239 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 0.0848 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 20 | Denmark | 0.0783 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 21 | New Zealand | 0.0613 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Panama | 0.0613 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 0.0526 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 929.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Suriname | 0.0507 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0496 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 0.0478 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 27 | Estonia | 0.0476 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 28 | Ireland | 0.0455 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Palau | 0.0454 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Guyana | 0.0444 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Ecuador | 0.0433 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Isle of Man | 0.0417 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Malaysia | 0.0395 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 34 | Fiji | 0.0376 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 0.0375 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 36 | Samoa | 0.0371 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Brunei | 0.0354 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 363.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.035 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Russia | 0.0349 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 0.0344 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Vietnam | 0.034 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0324 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 43 | American Samoa | 0.0323 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 0.0319 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 45 | Mauritius | 0.0305 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 160.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 0.0302 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 47 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0286 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 48 | Indonesia | 0.0276 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 0.027 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0.0268 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 51 | Guinea | 0.026 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 52 | South Korea | 0.0246 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0246 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0243 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 0.0242 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 0.0231 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 57 | Japan | 0.023 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.0222 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0.0221 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 60 | Comoros | 0.0205 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 0.02 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 0.0198 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 63 | Finland | 0.0198 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 64 | Grenada | 0.0184 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Canada | 0.0165 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 66 | Netherlands | 0.0165 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 0.0162 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 68 | Angola | 0.0161 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Curacao | 0.0157 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 70 | Spain | 0.0156 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 71 | Dominica | 0.0149 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Mexico | 0.0147 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 73 | Ghana | 0.0144 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0144 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.0143 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Uruguay | 0.0143 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.014 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 0.0138 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 79 | Sweden | 0.0132 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 80 | United States | 0.0124 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 81 | Hong Kong | 0.0123 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 82 | Gabon | 0.0119 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 0.0118 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0111 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 85 | United Kingdom | 0.0109 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 86 | Uganda | 0.0108 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 87 | Tonga | 0.0108 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 0.0106 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 0.0102 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 90 | Laos | 0.0101 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0097 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Bahrain | 0.0095 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0095 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 94 | China | 0.0094 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.0093 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 96 | El Salvador | 0.009 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Malawi | 0.0088 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 98 | Iran | 0.0086 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Congo | 0.0085 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 0.0084 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Australia | 0.0084 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.0082 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.0081 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 104 | North Korea | 0.0079 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Tanzania | 0.0077 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 106 | Venezuela | 0.0071 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 107 | Qatar | 0.0071 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 108 | France | 0.007 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 109 | Tunisia | 0.007 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.0069 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 0.0063 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.0063 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 6,340.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.0063 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 114 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0058 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 115 | Zambia | 0.0058 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 116 | East Timor | 0.0056 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 0.0054 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 118 | Greece | 0.0054 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 119 | Chad | 0.0054 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0053 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Bermuda | 0.0052 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Somalia | 0.0051 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 128.9% | rising |
| 123 | Liberia | 0.0048 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 124 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0047 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 125 | Madagascar | 0.0047 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 126 | South Sudan | 0.0046 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.0045 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 128 | Libya | 0.0045 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 129 | India | 0.0044 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 130 | Benin | 0.0043 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 131 | Mali | 0.0043 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.0042 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 133 | Poland | 0.0038 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0038 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 0.0038 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 136 | Yemen | 0.0038 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 137 | Nigeria | 0.0037 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 138 | Egypt | 0.0037 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 139 | Brazil | 0.0034 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 140 | Malta | 0.0032 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 0.0029 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0027 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Barbados | 0.0026 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 144 | Paraguay | 0.0025 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Kenya | 0.0025 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 147 | Rwanda | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Togo | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 150 | Italy | 0.0023 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 151 | Germany | 0.0022 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 0.0022 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 153 | Macao | 0.0022 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 0.0021 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 0.0021 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 156 | Honduras | 0.002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.0019 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 0.0019 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 289.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Niger | 0.0019 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Dominican Republic | 0.0017 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 161 | Cayman Islands | 0.0017 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Aruba | 0.0016 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Belgium | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Montenegro | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.0013 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 168 | Burundi | 0.0013 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 169 | Uzbekistan | 0.0012 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Bulgaria | 0.0011 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Bolivia | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Ukraine | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Iraq | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 174 | Cyprus | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Sudan | 0.0008 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 176 | Cuba | 0.0008 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Guatemala | 0.0008 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Nepal | 0.0007 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.0007 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 0.0007 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 181 | Gibraltar | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 2,029.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Kuwait | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Hungary | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 184 | Lebanon | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 185 | Armenia | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Serbia | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 187 | Czechia | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 188 | Romania | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Slovakia | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 190 | Guam | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Israel | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Syria | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 194 | Switzerland | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 195 | Slovenia | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 197 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Singapore | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Belarus | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 200 | Jordan | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Eswatini | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 202 | Palestine | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 204 | Austria | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Lesotho | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 206 | Monaco | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Botswana | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 208 | Mongolia | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Bhutan | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 210 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 211 | Moldova | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Capture fishery production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Capture fishery production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Capture fishery production Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Capture fishery production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.