Capture fishery production, per square kilometre by country
Capture fishery production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
4,159 metric tons per square kilometre
Nauru
Lowest
0 metric tons per square kilometre
Moldova
Median
0.5597 metric tons per square kilometre
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,459
What the numbers show
Capture fishery production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 4,159 metric tons per square kilometre in Nauru; the lowest is 0 metric tons per square kilometre in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5597 metric tons per square kilometre, and the mean is 41.5 metric tons per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 30,710.5%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).
Capture fishery production, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 4,159 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30,710.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 1,748 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 610.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 534.91 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 494.67 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 360.45 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Kiribati | 343.41 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Micronesia (country) | 297.72 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 297.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Seychelles | 296.86 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 87.86 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 10 | Macao | 45.05 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 19.01 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Bahrain | 18.88 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 15.68 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 14 | South Korea | 13.05 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 11.69 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 16 | Vietnam | 10.96 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Iceland | 10.01 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 18 | Comoros | 9.48 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Belize | 9.16 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 174.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands | 8.82 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 7.81 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 22 | American Samoa | 7.6 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 23 | British Virgin Islands | 7.47 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.46 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.44 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Norway | 6.39 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Grenada | 6.27 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 6.26 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Isle of Man | 6.13 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.97 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 5.75 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Malta | 5.73 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Curacao | 5.52 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 34 | Philippines | 5.46 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 35 | Gambia | 5.44 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Peru | 4.5 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 37 | Malaysia | 4.28 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 38 | Indonesia | 4.13 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 39 | French Polynesia | 3.82 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Panama | 3.73 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 3.64 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Ireland | 3.57 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 3.44 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 3.41 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 3.4 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 46 | Thailand | 3.24 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 3.2 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 3.16 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 3.12 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 50 | Brunei | 3.11 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 414.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 3 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 52 | Samoa | 2.91 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 2.89 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Georgia | 2.89 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 954.7% | volatile |
| 55 | El Salvador | 2.76 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 2.68 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 2.66 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 2.6 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 2.59 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.59 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Gibraltar | 2.55 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2,452.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.52 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.5 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 2.48 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.43 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 66 | Oman | 2.35 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 244.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 2.18 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 68 | India | 2.14 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 2.02 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.92 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 243.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Fiji | 1.91 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Qatar | 1.77 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Palau | 1.75 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 74 | North Korea | 1.73 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Barbados | 1.68 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 76 | Guinea | 1.56 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Tonga | 1.56 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Spain | 1.53 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 79 | Estonia | 1.53 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 80 | Rwanda | 1.46 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 81 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.42 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 82 | China | 1.41 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 1.38 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominica | 1.32 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 85 | Lithuania | 1.24 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 86 | New Zealand | 1.23 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 1.18 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 0.9881 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 89 | Aruba | 0.9722 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Nigeria | 0.9391 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Latvia | 0.9058 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 92 | France | 0.8918 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 93 | Bahamas | 0.8871 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 0.819 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 95 | Greenland | 0.8071 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0.7746 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6,792.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 0.7658 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 0.757 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Burundi | 0.7342 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 100 | Pakistan | 0.6963 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 0.6357 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.6304 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Mauritania | 0.6212 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Tanzania | 0.6006 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 105 | Haiti | 0.5962 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 0.5597 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 0.5537 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 108 | Benin | 0.5459 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 109 | Germany | 0.5334 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 110 | East Timor | 0.5296 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Cayman Islands | 0.5208 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Singapore | 0.5159 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 0.5103 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Cameroon | 0.4995 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Angola | 0.4893 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran | 0.4864 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Monaco | 0.4798 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Namibia | 0.4631 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Turkey | 0.4626 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 120 | United States | 0.4607 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 121 | Poland | 0.4598 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Italy | 0.4534 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 123 | Colombia | 0.4448 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Greece | 0.4348 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 125 | South Africa | 0.4303 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 126 | Egypt | 0.4274 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 0.4117 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 0.3736 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 129 | Finland | 0.3662 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 130 | Sweden | 0.3427 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 131 | Laos | 0.3414 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Albania | 0.3312 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.331 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Russia | 0.3065 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 0.2887 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Liberia | 0.2779 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 137 | Uruguay | 0.2763 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Zimbabwe | 0.2712 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2688 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 140 | Lebanon | 0.2644 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2586 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.2576 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 143 | Kenya | 0.2407 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 0.2401 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 145 | Venezuela | 0.2298 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 0.2272 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 147 | New Caledonia | 0.2173 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.2003 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Honduras | 0.1931 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 125.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Guyana | 0.1749 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Zambia | 0.1654 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 152 | Congo | 0.1572 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Somalia | 0.156 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Nepal | 0.1465 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.1461 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Kuwait | 0.1375 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 157 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1348 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 158 | Guatemala | 0.1326 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Cyprus | 0.1258 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1173 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 161 | Gabon | 0.117 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.1161 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 0.0995 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 153.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Israel | 0.0954 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Iraq | 0.0947 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 166 | South Sudan | 0.087 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 167 | Chad | 0.0866 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 168 | Brazil | 0.0862 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 169 | Mali | 0.0854 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 170 | Guam | 0.0844 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Cuba | 0.0836 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Canada | 0.0776 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 173 | Montenegro | 0.0635 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 174 | Bulgaria | 0.0632 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Ukraine | 0.0603 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Hungary | 0.052 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 0.0466 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Czechia | 0.0447 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 179 | Paraguay | 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Armenia | 0.0426 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Palestine | 0.0415 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Niger | 0.0402 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0397 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 184 | Switzerland | 0.0393 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 185 | Algeria | 0.0383 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 186 | Turkmenistan | 0.034 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 187 | Slovakia | 0.0315 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 188 | Australia | 0.0296 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 189 | Serbia | 0.0285 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 190 | Syria | 0.0263 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Romania | 0.025 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Sudan | 0.0225 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 193 | Eritrea | 0.0204 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Tajikistan | 0.0189 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Libya | 0.0188 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Kazakhstan | 0.0167 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 197 | Bolivia | 0.0118 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Slovenia | 0.0111 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Jordan | 0.0078 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.006 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | North Macedonia | 0.0055 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 202 | Austria | 0.0042 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 203 | Eswatini | 0.0038 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 0.0031 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Belarus | 0.0027 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Lesotho | 0.0024 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Bhutan | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 209 | Botswana | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Mongolia | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 211 | Moldova | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Capture fishery production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Capture fishery production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Capture fishery production Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.