Capture fishery production by country
Countries reporting
211
Highest
13.26 million
China
Lowest
0
Moldova
Median
45,442
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,849
What the numbers show
Capture fishery production is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 13.26 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 45,442, and the mean is 443,740.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 32,251.1%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).
Capture fishery production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13.26 million | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 7.82 million | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 6.36 million | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 5.76 million | 2024 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 5 | Russia | 5.02 million | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 4.21 million | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 7 | Vietnam | 3.43 million | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 2.85 million | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 9 | Chile | 2.53 million | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Norway | 2.33 million | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 2.04 million | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 1.92 million | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 1.74 million | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 1.65 million | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 1.63 million | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 16 | Morocco | 1.43 million | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Malaysia | 1.41 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | South Korea | 1.27 million | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 1.01 million | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 905,930 | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Nigeria | 855,310 | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Iran | 789,229 | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 784,915 | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 764,462 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 755,323 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 26 | Oman | 727,006 | 2024 | up 244.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 720,404 | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 681,733 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 29 | Faroe Islands | 677,691 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritania | 640,322 | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Angola | 610,036 | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Cambodia | 606,654 | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Uganda | 538,160 | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 536,745 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 35 | Tanzania | 530,933 | 2024 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 36 | South Africa | 521,938 | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 500,077 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 38 | Ghana | 496,159 | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 495,725 | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 493,550 | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 480,653 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 467,775 | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 43 | Egypt | 425,501 | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea | 384,261 | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Namibia | 381,230 | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Turkey | 355,994 | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 355,902 | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 342,808 | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Greenland | 331,285 | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 50 | New Zealand | 324,447 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Netherlands | 296,838 | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 52 | Kiribati | 278,509 | 2024 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 276,799 | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 54 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 265,975 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 255,001 | 2024 | up 408.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 245,629 | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 237,008 | 2024 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 58 | Cameroon | 236,100 | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Australia | 227,277 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 208,919 | 2024 | up 174.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 208,810 | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Micronesia (country) | 208,701 | 2024 | up 297.6% | volatile |
| 63 | North Korea | 208,365 | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Venezuela | 202,663 | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Georgia | 200,606 | 2024 | up 954.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Malawi | 190,090 | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Germany | 186,393 | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Yemen | 152,430 | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Madagascar | 149,869 | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 70 | Poland | 140,741 | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Kenya | 139,793 | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Sweden | 139,591 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 73 | Seychelles | 135,663 | 2024 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Italy | 134,076 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 75 | Zambia | 122,963 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 111,335 | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 77 | Chad | 109,000 | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 78 | Maldives | 107,414 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 104,906 | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Mali | 104,178 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 81 | Somalia | 97,871 | 2024 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 96,819 | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Hong Kong | 92,253 | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 84 | Algeria | 91,272 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Nauru | 87,348 | 2024 | up 32,251.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 86,030 | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | 85,494 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 85,324 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 89 | Laos | 78,795 | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Lithuania | 77,303 | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 69,440 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Estonia | 65,354 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 64,022 | 2024 | up 6,791.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Benin | 61,561 | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 58,165 | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 58,165 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 57,123 | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Latvia | 56,368 | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 99 | Greece | 56,044 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 100 | Gambia | 55,075 | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 101 | South Sudan | 55,000 | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 54,110 | 2024 | up 243.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Congo | 53,691 | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | 50,927 | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 48,355 | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 45,442 | 2024 | up 515.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 45,025 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 44,422 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 43,613 | 2024 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Croatia | 42,857 | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 111 | Sudan | 42,060 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 112 | Iraq | 41,100 | 2024 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritius | 38,022 | 2024 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Guyana | 36,920 | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Fiji | 34,963 | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Ukraine | 34,914 | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 34,670 | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Libya | 33,099 | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 32,147 | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 32,140 | 2024 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 31,772 | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Gabon | 30,140 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 29,000 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Liberia | 26,764 | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 125 | Honduras | 21,604 | 2024 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Nepal | 21,000 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Qatar | 20,377 | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Togo | 20,322 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 19,844 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 130 | Burundi | 18,855 | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 17,728 | 2024 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Paraguay | 17,260 | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Belgium | 17,068 | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 134 | Haiti | 16,430 | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Brunei | 16,386 | 2024 | up 414.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 15,955 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 137 | Bahrain | 15,100 | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Guatemala | 14,208 | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 139 | French Polynesia | 13,468 | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,938 | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Bolivia | 12,804 | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Jamaica | 12,770 | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 143 | Albania | 9,074 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas | 8,880 | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Cuba | 8,682 | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Samoa | 8,094 | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 147 | East Timor | 7,876 | 2024 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,253 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 6,862 | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Romania | 5,758 | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,730 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 5,547 | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Syria | 4,835 | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Hungary | 4,744 | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 4,037 | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 156 | Isle of Man | 3,506 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Czechia | 3,450 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 158 | Djibouti | 3,387 | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,285 | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Lebanon | 2,705 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 2,620 | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Serbia | 2,495 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 163 | Eritrea | 2,459 | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Kuwait | 2,451 | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 165 | Curacao | 2,450 | 2024 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,306 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Grenada | 2,157 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 2,130 | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 169 | Israel | 2,065 | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 2,000 | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 1,828 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 172 | Malta | 1,804 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Switzerland | 1,551 | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 174 | Slovakia | 1,516 | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 175 | American Samoa | 1,512 | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Macao | 1,500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Armenia | 1,200 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Cyprus | 1,163 | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 1,128 | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Tonga | 1,120 | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Dominica | 988 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 971 | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Montenegro | 854.06 | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 184 | Palau | 803.11 | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Barbados | 723 | 2024 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 186 | Jordan | 695 | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 675 | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Belarus | 555 | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 189 | United States Virgin Islands | 493.84 | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Singapore | 373.95 | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Austria | 350 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 192 | Bermuda | 338 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 305 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 253 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Palestine | 250 | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Slovenia | 223.27 | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 180 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Aruba | 175 | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 199 | North Macedonia | 138.37 | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 125 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 201 | Lesotho | 74 | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Eswatini | 65 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 61.62 | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 204 | Guam | 45.64 | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Botswana | 40 | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 2024 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 207 | Mongolia | 31 | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 208 | Gibraltar | 25.52 | 2024 | up 2,452.3% | volatile |
| 209 | Bhutan | 5 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 210 | Monaco | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 211 | Moldova | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |