Fish and seafood consumption per capita by country
Countries reporting
191
Highest
83.81
Iceland
Lowest
0.38
Afghanistan
Median
15.41
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,213
What the numbers show
Fish and seafood consumption per capita is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 83.81 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.38 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.41, and the mean is 19.11.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 221.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 223.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 65.7%).
Fish and seafood consumption per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 83.81 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 2 | Maldives | 79.74 | 2023 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kiribati | 72.27 | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 69.11 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Macao | 61.12 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 55.82 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.51 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 53.49 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 52.82 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 51.03 | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 50.51 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 49.1 | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia (country) | 48.98 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 14 | Samoa | 46.62 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Bermuda | 45.59 | 2009 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 44.98 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 44.55 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 18 | Barbados | 43.16 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 19 | Seychelles | 42.91 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 20 | China | 41.68 | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 40.42 | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Myanmar | 40.35 | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Vietnam | 40.06 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 39.42 | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 36.8 | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.4 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 27 | France | 32.64 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 31.49 | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 31.1 | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 30.62 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 30.49 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 32 | Taiwan | 30.4 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 30.29 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 30.04 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei | 29.43 | 2009 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 36 | Mauritius | 29.4 | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 37 | Italy | 29.39 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands Antilles | 28.68 | 2009 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 39 | Thailand | 28.62 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Tonga | 28.58 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 41 | Laos | 28.52 | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Lithuania | 28.51 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 28.15 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Fiji | 27.95 | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 27.85 | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 46 | Bahamas | 27.68 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 47 | Gabon | 27.03 | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 26.98 | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.52 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 26.34 | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 51 | Nauru | 26.02 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 25.94 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 53 | Dominica | 25.58 | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 24.95 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 55 | Guyana | 24.76 | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 56 | Israel | 24.75 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 24.61 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 58 | Latvia | 24.49 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 24.45 | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 60 | Australia | 24.24 | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 23.93 | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.7 | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 23.62 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Congo | 23.19 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 23.11 | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 66 | Russia | 22.8 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 22.73 | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 68 | Denmark | 22.56 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 22.5 | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 70 | Qatar | 22.03 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 71 | United States | 21.94 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 20.82 | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 20.5 | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Grenada | 20.33 | 2023 | down 30.6% | flat |
| 75 | Gambia | 20.17 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.05 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 77 | Croatia | 19.89 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Bahrain | 19.76 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 19.63 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 19.27 | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 19.08 | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 82 | Cameroon | 18.12 | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 83 | Cyprus | 17.96 | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.96 | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 17.83 | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 17.7 | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 17.14 | 2023 | up 173.8% | rising |
| 88 | Comoros | 16.98 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 89 | Belize | 16.94 | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 16.86 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 16.71 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Suriname | 16.67 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 93 | Switzerland | 16.46 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 94 | Moldova | 16.3 | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Tunisia | 15.88 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 96 | Uganda | 15.41 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 97 | Panama | 14.89 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 98 | Benin | 14.82 | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 14.36 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 100 | Angola | 14.34 | 2023 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 14.12 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 102 | Senegal | 13.75 | 2023 | down 44.0% | flat |
| 103 | Mexico | 13.55 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 104 | Germany | 12.98 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 105 | Kuwait | 12.97 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 12.92 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 107 | Zambia | 12.89 | 2023 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 108 | Libya | 12.88 | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 109 | Mozambique | 12.87 | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Estonia | 12.7 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 111 | Belarus | 12.46 | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 112 | North Korea | 12.3 | 2018 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 113 | Uruguay | 11.93 | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 114 | Montenegro | 11.92 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 115 | Iran | 11.3 | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 11.21 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 11.15 | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 118 | Cape Verde | 10.67 | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 119 | Guinea | 10.65 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 120 | Slovakia | 10.61 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 10.49 | 2023 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Czechia | 10.37 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 123 | Georgia | 10.33 | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Colombia | 10.31 | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 125 | Namibia | 9.67 | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 126 | Togo | 9.58 | 2022 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 8.77 | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 128 | Venezuela | 8.75 | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 129 | India | 8.73 | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 130 | Romania | 8.7 | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mali | 8.64 | 2022 | up 62.7% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 8.6 | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Serbia | 8.45 | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 134 | Brazil | 8.18 | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 8.01 | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 136 | Mauritania | 7.6 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 7.34 | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 138 | El Salvador | 7.22 | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 7.18 | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 140 | Argentina | 7.11 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 7.1 | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 6.97 | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Nigeria | 6.9 | 2023 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 6.87 | 2021 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 145 | Hungary | 6.46 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 146 | Ecuador | 6.45 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 147 | Tanzania | 6.4 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 148 | Bhutan | 6.26 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 149 | Cuba | 6.1 | 2019 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.86 | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Chad | 5.61 | 2022 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 152 | South Africa | 5.59 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 153 | Haiti | 5.42 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 154 | Paraguay | 5.33 | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Turkey | 5.32 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 156 | Djibouti | 5.31 | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 5.21 | 2023 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Rwanda | 5.15 | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Armenia | 4.86 | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Jordan | 4.77 | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 4.75 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 162 | Lebanon | 4.74 | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Honduras | 4.39 | 2023 | up 116.3% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 4.28 | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 3.93 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 166 | Eswatini | 3.79 | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Guatemala | 3.77 | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Madagascar | 3.67 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.29 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 170 | Kenya | 2.86 | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 171 | Algeria | 2.75 | 2023 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 2.63 | 2023 | down 45.3% | rising |
| 173 | Burundi | 2.4 | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 2.36 | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.35 | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 176 | Iraq | 2.27 | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 177 | Botswana | 2.22 | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 178 | Azerbaijan | 2.14 | 2023 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 179 | Bolivia | 2.12 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 180 | Yemen | 2.02 | 2023 | down 57.0% | flat |
| 181 | Lesotho | 1.92 | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Niger | 1.87 | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Somalia | 1.68 | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 184 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.46 | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Pakistan | 1.35 | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 1.03 | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 0.91 | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Sudan | 0.8922 | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 189 | Syria | 0.8 | 2023 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 190 | Ethiopia | 0.5 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 0.38 | 2023 | up 111.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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