Fish catch by fishing sector by country

Countries reporting
166
Highest
12.05 million
China
Lowest
1.49
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
37,228
Years covered
69
1950–2018
Data points
9,716

What the numbers show

Fish catch by fishing sector is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 12.05 million in China; the lowest is 1.49 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 37,228, and the mean is 482,734.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 616,284.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 99.7%).

Fish catch by fishing sector: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 12.05 million 2018 up 15.1% volatile
2 Russia 7.24 million 2018 up 16.4% rising
3 Peru 6.70 million 2018 down 15.2% volatile
4 United States 4.91 million 2018 up 6.9% rising
5 Indonesia 4.63 million 2018 up 43.7% volatile
6 Thailand 4.11 million 2018 down 20.4% volatile
7 India 2.98 million 2018 up 18.4% volatile
8 Vietnam 2.96 million 2018 up 48.3% volatile
9 Japan 2.83 million 2018 down 25.6% falling
10 Norway 2.31 million 2018 up 1.6% rising
11 Malaysia 1.67 million 2018 up 3.8% volatile
12 South Korea 1.59 million 2018 down 28.9% volatile
13 Morocco 1.51 million 2018 up 18.7% volatile
14 Spain 1.48 million 2018 up 5.9% falling
15 Mexico 1.21 million 2018 down 15.4% rising
16 Philippines 1.19 million 2018 down 38.0% volatile
17 Argentina 1.11 million 2018 down 14.8% volatile
18 Iceland 1.00 million 2018 down 22.5% rising
19 Taiwan 934,736 2018 up 8.3% rising
20 Myanmar 901,261 2018 down 1.9% volatile
21 Senegal 828,852 2018 up 94.7% volatile
22 Canada 786,484 2018 down 9.6% falling
23 Denmark 681,198 2018 down 2.1% volatile
24 United Kingdom 674,013 2018 up 13.2% falling
25 Hong Kong 661,654 2018 down 1.2% volatile
26 Faroe Islands 637,571 2018 up 30.6% rising
27 France 577,738 2018 up 0.3% rising
28 South Africa 561,550 2018 down 16.1% volatile
29 Namibia 553,115 2018 up 40.4% volatile
30 Poland 517,264 2018 up 51.8% volatile
31 Chile 467,439 2018 down 84.6% volatile
32 Turkey 462,280 2018 down 30.2% volatile
33 Ecuador 456,685 2018 down 28.7% volatile
34 Brazil 403,243 2018 down 2.0% rising
35 Netherlands 375,870 2018 down 22.4% rising
36 Mauritania 375,747 2018 up 31.9% volatile
37 Belize 352,051 2018 down 44.0% volatile
38 New Zealand 323,906 2018 up 32.0% volatile
39 Angola 314,214 2018 up 9.8% falling
40 Papua New Guinea 313,559 2018 up 53.1% volatile
41 Ghana 312,898 2018 up 42.6% volatile
42 Pakistan 312,248 2018 up 7.8% volatile
43 Italy 296,921 2018 down 29.4% volatile
44 Germany 271,958 2018 down 20.7% volatile
45 Iran 259,979 2018 up 197.9% volatile
46 Georgia 259,840 2018 up 280.5% volatile
47 Greenland 251,542 2018 up 27.8% volatile
49 Portugal 234,900 2018 up 2.7% volatile
50 Sweden 232,495 2018 down 0.8% rising
51 Panama 212,052 2018 down 3.1% volatile
52 Cambodia 196,044 2018 up 103.0% rising
53 Kiribati 189,824 2018 up 1,040.5% volatile
54 Australia 185,704 2018 up 5.3% rising
55 Guinea 173,387 2018 up 237.4% volatile
56 Bangladesh 170,278 2018 up 47.2% rising
57 Finland 154,609 2018 up 34.5% rising
58 Sri Lanka 153,879 2018 up 192.5% volatile
59 Seychelles 149,091 2018 up 114.1% volatile
60 Algeria 138,840 2018 down 19.8% volatile
61 Ukraine 113,981 2018 down 69.4% volatile
62 Cape Verde 107,836 2018 up 527.0% volatile
63 Tunisia 94,257 2018 up 8.9% volatile
64 Falkland Islands 91,179 2018 up 13.4% volatile
65 Comoros 90,631 2018 up 851.8% volatile
66 Croatia 89,657 2018 up 54.7% volatile
67 Egypt 87,328 2018 down 33.8% volatile
68 Greece 85,226 2018 down 19.2% rising
69 Estonia 83,498 2018 down 18.1% volatile
70 Latvia 82,059 2018 down 79.3% volatile
71 North Korea 75,456 2018 up 43.0% volatile
72 Marshall Islands 73,504 2018 up 127.3% volatile
73 Nigeria 71,100 2018 down 59.5% volatile
74 Curacao 65,757 2018 up 320.7% volatile
75 Lithuania 65,050 2018 down 63.5% volatile
76 Uruguay 61,547 2018 down 46.4% volatile
77 Solomon Islands 61,185 2018 up 280.8% volatile
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55,474 2018 up 616,284.0% volatile
79 Colombia 53,810 2018 up 6.2% volatile
80 Cameroon 52,118 2018 up 162.5% volatile
81 Nicaragua 43,086 2018 up 46.4% volatile
82 Venezuela 40,502 2018 down 66.1% volatile
84 Costa Rica 37,832 2018 down 21.2% volatile
85 Madagascar 37,366 2018 up 97.4% rising
86 Mozambique 37,091 2018 up 33.0% volatile
87 Sierra Leone 37,072 2018 down 25.5% volatile
88 Guyana 36,895 2018 up 21.5% volatile
89 Belgium 36,404 2018 up 13.2% falling
90 Vanuatu 35,931 2018 down 41.0% falling
91 Cote d'Ivoire 35,907 2018 up 49.3% falling
92 Guatemala 27,337 2018 up 2.0% volatile
93 Mauritius 25,888 2018 up 549.1% volatile
94 El Salvador 24,077 2018 down 21.2% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 22,555 2018 up 2.4% falling
96 Fiji 17,860 2018 up 6.1% volatile
97 Congo 16,626 2018 up 58.8% volatile
98 Gabon 16,528 2018 down 46.5% volatile
99 French Polynesia 15,954 2018 up 22.9% volatile
100 Libya 13,664 2018 down 2.1% volatile
101 Bahrain 12,813 2018 down 24.4% volatile
102 Suriname 12,535 2018 up 1.6% volatile
103 Bulgaria 12,144 2018 down 45.2% volatile
104 Brunei 11,572 2018 up 78.3% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 11,385 2018 up 9.7% volatile
106 Tuvalu 11,100 2018 up 68,117.0% volatile
107 Yemen 10,714 2018 down 75.8% volatile
108 Kuwait 8,298 2018 down 50.8% rising
109 Gambia 7,826 2018 up 177.6% volatile
110 Nauru 7,472 2018 up 356,419.0% volatile
111 Albania 7,439 2018 up 86.8% volatile
112 Romania 7,330 2018 down 90.0% volatile
113 Honduras 7,055 2018 up 154.2% volatile
114 Bahamas 6,252 2018 down 13.7% volatile
115 Iraq 5,912 2018 down 41.0% volatile
116 Cook Islands 5,168 2018 up 48.6% volatile
117 Cuba 4,862 2018 up 34.5% volatile
118 Tanzania 4,850 2018 up 11.7% volatile
119 United Arab Emirates 4,148 2018 down 44.5% volatile
120 Oman 3,652 2018 down 79.1% volatile
121 Equatorial Guinea 3,362 2018 up 13.9% volatile
122 Qatar 3,295 1993 up 238.3% volatile
123 Palestine 3,070 2018 up 9.6% volatile
124 New Caledonia 2,800 2018 up 26.5% volatile
125 Samoa 2,795 2018 down 23.4% volatile
126 Benin 2,628 2018 up 108.5% volatile
127 Palau 2,490 2018 up 497,984.0% volatile
128 Togo 2,450 2018 down 15.2% volatile
129 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2,407 2018 down 72.3% volatile
130 American Samoa 2,394 2018 down 39.5% volatile
131 Kenya 2,250 2018 up 28.1% rising
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,937 2018 down 54.7% volatile
133 Barbados 1,787 2018 down 44.0% volatile
134 Dominican Republic 1,666 2018 down 30.1% volatile
135 Maldives 1,571 2018 down 85.7% volatile
136 Reunion 1,378 2018 down 54.9% volatile
137 Israel 1,255 2018 down 47.4% volatile
138 Sudan 1,131 2018 down 71.2% volatile
139 Syria 1,117 2018 down 58.0% volatile
140 Dominica 1,095 2018 down 94.2% volatile
141 Montenegro 963.74 2018 up 18.3% rising
143 Saint Helena 818.72 2018 up 692.2% volatile
144 Singapore 773.63 2018 up 340.8% volatile
145 Saint Lucia 762.77 2018 down 42.0% volatile
146 Lebanon 717.49 2008 up 12,998.5% volatile
147 Grenada 586.4 2018 down 74.5% volatile
148 Guinea-Bissau 470.23 2003 up 8,694.7% volatile
149 Somalia 373.36 2018 up 14.1% volatile
150 Tonga 342.21 2018 down 54.1% volatile
151 Sao Tome and Principe 240 2018 down 80.3% volatile
152 Guam 204.04 2018 up 148.4% volatile
153 Bermuda 141.93 2018 down 9.5% volatile
154 Cayman Islands 132.03 2018 unchanged volatile
156 Niue 104.55 2010 up 2,875.1% volatile
157 Djibouti 103.6 2018 up 89.0% rising
158 Slovenia 80.36 2018 down 99.7% volatile
159 Liberia 61.67 2018 up 107.3% volatile
160 Aruba 54.5 2002 down 27.8% falling
161 Jamaica 52.32 2002 down 72.6% volatile
162 Jordan 49.65 1989 up 117.6% volatile
163 Democratic Republic of Congo 46.13 1995 down 84.7% volatile
164 Tokelau 43.39 2018 up 596.0% volatile
165 Turks and Caicos Islands 29.48 2014 up 6,267.3% volatile
166 Cocos Islands 20 2018 unchanged falling
167 British Virgin Islands 7.12 2015 up 28.7% rising
168 Haiti 6.35 2018 down 22.3% falling
169 Eritrea 3.99 2007 down 64.4% volatile
170 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 1990 down 90.9% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Fish catch by fishing sector
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
170 places, 9,716 data points, 1950–2018
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