Wild fish catch by gear type by country

Countries reporting

119

Highest

1.84 million

Japan

Lowest

0.0258

Niue

Median

2,344

Years covered

1950–2018

Data points

5,521

What the numbers show

Wild fish catch by gear type is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 1.84 million in Japan; the lowest is 0.0258 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,344, and the mean is 65,707.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 390,047.0%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Wild fish catch by gear type: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Japan	1.84 million	2018	up 57,581.0%	volatile
2	Russia	1.31 million	2018	down 30.9%	rising
3	India	774,032	2018	down 17.0%	volatile
4	Chile	422,272	2018	up 36,508.8%	volatile
5	Argentina	415,481	2018	up 494.0%	volatile
6	Philippines	291,930	2018	up 180.2%	volatile
7	United States	278,658	2018	down 23.1%	volatile
8	South Korea	237,419	2018	down 47.0%	volatile
9	Belize	199,018	2018	down 47.1%	volatile
10	Spain	196,508	2018	up 17.2%	rising
11	Poland	173,457	2018	up 65.7%	rising
12	Thailand	164,983	2018	up 8.8%	rising
13	Vietnam	159,805	2018	up 2,290.1%	volatile
14	Mexico	128,950	2018	up 63,111.0%	volatile
15	France	115,441	2018	up 159.8%	volatile
16	Senegal	97,916	2018	up 69.1%	volatile
18	Mauritania	80,266	2018	up 1,024.4%	volatile
19	Sri Lanka	79,598	2018	up 421.0%	volatile
20	United Kingdom	67,405	2018	up 58.0%	rising
21	Estonia	61,176	2018	up 0.8%	volatile
22	Australia	54,548	2018	up 40.7%	volatile
23	Latvia	53,403	2018	down 11.7%	volatile
24	South Africa	49,945	2018	down 7.5%	volatile
25	Denmark	40,221	2018	up 20.0%	volatile
26	China	39,840	2018	down 80.6%	volatile
27	Canada	34,593	2018	up 347.1%	volatile
28	Lithuania	34,285	2018	down 20.4%	volatile
29	Morocco	32,693	2018	down 18.9%	volatile
30	Portugal	27,949	2018	up 67.0%	volatile
31	Germany	27,616	2018	up 24.7%	volatile
32	Cameroon	25,586	2018	—	volatile
33	Iceland	24,931	2018	up 46.0%	volatile
34	New Zealand	21,709	2018	up 13.3%	volatile
35	Tunisia	21,654	2018	up 6.4%	volatile
36	Algeria	19,880	2018	up 118.8%	volatile
37	Angola	17,445	2018	up 29,759.8%	volatile
38	Brazil	17,134	2018	down 47.2%	volatile
39	Italy	16,986	2018	up 74.5%	volatile
40	Peru	16,379	2011	up 252.6%	volatile
41	Uruguay	13,082	2018	down 35.8%	volatile
42	Cuba	12,958	2001	up 39,430.8%	volatile
43	Egypt	10,647	2018	down 57.9%	volatile
44	Romania	9,432	1996	up 3,839.6%	volatile
45	Ukraine	7,912	2018	down 90.0%	volatile
46	Falkland Islands	7,391	2018	up 100.7%	volatile
47	Namibia	6,391	2018	down 45.4%	volatile
48	Brunei	6,157	2018	up 3,662.3%	volatile
49	Ghana	5,952	2018	down 43.8%	volatile
50	Norway	5,878	2018	up 56,188.1%	volatile
51	Ecuador	5,517	2018	up 152.3%	volatile
52	Iraq	4,680	2018	down 44.8%	volatile
53	Sweden	4,404	2018	up 285.6%	volatile
54	Colombia	3,750	2018	down 42.0%	volatile
55	Gambia	3,691	2018	—	volatile
56	Faroe Islands	3,606	2018	down 35.9%	volatile
57	Cote d'Ivoire	3,130	2018	—	volatile
58	French Polynesia	3,088	2018	up 143.8%	rising
59	Palestine	2,780	2018	up 1,428.4%	volatile
60	Hong Kong	2,347	2018	down 38.8%	volatile
61	Yemen	2,344	2018	up 52.5%	rising
62	Trinidad and Tobago	2,291	2018	down 44.0%	rising
64	Netherlands	1,997	2018	—	volatile
65	Taiwan	1,633	2018	down 99.2%	volatile
66	Mozambique	1,493	2018	up 390,047.0%	volatile
67	Greenland	1,309	2018	up 2,406.0%	volatile
68	Finland	1,273	2018	up 114.3%	falling
69	Tonga	936.96	2018	up 345.2%	volatile
70	Albania	899.88	2018	up 41.7%	volatile
71	Togo	827.75	2010	up 337.7%	volatile
72	Singapore	773.63	2018	up 340.8%	volatile
73	Sierra Leone	354.28	2012	up 92.0%	volatile
74	Panama	349.14	2018	up 3,110.7%	volatile
75	Guatemala	311.25	2018	up 79.9%	volatile
76	Venezuela	279.45	2018	down 99.3%	volatile
77	Curacao	246.98	2002	up 228.0%	falling
78	Equatorial Guinea	241.22	1996	down 41.6%	rising
79	Tokelau	231.83	2018	down 27.3%	falling
80	Syria	225.77	2013	down 35.7%	volatile
81	Saint Lucia	186.39	2018	down 30.0%	volatile
82	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	161.42	2018	—	volatile
83	Guam	140.25	2007	up 115.8%	volatile
84	Bermuda	139.93	2018	up 4,192.2%	volatile
85	Israel	130.47	1997	down 62.1%	volatile
86	Barbados	122.34	1996	down 55.6%	volatile
87	Vanuatu	112.43	2018	up 922.1%	volatile
88	Gabon	86.15	2002	down 13.2%	volatile
89	Honduras	85	2001	down 94.0%	volatile
90	Liberia	76.16	2017	up 26.4%	volatile
91	Papua New Guinea	65.29	2018	up 137.3%	volatile
92	Cambodia	61.66	2013	up 71.3%	volatile
93	Samoa	55.24	2018	down 35.6%	rising
94	Aruba	54.5	2002	down 27.8%	falling
95	Jamaica	52.32	2002	down 72.6%	volatile
96	Reunion	51.12	2018	down 82.0%	falling
97	Democratic Republic of Congo	46.13	1995	down 81.9%	volatile
98	Turkey	41.82	2018	—	volatile
99	Nigeria	36.59	2012	—	volatile
100	Fiji	34.39	2018	down 44.0%	volatile
101	Eritrea	33.02	2010	down 63.7%	falling
102	Dominica	29.55	2018	up 1,699.4%	volatile
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.16	2002	down 47.2%	volatile
105	Greece	20.08	2017	down 98.5%	volatile
106	Tanzania	18.4	2017	down 97.3%	falling
107	Grenada	16.11	2018	down 2.3%	volatile
108	Somalia	15.53	1991	down 61.2%	volatile
110	Comoros	7	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
111	Kiribati	6.84	2018	up 824.1%	volatile
112	Guinea-Bissau	6.62	1996	up 50.2%	rising
113	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.61	2017	down 82.5%	falling
114	Solomon Islands	3	2018	down 70.0%	volatile
115	Bulgaria	2.95	2014	down 91.6%	volatile
116	Lebanon	1.29	2018	down 40.0%	volatile
117	Georgia	0.75	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
118	New Caledonia	0.6548	2018	down 87.2%	volatile
119	Palau	0.4672	2018	down 85.5%	volatile
120	Croatia	0.261	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
121	East Timor	0.1984	2018	down 93.5%	volatile
122	Seychelles	0.0407	2018	down 98.9%	volatile
123	Niue	0.0258	2018	down 32.5%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Wild fish catch by gear type
Source: Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 123 places, 5,521 data points, 1950–2018
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026