Fish, Seafood — Food supply quantity in Western Europe
Western Europe: Fish, Seafood — Food supply quantity was 20.99 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fish, Seafood — Food supply quantity in Western Europe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 20.99 kg/cap for fish, seafood — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fish, seafood — food supply quantity in Western Europe peaked at 23.2 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 20.99 kg/cap, in 2023.
That places Western Europe 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Fish, Seafood — Food supply quantity in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 23.2 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 22.18 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 21.91 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 22 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 21.55 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 21.93 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 21.72 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 21.68 kg/cap | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 21.28 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 21.2 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 21.21 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 21.1 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 20.99 kg/cap | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.05 kg/cap | 21.28 kg/cap | 23.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.12 kg/cap | 20.99 kg/cap | 21.21 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 8 Portugal 53.49 kg/cap compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12.3 kg/cap compare
- 9 Republic of Korea 52.82 kg/cap compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.3 kg/cap compare
- 10 Malaysia 51.03 kg/cap compare
- 11 French Polynesia 50.51 kg/cap compare
- 12 Norway 49.1 kg/cap compare
- 12 Melanesia 11.02 kg/cap compare
- 13 Samoa 46.62 kg/cap compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.75 kg/cap compare
- 14 Marshall Islands 44.57 kg/cap compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.072 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fish, seafood — food supply quantity in Western Europe?
- Fish, seafood — food supply quantity in Western Europe was 20.99 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fish, seafood — food supply quantity recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest fish, seafood — food supply quantity recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.99 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Western Europe rank for fish, seafood — food supply quantity?
- Western Europe ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fish, seafood — food supply quantity rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fish, Seafood — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.