Fish, Seafood — Protein supply quantity (t) by country
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...
Countries reporting
181
Highest
5.51 million t
China
Lowest
33.2 t
Nauru
Median
8,558 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901
What the numbers show
Fish, Seafood — Protein supply quantity (t) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 5.51 million t in China; the lowest is 33.2 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,558 t, and the mean is 112,884 t.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 297.9%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 60.3%).
Fish, Seafood — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5.51 million t | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 5.40 million t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 1.40 million t | 2023 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 1.33 million t | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 494,577 t | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 407,455 t | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 367,410 t | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | Philippines | 338,910 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 296,077 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 10 | Thailand | 251,863 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 246,845 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 233,435 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 190,381 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 14 | Malaysia | 190,256 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | France | 188,218 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 184,429 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 174,016 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 18 | Italy | 171,755 t | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 160,478 t | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 125,436 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 21 | Germany | 119,736 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 22 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 107,194 t | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 92,108 t | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 90,883 t | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 25 | Cambodia | 84,631 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 79,033 t | 2023 | up 140.5% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 78,717 t | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 28 | Morocco | 73,961 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 71,248 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 71,222 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 31 | China, Taiwan Province of | 66,250 t | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 63,190 t | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 62,429 t | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 60,158 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 35 | Australia | 58,942 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 58,819 t | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cameroon | 53,416 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 38 | Poland | 53,022 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 52,676 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 40 | Mozambique | 46,350 t | 2023 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 44,924 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 42 | Türkiye | 44,880 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 43 | United Republic of Tanzania | 43,135 t | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 45 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 42,622 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 46 | Pakistan | 39,765 t | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38,092 t | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 34,070 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 49 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 33,460 t | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 32,252 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 29,509 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 27,923 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 53 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 27,310 t | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 54 | Senegal | 25,269 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 55 | Zambia | 25,072 t | 2023 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 56 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25,043 t | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 24,931 t | 2023 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 58 | Belgium | 23,954 t | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 23,877 t | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 60 | Chile | 23,815 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 23,110 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 20,663 t | 2023 | up 297.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Greece | 20,617 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 64 | Israel | 20,250 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 65 | Tunisia | 20,107 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 17,854 t | 2023 | up 204.7% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 17,222 t | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 17,212 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 15,860 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 70 | Finland | 15,849 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 71 | Melanesia | 15,824 t | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 72 | Denmark | 15,665 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Kenya | 14,812 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 14,360 t | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 75 | Nepal | 14,279 t | 2023 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 76 | Congo | 14,071 t | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 77 | Oman | 13,953 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 78 | Switzerland | 13,099 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 12,800 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 80 | Madagascar | 12,439 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 81 | New Zealand | 12,279 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 82 | Austria | 12,178 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 11,076 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 11,018 t | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 10,196 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 10,038 t | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 87 | Libya | 9,632 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 88 | Ireland | 9,479 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 89 | Lithuania | 8,895 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 8,885 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 91 | Yemen | 8,860 t | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 8,558 t | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 93 | Croatia | 8,313 t | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 94 | Guatemala | 7,781 t | 2023 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 95 | Jamaica | 7,621 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 7,349 t | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 97 | Gabon | 7,017 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 98 | Rwanda | 6,961 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 6,902 t | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 100 | Kuwait | 6,601 t | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 101 | Haiti | 6,556 t | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 6,316 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 103 | Serbia | 6,173 t | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 6,103 t | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 105 | Qatar | 6,074 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 106 | Slovakia | 5,991 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 107 | Gambia | 5,810 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 108 | Latvia | 5,795 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 5,374 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 110 | Republic of Moldova | 5,325 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 5,185 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 112 | Jordan | 5,077 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 5,066 t | 2023 | up 170.5% | rising |
| 114 | Maldives | 4,729 t | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 4,362 t | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 116 | Niger | 4,310 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 117 | Georgia | 4,243 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 4,143 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 4,049 t | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 4,046 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 121 | Mauritania | 4,027 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 122 | Uruguay | 3,986 t | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 123 | China, Macao SAR | 3,722 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 124 | Iceland | 3,466 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 125 | Namibia | 3,093 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 2,945 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 127 | Bahrain | 2,941 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 128 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,865 t | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 129 | Polynesia | 2,823 t | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,694 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 131 | Fiji | 2,633 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 132 | Lebanon | 2,627 t | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 133 | Liberia | 2,621 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 134 | Albania | 2,573 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 2,356 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 136 | Cyprus | 2,338 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 137 | Slovenia | 2,332 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 2,330 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 139 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,055 t | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,026 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 141 | Micronesia | 1,997 t | 2023 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 1,955 t | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 1,745 t | 2023 | up 178.2% | rising |
| 144 | Luxembourg | 1,696 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 145 | Comoros | 1,633 t | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 146 | Malta | 1,623 t | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 147 | Estonia | 1,591 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 148 | Armenia | 1,588 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1,460 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 1,426 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 151 | Barbados | 1,222 t | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 152 | Suriname | 1,110 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 153 | Bahamas | 1,104 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,102 t | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 155 | Kiribati | 1,094 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1,072 t | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 1,022 t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 1,020 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 907.69 t | 2023 | up 109.4% | rising |
| 160 | Montenegro | 757.78 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 689.45 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 667.98 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 163 | Djibouti | 666.85 t | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 164 | Seychelles | 656.06 t | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 165 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 576.3 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 166 | Bhutan | 539.54 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 167 | Belize | 537.55 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 524.96 t | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 169 | Botswana | 514.53 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 170 | Eswatini | 504.87 t | 2023 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | 502.5 t | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 460.93 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 454.1 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 174 | Lesotho | 431.65 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 175 | Mongolia | 377.97 t | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 176 | Tonga | 316.25 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 177 | Grenada | 244.7 t | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 214.42 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 173.26 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 163.14 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 58.65 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 182 | Nauru | 33.2 t | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 16.13 million t
- Asia 11.68 million t
- Eastern Asia 6.45 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 2.86 million t
- Southern Asia 2.13 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.13 million t
- Europe 1.64 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.40 million t
- Americas 1.37 million t
- Africa 1.36 million t
- European Union (27) 1.01 million t
- Northern America 658,523 t
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.