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Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of gross domestic product by country

Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP.

Countries reporting
122
Highest
12.3%
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Romania
Median
0.2%
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
810

What the numbers show

Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of gross domestic product is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 12.3% in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Romania.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.9%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).

Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of gross domestic product: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 12.3% 2023 up 22.4% rising
2 Greenland 10.9% 2019 up 19.6% rising
3 Micronesia, Federated States of 9.6% 2019 down 6.4% flat
4 Marshall Islands 7.9% 2019 down 22.2% falling
5 Comoros 6.5% 2023 up 44.7% rising
6 Kiribati 5.4% 2023 down 9.7% falling
7 Sao Tome and Principe 4.6% 2019 up 63.5% rising
8 Guinea 4.5% 2023 up 141.0% rising
9 Gambia 4.3% 2023 up 75.3% rising
10 Sierra Leone 3.9% 2021 up 26.0% rising
11 Madagascar 3.1% 2023 down 15.3% falling
12 Iceland 2.6% 2021 down 43.4% falling
13 Maldives 2.5% 2023 down 2.3% falling
14 Guinea-Bissau 2.0% 2019 up 14.6% rising
15 Namibia 1.6% 2023 down 9.4% falling
16 Tonga 1.6% 2023 down 30.2% falling
17 Samoa 1.6% 2019 down 1.3% rising
18 Myanmar 1.5% 2023 down 40.9% falling
19 Mauritania 1.4% 2023 down 26.0% flat
20 Suriname 1.4% 2019 down 13.0% flat
21 Angola 1.2% 2023 up 110.5% rising
22 French Polynesia 1.2% 2019 down 14.5% falling
23 Yemen 1.1% 2019 up 5.7% rising
24 Palau 1.0% 2021 down 47.2% falling
25 Indonesia 0.8% 2023 down 16.2% falling
26 Cape Verde 0.8% 2023 up 35.1% rising
27 Norway 0.7% 2023 up 124.2% rising
28 Seychelles 0.7% 2023 down 19.3% flat
29 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7% 2023 up 67.5% rising
30 Oman 0.7% 2023 up 106.2% rising
31 Grenada 0.6% 2023 down 14.9% falling
32 Mozambique 0.6% 2023 up 1.6% falling
33 Cameroon 0.6% 2023 down 1.6% rising
34 Cambodia 0.5% 2019 down 41.3% falling
34 Morocco 0.5% 2019 up 17.4% rising
36 Sri Lanka 0.5% 2023 down 54.3% falling
37 New Zealand 0.5% 2021 up 4.0% flat
37 Viet Nam 0.5% 2023 down 48.5% falling
37 Anguilla 0.5% 2023 down 42.9% falling
40 Senegal 0.4% 2023 down 34.8% falling
41 Bahamas 0.4% 2019 down 35.5% falling
42 Malaysia 0.4% 2023 down 48.7% falling
43 Philippines 0.4% 2023 down 63.7% falling
43 Vanuatu 0.4% 2021 down 26.0% falling
45 Panama 0.3% 2021 down 34.0% falling
46 Fiji 0.3% 2023 down 72.6% volatile
46 Cook Islands 0.3% 2021 down 41.8% falling
48 Dominica 0.3% 2023 up 87.5% rising
48 Togo 0.3% 2019 down 30.2% falling
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3% 2023 up 50.0% rising
51 Guyana 0.3% 2023 down 63.2% falling
52 Bangladesh 0.2% 2023 down 44.4% falling
52 Thailand 0.2% 2021 down 44.4% falling
54 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2023 up 43.8% rising
54 Ghana 0.2% 2023 down 52.1% falling
54 Tunisia 0.2% 2023 up 35.3% rising
57 Jamaica 0.2% 2019 up 22.2% rising
57 Peru 0.2% 2023 down 38.9% falling
59 Ecuador 0.2% 2023 down 56.5% falling
59 India 0.2% 2019 down 20.0% falling
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.2% 2023 up 33.3% rising
59 Nigeria 0.2% 2023 up 122.2% rising
63 Congo 0.2% 2021 down 9.5% flat
64 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% 2023 up 466.7% rising
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2% 2019 down 32.0% falling
64 Nicaragua 0.2% 2023 down 48.5% falling
64 Montserrat 0.2% 2023 down 29.2% falling
68 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 2023 up 114.3% rising
68 Russian Federation 0.1% 2019 up 25.0% rising
68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1% 2021 down 54.5% falling
71 Benin 0.1% 2023 down 44.0% rising
71 Liberia 0.1% 2023 up 27.3% rising
71 Latvia 0.1% 2023 up 133.3% rising
74 Argentina 0.1% 2023 up 18.2% rising
74 Belize 0.1% 2023 down 84.0% volatile
74 Chile 0.1% 2023 down 13.3% falling
74 El Salvador 0.1% 2021 down 45.8% falling
78 Saint Lucia 0.1% 2023 down 52.2% falling
79 Portugal 0.1% 2023 down 16.7% falling
79 South Africa 0.1% 2021 up 42.9% rising
81 Algeria 0.1% 2023 unchanged flat
81 Kenya 0.1% 2023 up 350.0% volatile
81 Pakistan 0.1% 2023 unchanged rising
84 Estonia 0.1% 2023 down 33.3% falling
85 Canada 0.1% 2021 up 40.0% rising
85 British Virgin Islands 0.1% 2023 up 16.7% falling
87 Bahrain 0.1% 2021 down 28.6% falling
87 Barbados 0.1% 2023 down 58.3% falling
87 Denmark 0.1% 2023 down 37.5% falling
87 Spain 0.1% 2023 down 28.6% falling
87 Lithuania 0.1% 2023 up 66.7% falling
87 Uruguay 0.1% 2023 up 25.0% flat
93 Georgia 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% rising
93 Croatia 0.0% 2023 down 50.0% falling
93 Libya 0.0% 2019 down 20.0% falling
96 Colombia 0.0% 2023 unchanged rising
96 Finland 0.0% 2023 down 25.0% falling
96 Greece 0.0% 2023 down 40.0% falling
96 Ireland 0.0% 2023 down 50.0% falling
96 Mexico 0.0% 2023 unchanged flat
101 Costa Rica 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
101 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% rising
101 France 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
101 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
101 Guatemala 0.0% 2023 down 66.7% falling
101 Iraq 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% volatile
101 Netherlands 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
101 Sudan 0.0% 2023 down 33.3% volatile
109 Belgium 0.0% 2023 unchanged flat
109 Bermuda 0.0% 2023 down 85.7% falling
109 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 unchanged flat
109 Honduras 0.0% 2023 down 66.7% falling
109 Italy 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
109 Kuwait 0.0% 2023 unchanged flat
109 Malta 0.0% 2023 down 50.0% volatile
109 Poland 0.0% 2023 unchanged flat
109 Sweden 0.0% 2023 down 50.0% falling
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2023 unchanged falling
109 United States of America 0.0% 2021 down 50.0% falling
120 Bulgaria 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
120 Germany 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
120 Romania 0.0% 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of gross domestic product
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
124 places, 810 data points, 2011–2023
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