Fishing industry by country

This page lists the world fisheries' production. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.

Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest for 2018. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.^[1][2][3]

World capture fisheries and aquaculture production, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021^[4]

 

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↑ By main producers (2019)

Country	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
China	10,674,700	55,654,600	66,329,300
Indonesia	6,584,419	16,600,000	23,200,000
India	5,082,332	5,703,002	10,800,000
Vietnam	2,785,940	3,634,531	6,420,471
United States	4,931,017	444,369	5,375,386
Russia	4,773,413	173,840	4,947,253
Japan	3,275,263	1,067,994	4,343,257
Philippines	2,027,992	2,200,914	4,228,906
Peru	3,811,802	100,187	3,911,989
Bangladesh	1,674,770	2,203,554	3,878,324
Norway	2,203,360	1,326,216	3,529,576
South Korea	1,395,951	1,859,220	3,255,171
Myanmar	2,072,390	1,017,644	3,090,034
Chile	1,829,238	1,050,117	2,879,355
Thailand	1,530,583	962,571	2,493,154
Malaysia	1,584,371	407,887	1,992,258
Mexico	1,524,467	221,328	1,745,795
Egypt	335,614	1,370,660	1,706,274
Morocco	1,454,105	1,142	1,455,247
Brazil	705,000	581,230	1,286,230
Spain	915,137	283,831	1,198,968
Ecuador	715,495	451,090	1,166,585
Iceland	1,085,176	15,129	1,100,305
Iran	695,407	398,129	1,093,536
Canada	874,727	200,765	1,075,492
Nigeria	734,731	306,727	1,041,458
United Kingdom	702,405	194,492	896,897
Cambodia	629,950	172,500	802,450
North Korea	209,000	554,100	763,100
Argentina	755,226	3,673	758,900
France	561,173	166,640	727,813
Denmark	670,344	36,337	706,681
Pakistan	513,156	156,430	669,586
Faroe Islands	568,435	83,300	651,735
South Africa	622,070	7,994	630,064
Mauritania	609,754	0	609,754
Turkey	335,326	250,331	585,657
Sri Lanka	521,637	30,974	552,611
New Zealand	424,791	109,016	533,807
Uganda	389,244	118,051	507,295
Namibia	503,878	591	504,469
Angola	486,490	655	487,145
Senegal	474,162	2,079	476,241
Netherlands	370,274	62,940	433,214
Tanzania	370,966	12,547	383,514
Ghana	327,457	52,480	379,937
Italy	198,130	157,109	355,239
Papua New Guinea	309,245	6,200	315,445
Germany	271,185	41,721	312,906
Venezuela	284,175	25,998	310,173
Mozambique	299,591	1,180	300,771
Ireland	259,845	40,244	300,089
Oman	279,606	103	279,709
Greenland	273,175	0	273,175
Australia	174,629	96,847	271,477
Poland	218,115	38,300	256,415
Democratic Republic of the Congo	237,372	3,161	240,533
Cameroon	233,190	2,315	235,505
Sweden	208,783	15,747	224,530
Finland	192,065	14,412	206,477
Sierra Leone	202,100	75	202,175
Greece	76,362	123,410	199,772
Portugal	186,950	9,787	196,737
Kenya	171,391	15,360	186,751
Colombia	86,344	96,970	183,314
Laos	70,915	109,835	180,750
Kiribati	172,822	3,652	176,474
Madagascar	142,333	25,998	168,331
Malawi	152,852	7,646	160,498
Yemen	154,450	0	154,450
Panama	144,450	8,808	153,258
Hong Kong	142,775	4,258	147,033
Tunisia	115,064	16,165	131,229
Maldives	129,191	0	129,191
Guinea	128,000	250	128,250
Seychelles	127,128	0	127,128
Latvia	114,806	788	115,594
Zambia	83,918	30,285	114,203
Lithuania	106,945	4,393	111,338
Chad	110,000	94	110,094
Saudi Arabia	68,082	39,920	108,002
Mali	102,486	4,194	106,680
Ukraine	75,743	21,425	97,168
Algeria	95,000	1,361	96,361
Belize	91,432	953	92,385
Federated States of Micronesia	88,397	0	88,397
Croatia	72,312	15,805	88,116
Republic of the Congo	86,748	177	86,925
Solomon Islands	66,445	10,582	77,027
Estonia	75,931	868	76,799
United Arab Emirates	73,000	1,241	74,241
Ivory Coast	67,500	4,701	72,201
Nepal	21,500	49,043	70,543
Nicaragua	45,500	22,530	68,030
Saint Kitts and Nevis	65,734	1	65,735
Uzbekistan	27,267	38,055	65,322
Marshall Islands	64,795	5	64,800
Honduras	10,600	53,100	63,700
El Salvador	54,084	7,956	62,040
Gambia	58,261	5	58,296
Iraq	28,000	28,835	56,835
Benin	49,806	3,080	52,886
Cuba	23,574	29,185	52,759
Uruguay	51,500	70	51,570
Suriname	47,013	102	47,115
Ethiopia	45,500	95	45,595
Fiji	44,663	754	45,417
Guatemala	19,011	26,268	45,279
Vanuatu	44,002	16	44,018
Kazakhstan	41,335	1,878	43,213
Guyana	42,142	337	42,478
Sudan	33,002	4,500	37,502
Costa Rica	14,750	22,421	37,171
Curaçao	35,534	0	35,534
South Sudan	35,000	20	35,020
Niger	34,592	300	34,892
Togo	31,891	98	31,989
Gabon	31,000	45	31,045
Georgia	30,078	670	30,748
Libya	30,002	10	30,012
Somalia	30,000	0	30,000
Central African Republic	29,000	190	29,190
Belgium	26,970	44	27,014
Rwanda	25,013	580	26,593
Zimbabwe	15,711	10,085	25,796
Paraguay	17,000	8,500	25,500
Romania	12,728	12,574	25,302
Czech Republic	3,507	20,952	24,459
Bulgaria	8,614	15,762	24,376
Burundi	21,805	1,330	23,135
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23,077	0	23,077
Burkina Faso	22,070	470	22,540
Hungary	5,048	16,248	21,296
Israel	1,758	18,914	20,672
Armenia	3,758	16,381	20,139
Cape Verde	19,900	0	19,900
Mauritius	18,062	1,021	19,083
Haiti	16,510	1,220	17,730
Jamaica	16,800	620	17,420
Dominican Republic	14,640	2,285	16,925
Comoros	16,407	0	16,407
French Polynesia	13,754	1,343	15,097
Turkmenistan	15,000	30	15,030
Bahrain	15,000	6	15,006
Liberia	14,700	40	14,740
Qatar	14,516	10	14,526
Brunei	13,292	948	14,240
Trinidad and Tobago	13,027	11	13,038
Moldova	50	16,011	12,061
Belarus	686	11,199	11,885
São Tomé and Príncipe	11,750	0	11,750
Bahamas	11,625	8	11,633
Bolivia	7,000	3,000	10,000
Serbia	2,067	6,878	8,945
Albania	7,886	950	8,836
Samoa	8,801	10	8,811
Malta	2,420	6,073	8,493
Cyprus	1,507	6,625	8,132
Equatorial Guinea	8,000	15	8,015
Tuvalu	7,684	3	7,687
Singapore	1,234	6,112	7,346
Isle of Man	7,040	0	7,040
Syria	4,500	3,500	7,000
Guinea-Bissau	6,700	0	6,700
Kuwait	5,493	196	5,689
New Caledonia	3,815	1,587	5,402
Lebanon	4,291	1,015	5,306
Bosnia and Herzegovina	305	4,564	4,869
Timor-Leste	3,200	1,560	4,760
Jersey and   Guernsey	2,985	1,499	4,483
Eritrea	4,300	0	4,300
Slovakia	1,866	2,169	4,035
Austria	350	3,483	3,833
Palestine	3,306	280	3,586
Switzerland	1,851	1,733	3,584
American Samoa	3,047	20	3,067
Antigua and Barbuda	3,000	10	3,010
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,780	0	2,780
Grenada	2,550	0	2,550
Montenegro	1,595	929	2,524
Azerbaijan	1,707	640	2,347
Djibouti	2,220	0	2,220
Afghanistan	1,000	1,200	2,200
Slovenia	311	1,844	2,154
Saint Lucia	2,097	32	2,129
Kyrgyzstan	89	1,931	2,020
Puerto Rico	1,901	20	1,921
Barbados	1,735	26	1,761
Jordan	873	885	1,758
Tonga	1,697	3	1,700
Tajikistan	1,100	450	1,550
Guam	1,391	110	1,501
Macao	1,500	0	1,500
North Macedonia	306	986	1,292
British Virgin Islands	1,200	0	1,200
Lesotho	52	1,050	1,102
Northern Mariana Islands	950	42	992
Palau	818	23	841
Dominica	770	6	776
US Virgin Islands	551	8	559
Nauru	530	0	530
Bermuda	410	0	410
Sint Maarten	253	0	253
Eswatini	65	100	165
Bhutan	7	150	157
Aruba	142	0	142
Cayman Islands	125	0	125
Saint-Martin	90	0	90
Botswana	38	15	53
Mongolia	15	0	15
Monaco	1	0	1
Gibraltar	1	0	1
Andorra	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	0	0	0
Luxembourg	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0
World total (2018)	93,736,944	101,084,799	199,741,129

Aquatic plants

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.

Count	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
China	308,380	10,855,295	11,163,675
Philippines	298	1,338,597	1,338,895
Indonesia	7,730	910,636	918,366
South Korea	15,212	621,154	636,366
Japan	104,893	507,742	612,635
North Korea		444,295	444,295
Chile	409,851	15,492	425,343
Other	459,439	96,761	556,200
Total	1,305,803	14,789,972	16,095,775

See also

• List of countries by seafood consumption
• List of harvested aquatic animals by weight
• Ocean fisheries
• Outline of fishing
• Population dynamics of fisheries
• Wild fisheries
• World fish production

References

1. "Total fisheries production (metric tons) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
2. "Capture fisheries production (metric tons) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
3. "Aquaculture production (metric tons) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
4. World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2021. Rome: FAO. 2021. doi:10.4060/cb4477en. ISBN 978-92-5-134332-6. S2CID 240163091.

• FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics
• FAO: FIGIS: Time-series query on Capture: Quantity
• MOA: 2022年全国渔业经济统计公报. [1]

External links

• Fish capture by country since 1950