Capture fisheries production in Denmark

Capture fisheries in Denmark landed 467,775 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Denmark, 2024 467,775 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −5.5% 2023: 495,222 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 42nd of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Denmark over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period DenmarkEuropean Union
2024 467,775 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 495,222 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 458,346 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 466,464 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 732,816 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 638,326 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 789,170 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 904,477 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 670,215 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 868,986 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 745,343 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 668,480 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 502,790 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 716,387 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 828,089 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 777,752 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 690,584 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 653,053 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 867,721 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 910,598 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 1,090,596 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 1,031,221 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 1,442,348 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 1,514,581 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 1,538,238 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.5% from 495,222 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 745,343 tonnes, the figure has changed by −37.2%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Denmark has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,545,367 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Denmark
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)