Capture fisheries production in Eritrea

Capture fisheries in Eritrea landed 2,459 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1993 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eritrea, 2024 2,459 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +32.1% 2023: 1,862 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 163rd of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Eritrea 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 EritreaWorld
2024 2,459 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 1,862 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 1,658 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 1,078 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 1,889 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 5,873 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 6,341 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 4,760 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 3,358 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 6,231 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 3,696 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 3,617 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 3,924 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 2,939 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 3,586 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 3,330 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 1,965 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 2,232 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 8,813 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 4,027 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 7,404 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 6,689 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 7,852 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 8,880 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 12,712 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +32.1% from 1,862 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 3,696 tonnes, the figure has changed by −33.5%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Eritrea has the 163rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 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
1993 to 2024 for Eritrea
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)