Capture fisheries production in European Union
Capture fisheries in the European Union landed 3,545,367 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
3,545,367
Change from 2023
−0.7%
World, 2024
94,403,126 tonnes
Capture fisheries production in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,545,367 tonnes | 94,403,126 tonnes |
| 2023 | 3,569,281 tonnes | 92,981,262 tonnes |
| 2022 | 3,661,908 tonnes | 93,221,970 tonnes |
| 2021 | 3,741,823 tonnes | 93,590,253 tonnes |
| 2020 | 4,010,160 tonnes | 91,609,572 tonnes |
| 2019 | 4,234,830 tonnes | 94,910,375 tonnes |
| 2018 | 4,706,964 tonnes | 98,740,431 tonnes |
| 2017 | 4,915,319 tonnes | 95,664,397 tonnes |
| 2016 | 4,552,351 tonnes | 92,195,579 tonnes |
| 2015 | 4,716,008 tonnes | 94,357,557 tonnes |
| 2014 | 4,727,998 tonnes | 93,466,633 tonnes |
| 2013 | 4,443,454 tonnes | 93,116,007 tonnes |
| 2012 | 4,083,731 tonnes | 91,395,933 tonnes |
| 2011 | 4,592,741 tonnes | 94,143,395 tonnes |
| 2010 | 4,877,852 tonnes | 89,688,933 tonnes |
| 2009 | 4,729,528 tonnes | 91,445,934 tonnes |
| 2008 | 4,669,701 tonnes | 92,325,811 tonnes |
| 2007 | 4,778,789 tonnes | 93,503,695 tonnes |
| 2006 | 5,177,545 tonnes | 93,672,351 tonnes |
| 2005 | 5,185,395 tonnes | 95,594,652 tonnes |
| 2004 | 5,395,101 tonnes | 95,878,960 tonnes |
| 2003 | 5,387,156 tonnes | 91,084,188 tonnes |
| 2002 | 5,860,054 tonnes | 93,786,009 tonnes |
| 2001 | 6,201,557 tonnes | 93,409,856 tonnes |
| 2000 | 6,094,540 tonnes | 96,170,993 tonnes |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7% from 3,569,281 tonnes in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4,727,998 tonnes, the figure has changed by −25.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.
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