Capture fisheries production in France

Capture fisheries in France landed 480,653 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
France, 2024 480,653 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +1.1% 2023: 475,201 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 41st of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in France 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 FranceEuropean Union
2024 480,653 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 475,201 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 530,976 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 516,884 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 487,612 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 533,077 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 596,980 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 560,953 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 562,691 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 541,414 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 545,262 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 538,446 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 471,286 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 499,205 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 450,567 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 439,352 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 499,620 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 553,272 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 594,568 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 598,152 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 664,596 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 708,717 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 701,754 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 671,651 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 694,327 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1% from 475,201 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 545,262 tonnes, the figure has changed by −11.8%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, France has the 41st 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 France
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)