Capture fisheries production in Germany

Capture fisheries in Germany landed 186,393 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Germany, 2024 186,393 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +2.2% 2023: 182,464 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 67th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Germany 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 GermanyEuropean Union
2024 186,393 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 182,464 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 179,276 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 189,968 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 212,111 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 224,409 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 279,213 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 248,237 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 271,200 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 261,744 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 242,743 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 235,116 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 214,408 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 233,888 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 243,150 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 244,055 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 274,289 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 290,538 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 293,046 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 281,372 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 258,348 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 257,657 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 221,780 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 209,150 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 204,089 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2% from 182,464 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 242,743 tonnes, the figure has changed by −23.2%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Germany has the 67th 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 Germany
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)