Capture fisheries production in Ghana
Capture fisheries in Ghana landed 496,159 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 1999.
Ghana, 2024
496,159
Change from 2023
+28.9%
World, 2024
94,403,126 tonnes
Position in 2024
38th of 215
Capture fisheries production in Ghana 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 | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 496,159 tonnes | 94,403,126 tonnes |
| 2023 | 384,925 tonnes | 92,981,262 tonnes |
| 2022 | 444,842 tonnes | 93,221,970 tonnes |
| 2021 | 393,327 tonnes | 93,590,253 tonnes |
| 2020 | 357,276 tonnes | 91,609,572 tonnes |
| 2019 | 318,144 tonnes | 94,910,375 tonnes |
| 2018 | 360,007 tonnes | 98,740,431 tonnes |
| 2017 | 368,179 tonnes | 95,664,397 tonnes |
| 2016 | 322,864 tonnes | 92,195,579 tonnes |
| 2015 | 344,326 tonnes | 94,357,557 tonnes |
| 2014 | 323,585 tonnes | 93,466,633 tonnes |
| 2013 | 289,885 tonnes | 93,116,007 tonnes |
| 2012 | 356,347 tonnes | 91,395,933 tonnes |
| 2011 | 349,760 tonnes | 94,143,395 tonnes |
| 2010 | 351,459 tonnes | 89,688,933 tonnes |
| 2009 | 304,584 tonnes | 91,445,934 tonnes |
| 2008 | 342,518 tonnes | 92,325,811 tonnes |
| 2007 | 331,175 tonnes | 93,503,695 tonnes |
| 2006 | 378,643 tonnes | 93,672,351 tonnes |
| 2005 | 381,638 tonnes | 95,594,652 tonnes |
| 2004 | 420,443 tonnes | 95,878,960 tonnes |
| 2003 | 393,547 tonnes | 91,084,188 tonnes |
| 2002 | 375,182 tonnes | 93,786,009 tonnes |
| 2001 | 450,353 tonnes | 93,409,856 tonnes |
| 2000 | 454,346 tonnes | 96,170,993 tonnes |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +28.9% from 384,925 tonnes in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 323,585 tonnes, the figure has changed by +53.3%.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 38th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.
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