Capture fisheries production in Greenland

Capture fisheries in Greenland landed 331,285 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1998.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Greenland, 2024 331,285 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −16.6% 2023: 397,291 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 49th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Greenland 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 GreenlandWorld
2024 331,285 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 397,291 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 399,181 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 370,491 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 357,203 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 369,531 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 406,552 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 406,750 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 384,779 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 395,248 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 428,395 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 413,518 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 345,737 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 358,625 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 369,182 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 360,423 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 401,789 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 398,254 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 445,845 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 431,163 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 375,128 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 336,462 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 356,596 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 336,528 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 351,788 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −16.6% from 397,291 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 428,395 tonnes, the figure has changed by −22.7%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Greenland has the 49th 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
1960 to 2024 for Greenland
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)