Capture fisheries production in Japan

Capture fisheries in Japan landed 2,848,387 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2024 2,848,387 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −4.5% 2023: 2,983,200 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 8th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2024 2,848,387 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 2,983,200 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 2,980,936 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 3,241,414 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 3,270,077 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 3,264,375 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 3,383,709 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 3,279,719 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 3,298,989 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 3,503,311 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 3,738,650 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 3,740,917 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 3,759,092 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 3,877,841 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 4,195,919 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 4,243,058 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 4,451,464 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 4,444,245 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 4,466,579 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 4,457,997 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 4,467,888 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 4,818,021 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 4,520,996 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 4,854,644 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 5,210,971 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.5% from 2,983,200 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 3,738,650 tonnes, the figure has changed by −23.8%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 8th 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 Japan
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)