Capture fisheries production in Kenya

Capture fisheries in Kenya landed 139,793 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kenya, 2024 139,793 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +3.8% 2023: 134,715 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 71st of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Kenya 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 KenyaWorld
2024 139,793 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 134,715 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 150,546 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 145,219 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 136,415 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 137,440 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 144,669 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 163,019 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 141,065 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 171,656 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 175,398 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 169,465 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 165,146 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 185,630 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 145,866 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 141,063 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 140,613 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 138,636 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 167,976 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 158,870 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 131,159 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 124,343 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 149,131 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 169,010 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 219,259 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.8% from 134,715 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 175,398 tonnes, the figure has changed by −20.3%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Kenya has the 71st 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 Kenya
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)