Capture fisheries production in Malta

Capture fisheries in Malta landed 1,804 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2009.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malta, 2024 1,804 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −10.4% 2023: 2,014 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 172nd of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Malta 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 MaltaEuropean Union
2024 1,804 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 2,014 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 2,809 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 2,503 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 2,103 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 2,492 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 2,732 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 2,164 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 3,562 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 2,563 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 2,405 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 2,356 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 2,200 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 1,920 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 1,836 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 1,641 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 1,391 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 1,235 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 1,332 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 1,406 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 1,138 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 1,138 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 1,085 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 902 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 1,074 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.4% from 2,014 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,405 tonnes, the figure has changed by −25.0%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 172nd 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 Malta
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)