Capture fisheries production in Mauritania

Capture fisheries in Mauritania landed 640,322 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2016.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2024 640,322 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −3.5% 2023: 663,269 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 30th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Mauritania 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 MauritaniaWorld
2024 640,322 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 663,269 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 703,629 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 762,868 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 678,425 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 720,850 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 967,707 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 794,580 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 609,754 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 403,776 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 378,339 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 387,833 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 437,709 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 372,011 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 276,238 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 216,900 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 195,328 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 223,207 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 165,312 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 304,877 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 270,733 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 199,650 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 156,131 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 140,142 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 114,456 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.5% from 663,269 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 378,339 tonnes, the figure has changed by +69.2%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Mauritania has the 30th 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 Mauritania
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)