Capture fisheries production in Mozambique

Capture fisheries in Mozambique landed 495,725 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 495,725 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +4.3% 2023: 475,480 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 39th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2024 495,725 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 475,480 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 443,945 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 409,559 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 390,587 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 461,186 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 388,333 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 413,455 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 328,606 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 297,913 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 263,885 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 244,078 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 217,930 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 212,338 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 166,004 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 150,780 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 122,221 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 92,802 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 95,903 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 85,319 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 90,588 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 93,034 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 45,507 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 37,033 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 42,248 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.3% from 475,480 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 263,885 tonnes, the figure has changed by +87.9%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 39th 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 Mozambique
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)