Capture fisheries production in Nepal

Capture fisheries in Nepal landed 21,000 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2024 21,000 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 21,000 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 126th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2024 21,000 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 21,000 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 21,000 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 21,000 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 21,000 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 21,000 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 21,000 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 21,000 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 21,500 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 21,500 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 21,500 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 21,500 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 21,500 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 21,500 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 21,500 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 21,500 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 21,500 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 20,100 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 20,016 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 19,983 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 19,947 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 18,888 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 17,900 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 16,700 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 16,700 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 21,500 tonnes, the figure has changed by −2.3%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Nepal has the 126th 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 Nepal
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)