Capture fisheries production in Nigeria

Capture fisheries in Nigeria landed 855,310 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2024 855,310 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +7.0% 2023: 799,635 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 21st of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Nigeria 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 NigeriaWorld
2024 855,310 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 799,635 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 784,124 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 805,210 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 783,102 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 825,013 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 878,155 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 916,284 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 734,731 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 710,331 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 759,828 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 721,355 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 668,754 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 635,486 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 616,981 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 598,210 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 601,368 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 530,420 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 552,323 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 523,182 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 465,251 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 475,162 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 481,056 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 452,146 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 441,377 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.0% from 799,635 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 759,828 tonnes, the figure has changed by +12.6%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 21st 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 Nigeria
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)