Capture fisheries production in Portugal

Capture fisheries in Portugal landed 237,008 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2007.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Portugal, 2024 237,008 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +44.7% 2023: 163,773 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 57th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Portugal 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 PortugalEuropean Union
2024 237,008 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 163,773 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 159,891 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 179,527 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 159,948 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 185,050 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 178,270 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 182,615 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 186,545 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 190,100 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 183,664 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 196,558 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 198,738 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 216,159 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 223,546 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 199,165 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 224,481 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 256,683 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 229,838 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 221,086 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 222,563 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 212,821 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 203,418 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 194,464 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 192,120 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +44.7% from 163,773 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 183,664 tonnes, the figure has changed by +29.0%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 57th 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 Portugal
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)