Capture fisheries production in Spain

Capture fisheries in Spain landed 764,462 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2024 764,462 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −0.3% 2023: 766,558 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 24th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2024 764,462 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 766,558 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 809,129 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 803,133 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 798,289 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 882,925 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 930,744 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 948,089 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 911,526 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 972,372 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 1,059,925 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 985,084 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 926,241 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 1,006,441 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 970,776 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 927,957 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 918,188 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 818,029 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 959,700 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 853,950 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 811,160 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 888,844 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 883,147 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 1,090,291 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 1,062,912 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3% from 766,558 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,059,925 tonnes, the figure has changed by −27.9%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the 24th 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 Spain
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)