Capture fisheries production in Tanzania

Capture fisheries in Tanzania landed 530,933 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
Tanzania, 2024 530,933 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +10.3% 2023: 481,377 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 35th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Tanzania 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 TanzaniaWorld
2024 530,933 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 481,377 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 472,926 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 479,120 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 474,194 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 469,765 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 379,285 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 390,137 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 371,914 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 376,165 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 342,880 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 381,222 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 380,691 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 350,655 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 351,992 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 335,744 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 328,070 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 428,222 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 337,464 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 377,269 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 365,817 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 356,192 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 330,440 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 343,627 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 328,566 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.3% from 481,377 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 342,880 tonnes, the figure has changed by +54.8%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 35th 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 Tanzania
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)