Capture fisheries production in United Kingdom

Capture fisheries in United Kingdom landed 755,323 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2024 755,323 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +5.3% 2023: 717,354 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 25th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in United Kingdom 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 United KingdomWorld
2024 755,323 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 717,354 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 621,770 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 635,593 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 627,493 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 623,105 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 699,793 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 726,522 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 697,240 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 706,172 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 756,003 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 632,400 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 631,327 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 601,198 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 612,629 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 590,853 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 596,021 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 619,747 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 624,738 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 670,336 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 654,962 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 643,961 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 729,055 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 769,568 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 754,527 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.3% from 717,354 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 756,003 tonnes, the figure has changed by −0.1%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, United Kingdom has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.

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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 United Kingdom
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)