Capture fisheries production in United States

Capture fisheries in United States landed 4,213,780 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1983.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United States, 2024 4,213,780 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −9.4% 2023: 4,649,807 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 6th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in United States 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 StatesWorld
2024 4,213,780 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 4,649,807 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 4,701,381 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 4,725,316 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 4,690,973 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 5,311,534 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 5,393,878 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 5,488,206 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 5,396,365 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 5,420,928 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 5,423,572 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 5,533,945 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 5,403,229 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 5,446,026 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 4,767,237 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 4,527,104 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 4,606,530 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 5,189,908 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 5,311,208 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 5,320,894 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 5,363,263 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 5,345,396 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 5,326,987 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 5,275,155 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 5,041,558 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −9.4% from 4,649,807 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5,423,572 tonnes, the figure has changed by −22.3%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, United States has the 6th 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 States
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)