Capture fisheries production in Uruguay

Capture fisheries in Uruguay landed 48,355 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1975.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2024 48,355 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −27.9% 2023: 67,099 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 105th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2024 48,355 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 67,099 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 68,959 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 66,301 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 62,880 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 68,006 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 69,893 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 65,475 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 51,690 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 59,723 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 65,187 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 59,251 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 76,217 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 89,322 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 74,233 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 80,954 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 108,860 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 108,804 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 134,022 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 125,872 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 123,082 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 117,348 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 108,166 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 105,060 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 113,358 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −27.9% from 67,099 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65,187 tonnes, the figure has changed by −25.8%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Uruguay has the 105th 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 Uruguay
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)