Capture fisheries production in Vanuatu

Capture fisheries in Vanuatu landed 44,422 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2024 44,422 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −35.9% 2023: 69,321 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 108th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 44,422 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 69,321 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 85,871 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 73,390 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 64,947 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 57,177 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 43,341 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 34,498 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 46,720 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 83,092 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 70,707 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 70,637 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 67,483 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 59,316 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 101,245 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 150,544 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 172,595 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 213,697 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 222,560 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 229,553 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 212,787 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 113,867 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 44,968 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 36,176 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 70,589 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −35.9% from 69,321 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 70,707 tonnes, the figure has changed by −37.2%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 108th 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 Vanuatu
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)