Capture fisheries production in World

Capture fisheries in the world landed 94,403,126 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 94,403,126 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +1.5% 2023: 92,981,262 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate

Capture fisheries production in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2024 94,403,126 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 92,981,262 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 93,221,970 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 93,590,253 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 91,609,572 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 94,910,375 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 98,740,431 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 95,664,397 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 92,195,579 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 94,357,557 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 93,466,633 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 93,116,007 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 91,395,933 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 94,143,395 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 89,688,933 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 91,445,934 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 92,325,811 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 93,503,695 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 93,672,351 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 95,594,652 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 95,878,960 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 91,084,188 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 93,786,009 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 93,409,856 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 96,170,993 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5% from 92,981,262 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93,466,633 tonnes, the figure has changed by +1.0%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,545,367 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 World
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)