Capture fisheries production by country, 2024
The volume of fish and other aquatic animals caught for commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes in marine and inland waters. Aquaculture is excluded.
215 places ranked for 2024. Highest: China (13,262,322 tonnes). Lowest: San Marino (0 tonnes). The median is 44,422 tonnes.
Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 215. San Marino 0 tonnes
- 214. Moldova 0 tonnes
- 213. Luxembourg 0 tonnes
- 212. Liechtenstein 0 tonnes
- 211. Andorra 0 tonnes
- 210. Monaco 1 tonnes
- 209. Bhutan 5 tonnes
- 208. Gibraltar 26 tonnes
- 207. Mongolia 31 tonnes
- 206. Kyrgyzstan 32 tonnes
The chart loads when you scroll to it.
The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 215. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 215 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is China (13,262,322 tonnes) and the lowest San Marino (0 tonnes).
- Half of the countries are above 44,422 tonnes and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 105 countries and fell in 89.
- The figure for the world was 94,403,126 tonnes in 2024, against 94,910,375 tonnes in 2019 (−0.5%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13,262,322 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 2 | Indonesia | 7,817,070 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 3 | India | 6,356,492 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 4 | Peru | 5,764,701 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 5 | Russia | 5,018,710 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 6 | United States | 4,213,780 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 3,433,839 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 8 | Japan | 2,848,387 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 9 | Chile | 2,527,787 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 10 | Norway | 2,329,285 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 2,040,419 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 12 | Mexico | 1,920,827 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 13 | Myanmar | 1,736,760 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 14 | Thailand | 1,653,592 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 15 | Philippines | 1,626,913 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 16 | Morocco | 1,426,661 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 17 | Malaysia | 1,405,587 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 18 | South Korea | 1,273,391 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 19 | Iceland | 1,008,804 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 20 | Argentina | 905,930 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 21 | Nigeria | 855,310 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 22 | Iran | 789,229 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 23 | Ecuador | 784,915 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 24 | Spain | 764,462 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 755,323 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 26 | Oman | 727,005 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 27 | Brazil | 720,404 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 28 | Canada | 681,733 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 29 | Faroe Islands | 677,691 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 30 | Mauritania | 640,322 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 31 | Angola | 610,036 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 32 | Cambodia | 606,654 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 33 | Uganda | 538,160 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 34 | Pakistan | 536,745 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 35 | Tanzania | 530,933 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 36 | South Africa | 521,938 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 37 | Senegal | 500,077 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 38 | Ghana | 496,159 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 39 | Mozambique | 495,725 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 40 | Colombia | 493,550 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 41 | France | 480,653 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 42 | Denmark | 467,775 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 43 | Egypt | 425,501 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 44 | Guinea | 384,261 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 45 | Namibia | 381,230 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 46 | Türkiye | 355,995 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 355,902 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 342,808 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 49 | Greenland | 331,285 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 50 | New Zealand | 324,447 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 51 | Netherlands | 296,838 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 52 | Kiribati | 278,509 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 53 | Panama | 276,799 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 54 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 265,975 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 255,001 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 56 | Ireland | 245,629 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 57 | Portugal | 237,008 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 58 | Cameroon | 236,100 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 59 | Australia | 227,277 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 60 | Belize | 208,919 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 208,810 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 62 | Micronesia | 208,701 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 63 | North Korea | 208,365 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 64 | Venezuela | 202,663 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 65 | Georgia | 200,606 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 66 | Malawi | 190,090 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 67 | Germany | 186,393 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 68 | Yemen | 152,430 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 69 | Madagascar | 149,869 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 70 | Poland | 140,741 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 71 | Kenya | 139,793 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 72 | Sweden | 139,591 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 73 | Seychelles | 135,663 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 74 | Italy | 134,076 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 75 | Zambia | 122,963 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 76 | Finland | 111,335 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 77 | Chad | 109,000 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 78 | Maldives | 107,414 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 104,906 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 80 | Mali | 104,178 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 81 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 97,871 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 96,819 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 83 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 92,253 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 84 | Algeria | 91,272 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 85 | Naoero | 87,348 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 86 | Tunisia | 86,030 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 85,494 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 85,324 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 89 | Laos | 78,795 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 90 | Lithuania | 77,303 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 69,440 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 92 | Estonia | 65,354 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 64,022 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 94 | Benin | 61,561 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 58,165 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 58,165 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 97 | El Salvador | 57,123 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 98 | Latvia | 56,368 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 99 | Greece | 56,044 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 100 | Gambia | 55,075 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 101 | South Sudan | 55,000 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 54,110 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 103 | Republic of the Congo | 53,691 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 104 | Niger | 50,927 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 105 | Uruguay | 48,355 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 45,442 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 45,025 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 44,422 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 43,613 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 110 | Croatia | 42,857 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 111 | Sudan | 42,060 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 112 | Iraq | 41,100 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 113 | Mauritius | 38,022 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 114 | Guyana | 36,920 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 115 | Fiji | 34,963 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 116 | Ukraine | 34,914 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 117 | Rwanda | 34,670 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 118 | Libya | 33,099 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 119 | Suriname | 32,147 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 32,140 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 31,772 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 122 | Gabon | 30,140 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 29,000 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 124 | Liberia | 26,764 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 125 | Honduras | 21,604 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 126 | Nepal | 21,000 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 127 | Qatar | 20,377 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 128 | Togo | 20,323 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 19,844 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 130 | Burundi | 18,855 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 131 | Comoros | 17,728 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 132 | Paraguay | 17,260 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 133 | Belgium | 17,068 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 134 | Haiti | 16,430 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 135 | Brunei | 16,387 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 15,955 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 137 | Bahrain | 15,100 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 138 | Guatemala | 14,208 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 139 | French Polynesia | 13,467 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,938 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 141 | Bolivia | 12,804 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 142 | Jamaica | 12,770 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 143 | Albania | 9,074 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 144 | Bahamas | 8,880 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 145 | Cuba | 8,683 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 146 | Samoa | 8,094 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 7,876 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,253 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 6,862 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 150 | Romania | 5,758 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 151 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5,730 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | 5,547 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 153 | Syria | 4,835 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 154 | Hungary | 4,744 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 4,037 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 156 | Isle of Man | 3,506 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 157 | Czechia | 3,450 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 158 | Djibouti | 3,387 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,285 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 160 | Lebanon | 2,705 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 2,620 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 162 | Serbia | 2,495 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 163 | Eritrea | 2,459 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 164 | Kuwait | 2,451 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 165 | Curaçao | 2,450 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,306 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 167 | Grenada | 2,157 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 168 | Puerto Rico (US) | 2,130 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 169 | Israel | 2,065 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 2,000 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 1,828 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 172 | Malta | 1,804 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 173 | Switzerland | 1,551 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 174 | Slovakia | 1,516 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 175 | American Samoa | 1,512 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 176 | Macao SAR, China | 1,500 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 177 | Armenia | 1,200 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 178 | Cyprus | 1,163 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 1,128 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 180 | Tonga | 1,120 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 181 | Dominica | 988 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 971 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 183 | Montenegro | 854 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 184 | Palau | 803 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 185 | Barbados | 723 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 186 | Jordan | 695 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 675 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 188 | Belarus | 555 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 189 | US Virgin Islands | 494 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 190 | Singapore | 374 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 191 | Austria | 350 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 192 | Bermuda | 338 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 193 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 305 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 194 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 253 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 195 | West Bank and Gaza | 250 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 196 | Slovenia | 223 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 197 | Saint Martin (French part) | 180 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 198 | Aruba | 175 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 199 | North Macedonia | 138 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 125 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 201 | Lesotho | 74 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 202 | Eswatini | 65 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 62 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 204 | Guam | 46 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 205 | Botswana | 40 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 206 | Kyrgyzstan | 32 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 207 | Mongolia | 31 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 208 | Gibraltar | 26 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 209 | Bhutan | 5 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 210 | Monaco | 1 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 211 | Andorra | 0 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 212 | Liechtenstein | 0 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 213 | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 214 | Moldova | 0 tonnes | 2024 | |
| 215 | San Marino | 0 tonnes | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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