List of fisheries and aquaculture by country

The following list sorts countries according to their production of fish and other aquatic animals such as crabs , mussels , shrimp and others. In the economic sector, a distinction is made between fishing from natural sources such as seas , lakes and rivers and production from aquaculture (fish farming). In 2015, the total global fish production amounted to approx. 200 million tons, of which approx. 106 million tons came from aquaculture and approx. 94 million tons from fishing.

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The following list sorts countries according to the sum of products from fishing and the collection of crustaceans , molluscs and other marine products (from fishing and aquaculture) in 2016 in metric tons .

rank	country	fishing	Aquaculture	total
1	People's Republic of China	17,800,000	63,700,000	81,500,000
2	Indonesia	6,584,419	16,600,000	23,200,000
3	India	5,082,332	5,703,002	10,800,000
4th	Vietnam	2,785,940	3,634,531	6,420,471
5	United States	4,931,017	444,369	5,375,386
6th	Russia	4,773,413	173.840	4,947,253
7th	Japan	3,275,263	1,067,994	4,343,257
8th	Philippines	2,027,992	2,200,914	4,228,906
9	Peru	3,811,802	100.187	3,911,989
10	Bangladesh	1,674,770	2,203,554	3,878,324
11	Norway	2,203,360	1,326,216	3,529,576
12	South Korea	1,395,951	1,859,220	3,255,171
13	Myanmar	2,072,390	1,017,644	3,090,034
14th	Chile	1,829,238	1,050,117	2,879,355
15th	Thailand	1,530,583	962.571	2,493,154
16	Malaysia	1,584,371	407,887	1,992,258
17th	Mexico	1,524,467	221,328	1,745,795
18th	Egypt	335.614	1,370,660	1,706,274
19th	Morocco	1,454,105	1,142	1,455,247
20th	Brazil	705,000	581.230	1,286,230
21st	Spain	915.137	283,831	1,198,968
22nd	Ecuador	715.495	451.090	1,166,585
23	Iceland	1,085,176	15,129	1,100,305
24	Iran	695,407	398.129	1,093,536
25th	Canada	874.727	200,765	1,075,492
26th	Nigeria	734.731	306.727	1,041,458
27	United Kingdom	702.405	194,492	896.897
28	Cambodia	629.950	172,500	802.450
29	North Korea	209,000	554.100	763.100
30th	Argentina	755.226	3,673	758,900
31	France	561.173	166,640	727.813
32	Denmark	670.344	36,337	706.681
33	Pakistan	513.156	156,430	669,586
..	Faroe Islands	568,435	83,300	651.735
34	South Africa	622.070	7,994	630.064
35	Mauritania	609.754	0	609.754
36	Turkey	335.326	250.331	585,657
37	Sri Lanka	521,637	30,974	552.611
38	New Zealand	424.791	109.016	533,807
39	Uganda	389.244	118.051	507.295
40	Namibia	503.878	591	504.469
41	Angola	486,490	655	487.145
42	Senegal	474.162	2,079	476.241
43	Netherlands	370.274	62,940	433.214
44	Tanzania	370.966	12,547	383,514
45	Ghana	327.457	52,480	379.937
46	Italy	198.130	157.109	355.239
47	Papua New Guinea	309.245	6,200	315,445
48	Germany	271.185	41,721	312.906
49	Venezuela	284.175	25,998	310.173
50	Mozambique	299,591	1,180	300,771
51	Ireland	259.845	40,244	300,089
52	Oman	279,606	103	279,709
...	Greenland	273.175	0	273.175
53	Australia	174,629	96,847	271,477
54	Poland	218.115	38,300	256.415
55	Democratic Republic of Congo	237.372	3,161	240,533
56	Cameroon	233.190	2,315	235.505
57	Sweden	208,783	15,747	224,530
58	Finland	192.065	14,412	206,477
59	Sierra Leone	202,100	75	202.175
60	Greece	76,362	123.410	199,772
61	Portugal	186,950	9,787	196.737
62	Kenya	171.391	15,360	186,751
63	Colombia	86,344	96,970	183.314
64	Laos	70,915	109,835	180,750
65	Kiribati	172.822	3,652	176.474
66	Madagascar	142,333	25,998	168,331
67	Malawi	152.852	7,646	160,498
68	Yemen	154,450	0	154,450
69	Panama	144,450	8,808	153.258
70	Hong Kong	142,775	4,258	147.033
71	Tunisia	115.064	16,165	131,229
72	Maldives	129.191	0	129.191
73	Guinea	128,000	250	128,250
74	Seychelles	127.128	0	127.128
75	Latvia	114,806	788	115,594
76	Zambia	83,918	30,285	114.203
77	Lithuania	106,945	4,393	111,338
78	Chad	110,000	94	110.094
79	Saudi Arabia	68,082	39,920	108.002
80	Mali	102,486	4,194	106,680
81	Ukraine	75,743	21,425	97.168
82	Algeria	95,000	1,361	96,361
83	Belize	91,432	953	92,385
84	Micronesia	88,397	0	88,397
85	Croatia	72,312	15,805	88,116
86	Republic of the Congo	86,748	177	86,925
87	Solomon Islands	66,445	10,582	77,027
88	Estonia	75.931	868	76,799
89	United Arab Emirates	73,000	1,241	74,241
90	Ivory Coast	67,500	4,701	72,201
91	Nepal	21,500	49,043	70,543
92	Nicaragua	45,500	22,530	68.030
93	St. Kitts and Nevis	65,734	1	65,735
94	Uzbekistan	27,267	38,055	65,322
95	Marshall Islands	64,795	5	64,800
96	Honduras	10,600	53,100	63,700
97	El Salvador	54.084	7,956	62,040
98	Gambia	58,261	5	58,296
99	Iraq	28,000	28,835	56,835
100	Benin	49,806	3,080	52,886
101	Cuba	23,574	29,185	52,759
102	Uruguay	51,500	70	51,570
103	Suriname	47.013	102	47,115
104	Ethiopia	45,500	95	45,595
105	Fiji	44,663	754	45,417
106	Guatemala	19,011	26,268	45.279
107	Vanuatu	44.002	16	44,018
108	Kazakhstan	41,335	1,878	43.213
109	Guyana	42,142	337	42,478
110	Sudan	33.002	4,500	37.502
111	Costa Rica	14,750	22,421	37.171
...	Curacao	35,534	0	35,534
112	South Sudan	35,000	20th	35,020
113	Niger	34,592	300	34,892
114	Togo	31,891	98	31,989
115	Gabon	31,000	45	31,045
116	Georgia	30,078	670	30,748
117	Libya	30.002	10	30,012
118	Somalia	30,000	0	30,000
119	Central African Republic	29,000	190	29,190
120	Belgium	26,970	44	27,014
121	Rwanda	25,013	580	26,593
122	Zimbabwe	15,711	10,085	25,796
123	Paraguay	17,000	8,500	25,500
124	Romania	12,728	12,574	25,302
125	Czech Republic	3,507	20,952	24,459
126	Bulgaria	8,614	15,762	24,376
127	Burundi	21,805	1,330	23,135
128	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	23,077	0	23,077
129	Burkina Faso	22,070	470	22,540
130	Hungary	5,048	16,248	21,296
131	Israel	1,758	18,914	20,672
132	Armenia	3,758	16,381	20,139
133	Cape Verde	19,900	0	19,900
134	Mauritius	18,062	1,021	19,083
135	Haiti	16,510	1,220	17,730
136	Jamaica	16,800	620	17,420
137	Dominican Republic	14,640	2,285	16,925
138	Comoros	16,407	0	16,407
...	French Polynesia	13,754	1,343	15.097
139	Turkmenistan	15,000	30th	15,030
140	Bahrain	15,000	6th	15.006
141	Liberia	14,700	40	14,740
142	Qatar	14,516	10	14,526
143	Brunei	13,292	948	14,240
144	Trinidad and Tobago	13,027	11	13,038
145	Moldova	50	16,011	12,061
146	Belarus	686	11.199	11,885
147	Sao Tome and Principe	11,750	0	11,750
148	Bahamas	11,625	8th	11,633
149	Bolivia	7,000	3,000	10,000
150	Serbia	2,067	6,878	8,945
151	Albania	7,886	950	8,836
152	Samoa	8,801	10	8,811
153	Malta	2,420	6,073	8,493
154	Cyprus	1,507	6,625	8,132
155	Equatorial Guinea	8,000	15th	8,015
156	Tuvalu	7,684	3	7,687
157	Singapore	1,234	6.112	7,346
...	Isle of Man	7,040	0	7,040
158	Syria	4,500	3,500	7,000
159	Guinea-Bissau	6,700	0	6,700
160	Kuwait	5,493	196	5,689
...	New Caledonia	3.815	1,587	5,402
161	Lebanon	4,291	1,015	5,306
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	305	4,564	4,869
163	East Timor	3,200	1,560	4,760
...	Jersey and Guernsey	2,985	1,499	4,483
164	Eritrea	4,300	0	4,300
165	Slovakia	1,866	2,169	4,035
166	Austria	350	3,483	3,833
...	Palestine	3,306	280	3,586
167	Switzerland	1,851	1,733	3,584
...	American Samoa	3,047	20th	3,067
168	Antigua and Barbuda	3,000	10	3,010
...	Turks and Caicos Islands	2,780	0	2,780
169	Grenada	2,550	0	2,550
170	Montenegro	1,595	929	2,524
171	Djibouti	2,220	0	2,220
171	Afghanistan	1,000	1,200	2,200
173	Slovenia	311	1,844	2.154
174	St. Lucia	2,097	32	2.129
175	Kyrgyzstan	89	1.931	2,020
...	Puerto Rico	1,901	20th	1.921
176	Barbados	1,735	26th	1,761
177	Jordan	873	885	1,758
178	Tonga	1,697	3	1,700
179	Tajikistan	1,100	450	1,550
...	Guam	1,391	110	1,501
...	Macau	1,500	0	1,500
180	Azerbaijan	676	640	1,316
181	North Macedonia	306	986	1,292
...	British Virgin Islands	1,200	0	1,200
182	Lesotho	52	1,050	1.102
...	Northern Mariana Islands	950	42	992
183	Palau	818	23	841
184	Dominica	770	6th	776
...	American Virgin Islands	551	8th	559
185	Nauru	530	0	530
...	Bermuda	410	0	410
...	Sint Maarten	253	0	253
186	Swaziland	65	100	165
187	Bhutan	7th	150	157
...	Aruba	142	0	142
...	Cayman Islands	125	0	125
...	Saint Martin	90	0	90
188	Botswana	38	15th	53
189	Mongolia	15th	0	15th
190	Monaco	1	0	1
...	Gibraltar	1	0	1

Countries without their own fish production are:

 Vatican city

 Andorra

 San Marino

 Luxembourg

 Liechtenstein

Historical development

Worldwide fish production from 1950 to 2010

Historical development of the fish production of the 25 largest fish producers in 2016 in tons.

country	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2015	2016
People's Republic of China	3,085,600	3,784,200	5,807,196	14,700,000	43,300,000	63,500,000	78,800,000	81,500,000
Indonesia	761,700	1,257,200	1,877,956	3,243,345	5,152,262	11,700,000	22,400,000	23,200,000
India	1,161,400	1,758,500	2,445,337	3,879,722	5,668,958	8,505,837	10,100,000	10,800,000
Vietnam	473.160	618,000	559,660	941.227	2,143,129	4,951,028	6,207,514	6,420,471
United States	2,819,044	2,962,979	3,871,666	5,936,132	5,216,830	4,893,331	5,471,445	5,375,386
Russia	...	...	...	7,658,693	4,104,502	4,196,794	4,617,875	4,947,253
Japan	6,233,547	9,344,607	11,100,000	11,100,000	6,483,310	5,339,478	4,655,760	4,343,257
Philippines	499.237	1,104,916	1,717,614	2,526,370	3,021,394	5,050,190	4,503,067	4,228,906
Peru	3,502,700	12,500,000	2,709,923	6,874,400	10,700,000	4,394,996	4,929,850	3,911,989
Bangladesh	400,570	690.100	646.970	846.144	1,661,384	3,035,101	3,684,245	3,878,324
Norway	1,388,142	2,983,097	2,535,773	1,950,525	3,383,120	3,858,236	3,822,151	3,529,576
South Korea	357.201	876609	2,408,361	3,285,474	2,506,078	3.112.233	3,334,113	3,255,171
Myanmar	360.080	432,400	580.010	743.818	1,192,112	2,813,941	2,970,100	3,090,034
Chile	346,822	1,230,468	2,892,854	5,424,055	4,972,652	3,761,557	3,189,695	2,879,355
Thailand	231.420	1,437,837	1,799,988	2,789,953	3,735,279	3,096,742	2,429,956	2,493,154
Malaysia	155.941	343.096	740,400	1,009,617	1,461,223	2,018,700	2.003.019	1,992,258
Mexico	196,513	385.068	1,285,113	1,447,147	1,403,681	1,654,520	1,691,185	1,745,795
Egypt	88,500	76,758	140.397	312,952	724.408	1,304,795	1,518,944	1,706,274
Morocco	167,700	258.205	335.426	575,362	916.713	1,144,394	1,371,281	1,455,247
Brazil	251,000	573.040	808.606	640.295	839.296	1,197,146	1,275,230	1,286,230
Spain	913.401	1,582,266	1,375,642	1,334,995	1,372,404	1,227,826	1,265,453	1,198,968
Ecuador	44,300	91.020	639,542	366,643	657,800	672.395	1,069,691	1,166,585
Iceland	629.985	748,800	1,524,817	1,524,183	2,003,669	1,086,705	1,344,330	1,100,305
Iran	20,015	26,066	52,922	269.076	424,541	663.684	983.897	1,093,536
Canada	931,042	1,396,089	1,376,925	1,726,748	1,160,351	1,141,862	1,050,066	1,075,492
world	36,819,360	67,412,833	75,604,495	102.874.756	136,488,432	166.876.014	199.741.129	...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Capture fisheries production (metric tons) | Data. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
2. ^ Aquaculture production (metric tons) | Data. Retrieved March 2, 2019 . 
3. ^ Total fisheries production (metric tons) | Data. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .