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