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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958

1958, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 5,179,090; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 6,500. Against 1957, 118 values changed (85 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1958

HighestJapan

5,179,090

Lowest11 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 182 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,179,0905,015,533163,557339,700
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,728,8002,090,961637,83950,728
United StatesUSANorthern America2,501,7172,411,47890,239115,325
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,359,9051,359,905082,700
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,064,6001,027,50937,091—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,006,4351,006,4003560,000
CanadaCANNorthern America992,038989,0782,96015,200
PeruPERSouth America901,200901,2000300
GermanyDEUWestern Europe816,900801,50015,400—
SpainESPSouthern Europe807,678802,6785,00016,000
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia687,000622,54164,4592,000
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa659,700659,700015,000
FranceFRAWestern Europe653,576561,97691,600113,830
IcelandISLNorthern Europe604,800604,800015,000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe598,000592,7265,274—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe466,112466,112015,000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia465,423407,76957,654962
South KoreaKOREastern Asia372,400363,5008,90030,899
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia360,040360,00040—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia350,450303,76246,688—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe318,400242,90075,500—
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia300,000299,3706302,989
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia299,570267,80031,770500
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa283,200283,2000—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia261,935183,04478,891720

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Japan5,179,090
  2. China2,728,800
  3. United States2,501,717
  4. Norway1,359,905
  5. India1,064,600

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Naurushared0
  5. Niueshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan5,015,533

    Lowest11 share it

    Middle country: 5,550

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina637,839

    Lowest141 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Algae, capture and farmed (tonnes, wet weight; not in the total)

    HighestJapan339,700

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 2,000

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 182 in both
  • 85 · 33rose · fell
  • 64unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Norway1,565,011 → 1,359,905−205,106
  • India1,233,100 → 1,064,600−168,500
  • Angola400,500 → 283,200−117,300
  • Germany888,640 → 816,900−71,740
  • United States2,546,891 → 2,501,717−45,174

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1958.

  • 126 distinct values among 182

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 11 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 148 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1958). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1958

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958?

Japan, at 5,179,090, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958 cover?

182.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1958 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2024.

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