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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1963

1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much fish, shellfish and other aquatic animals a country catches at sea and in rivers and lakes, or farms, in a year, in tonnes of live weight. It is FAO's global production record, kept for every country since 1950, with wild capture and aquaculture stored side by side.

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1963 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Peru is highest, at 6,821,500; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 9,000. Against 1962, 127 values changed (96 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1963

HighestPeru

6,821,500

Lowest9 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1963, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PeruPERSouth America6,821,5006,821,5000500
JapanJPNEastern Asia6,318,6896,054,588264,101425,700
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,942,4002,491,069451,331405,600
United StatesUSANorthern America2,656,8652,534,168122,697112,959
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,330,9121,330,81210056,900
CanadaCANNorthern America1,190,8571,187,6423,21522,300
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,175,1141,175,114020,000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,045,800985,87359,927—
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,036,467972,26764,20021,185
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe945,804945,7693561,600
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia936,200848,30687,8943,000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe847,904840,0807,824—
GermanyDEUWestern Europe837,580824,90012,680—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe782,444782,444015,000
ChileCHLSouth America761,991761,89110011,900
FranceFRAWestern Europe701,119591,119110,00097,480
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia629,440584,19045,250500
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia589,462527,20862,2541,316
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe537,368537,368021,000
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia500,810447,44853,362—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia474,002413,10460,89857,999
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia430,705391,18039,525200
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia400,351302,77297,579752
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia366,000364,9001,1008,129
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe361,000271,30089,700—

02In 1963

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Peru6,821,500
  2. Japan6,318,689
  3. China2,942,400
  4. United States2,656,865
  5. Norway1,330,912

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Niueshared0
  5. Namibiashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 9,000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestPeru6,821,500

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 8,100

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina451,331

    Lowest139 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestJapan425,700

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 3,000

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 127values changed, of 183 in both
  • 96 · 31rose · fell
  • 56unchanged

Rose most

  • Chile638,697 → 761,991+123,294
  • South Africa1,068,300 → 1,175,114+106,814
  • Canada1,100,087 → 1,190,857+90,770
  • Vietnam544,480 → 629,440+84,960
  • Norway1,250,310 → 1,330,912+80,602

Fell most

  • United States2,872,683 → 2,656,865−215,818
  • Japan6,407,760 → 6,318,689−89,071
  • Peru6,883,800 → 6,821,500−62,300
  • Iceland832,335 → 782,444−49,891
  • Brazil379,300 → 335,488−43,812

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1963.

  • 136 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 9 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 148 empty cells

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

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1963). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1963

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