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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1968

1968, 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, 1968 covers 184 countries on 4 measures. Peru is highest, at 10,443,405; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 10,600. Against 1967, 134 values changed (98 up, 36 down), 1 country joined.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1968

HighestPeru

10,443,405

Lowest7 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, 1968, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 184 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1968: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PeruPERSouth America10,443,40510,443,40051,000
JapanJPNEastern Asia8,207,9297,855,721352,208505,100
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,255,9002,625,692630,208676,000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,732,0132,731,64836572,400
United StatesUSANorthern America2,413,3842,282,269131,115125,749
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,108,9002,108,900023,700
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,525,6001,427,12998,471—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,466,8081,454,63012,178—
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,464,5671,394,86769,70059,935
CanadaCANNorthern America1,449,3901,445,9963,39446,500
ChileCHLSouth America1,376,1841,376,00118315,900
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,159,0001,055,955103,04521,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,102,0211,038,34863,673100
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,017,6401,017,44020098,200
GermanyDEUWestern Europe986,660964,50022,160—
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia977,420879,82997,5914,444
FranceFRAWestern Europe838,556729,946108,61099,540
South KoreaKOREastern Asia721,123657,88363,240119,600
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia711,250652,27058,980600
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia651,460592,00059,460—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia604,852475,462129,3903,286
IcelandISLNorthern Europe599,356599,356018,000
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe507,572507,5561620,000
BrazilBRASouth America495,076495,0760—
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia450,620449,0001,62038,598

02In 1968

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Peru10,443,405
  2. Japan8,207,929
  3. China3,255,900
  4. Norway2,732,013
  5. United States2,413,384

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Niueshared0
  5. Lesothoshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 10,600. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestPeru10,443,400

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 10,150

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina630,208

    Lowest131 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina676,000

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 15,450

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 134values changed, of 183 in both
  • 98 · 36rose · fell
  • 49unchanged

Rose most

  • Japan7,444,982 → 8,207,929+762,947
  • South Africa1,658,900 → 2,108,900+450,000
  • Denmark1,070,415 → 1,466,808+396,393
  • Peru10,056,700 → 10,443,405+386,705
  • Chile1,052,995 → 1,376,184+323,189

Fell most

  • Norway3,189,881 → 2,732,013−457,868
  • Iceland897,201 → 599,356−297,845
  • Portugal563,161 → 507,572−55,589
  • Türkiye188,163 → 133,578−54,585
  • Morocco255,366 → 216,491−38,875
+ Eswatini

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 1968.

  • 149 distinct values among 184

    Values are stored exactly as published. 7 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 150 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) (1968). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1968

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