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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980

1980, 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, 1980 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 10,451,673; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 16,268. Against 1979, 177 values changed (108 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1980

HighestJapan

10,451,673

Lowest6 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, 1980, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,451,6739,878,735572,938696,018
ChinaCHNEastern Asia4,455,3613,139,0831,316,2781,796,951
United StatesUSANorthern America3,707,4683,539,103168,365162,809
ChileCHLSouth America2,816,7982,816,16563374,523
PeruPERSouth America2,709,5622,708,4121,150361
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,445,3372,080,157365,180—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,408,9602,400,9807,980126,813
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,091,1721,804,415286,757317,189
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2,032,0732,013,51818,555—
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,827,3341,644,812182,52250,622
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,799,0701,703,10495,966918
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,573,5711,373,660199,911140,694
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,514,9171,514,874439,900
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,368,9841,163,346205,6386,653
CanadaCANNorthern America1,349,0081,345,4423,56627,917
MexicoMEXCentral America1,250,3991,241,7738,62634,698
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,049,769760,244289,52510,972
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia862,267853,0009,267338,032
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa854,811854,7981311,239
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe834,823831,9682,85560,690
FranceFRAWestern Europe809,815602,776207,03948,589
BrazilBRASouth America808,606804,8693,737—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia739,865614,531125,334—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia646,970555,94091,030—
PolandPOLEastern Europe640,419630,7839,636—

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan10,451,673
  2. China4,455,361
  3. United States3,707,468
  4. Chile2,816,798
  5. Peru2,709,562

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. San Marinoshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Luxembourgshared0
  5. Liechtensteinshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16,268. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan9,878,735

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 15,379

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina1,316,278

    Lowest102 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina1,796,951

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 5,127

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 177values changed, of 190 in both
  • 108 · 69rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

  • Japan9,969,311 → 10,451,673+482,362
  • Denmark1,741,256 → 2,032,073+290,817
  • Mexico977,283 → 1,250,399+273,116
  • China4,247,606 → 4,455,361+207,755
  • Chile2,630,370 → 2,816,798+186,428

Fell most

  • Peru3,652,731 → 2,709,562−943,169
  • Norway2,658,418 → 2,408,960−249,458
  • Argentina565,436 → 385,362−180,074
  • Thailand1,952,126 → 1,799,070−153,056
  • South Africa996,826 → 854,811−142,015

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 1980.

  • 182 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 6 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 151 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) (1980). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1980

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