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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1982

1982, 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, 1982 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 10,841,117; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 17,552. Against 1981, 175 values changed (107 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1982

HighestJapan

10,841,117

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,841,11710,232,675608,442630,815
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5,192,3723,489,5121,702,8601,574,246
United StatesUSANorthern America4,134,6293,872,904261,72578,475
ChileCHLSouth America3,673,0893,670,8332,256173,375
PeruPERSouth America3,514,9453,512,8452,100136
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,500,4792,485,15015,329149,730
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,369,3201,916,381452,939—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,280,7791,993,505287,274360,603
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,121,3432,034,70086,643112
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,966,4171,745,569220,84860,172
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,931,3731,909,71821,655—
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,786,4711,487,957298,514115,762
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,460,9661,235,236225,7304,331
CanadaCANNorthern America1,405,4481,402,0273,42124,994
MexicoMEXCentral America1,399,8701,387,35812,51235,277
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1,074,9451,057,00017,945452,972
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,061,866704,097357,76910,803
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe903,707891,72011,98711,431
BrazilBRASouth America831,884824,2987,586—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa823,231823,2211014,895
FranceFRAWestern Europe804,641611,934192,70755,260
IcelandISLNorthern Europe788,739788,6598013,060
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia731,908674,72357,185—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia689,498587,868101,630—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia661,208553,438107,7701,000

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan10,841,117
  2. China5,192,372
  3. United States4,134,629
  4. Chile3,673,089
  5. Peru3,514,945

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 17,552. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan10,232,675

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 15,510

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina1,702,860

    Lowest98 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina1,574,246

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 4,331

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 175values changed, of 190 in both
  • 107 · 68rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru2,718,390 → 3,514,945+796,555
  • China4,608,045 → 5,192,372+584,327
  • Chile3,393,487 → 3,673,089+279,602
  • United States3,881,182 → 4,134,629+253,447
  • Thailand1,990,085 → 2,121,343+131,258

Fell most

  • Iceland1,441,806 → 788,739−653,067
  • Mexico1,610,870 → 1,399,870−211,000
  • South Korea2,366,021 → 2,280,779−85,242
  • India2,448,342 → 2,369,320−79,022
  • Malaysia800,154 → 731,908−68,246

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 1982.

  • 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) (1982). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1982

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