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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990

1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 13,147,196; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 25,280. Against 1989, 176 values changed (92 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1990

HighestChina

13,147,196

Lowest6 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia13,147,1966,654,4406,492,7561,960,299
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,367,8639,563,570804,293773,518
PeruPERSouth America6,874,1316,868,9055,226269
United StatesUSANorthern America5,871,2025,555,475315,72764,778
ChileCHLSouth America5,195,1945,162,74732,447228,861
IndiaINDSouthern Asia3,799,7222,782,5861,017,13680,000
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,022,3562,522,532499,824219,276
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,843,2662,466,583376,683442,208
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,789,9532,498,234291,7190
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,226,9561,847,016379,940292,471
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,753,5371,602,954150,583196,988
CanadaCANNorthern America1,685,1971,643,98141,21641,551
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,613,2071,110,919502,28811,031
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,517,6461,475,70041,946—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,508,1411,505,3122,82916,042
MexicoMEXCentral America1,383,4821,361,13422,34863,660
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,321,3201,117,554203,76613,667
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,004,880951,96152,919—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia939,227779,151160,0762,000
FranceFRAWestern Europe876,415619,768256,64778,491
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia846,144653,552192,592—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe810,463760,41950,04411,250
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia743,818736,7317,087—
BrazilBRASouth America640,295619,80520,490—
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa569,354568,9394156,000

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China13,147,196
  2. Japan10,367,863
  3. Peru6,874,131
  4. United States5,871,202
  5. Chile5,195,194

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 25,280. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan9,563,570

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 22,662

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina6,492,756

    Lowest58 share it

    Middle country: 94

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

    HighestChina1,960,299

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 6,786

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 176values changed, of 190 in both
  • 92 · 84rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

Rose most

  • China12,213,646 → 13,147,196+933,550
  • Namibia21,225 → 262,452+241,227
  • India3,640,689 → 3,799,722+159,033
  • Philippines2,120,170 → 2,226,956+106,786
  • Indonesia2,917,814 → 3,022,356+104,542

Fell most

  • Chile6,454,160 → 5,195,194−1,258,966
  • Japan11,182,939 → 10,367,863−815,076
  • Denmark1,929,294 → 1,517,646−411,648
  • South Africa878,408 → 538,197−340,211
  • Ecuador682,793 → 366,643−316,150

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 1990.

  • 185 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 6 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.

  • 144 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) (1990). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1990

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990?

China, at 13,147,196, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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