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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1995

1995, 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, 1995 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 28,418,359; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 22,608. Against 1994, 200 values changed (128 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1995

HighestChina

28,418,359

Lowest5 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, 1995, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 213 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia28,418,35912,562,70615,855,6535,446,845
PeruPERSouth America8,943,1118,937,3425,769415
ChileCHLSouth America7,591,5027,434,419157,083299,221
JapanJPNEastern Asia6,815,9625,995,838820,124720,531
United StatesUSANorthern America5,548,4395,134,985413,45473,844
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,924,0473,265,2401,658,80792,500
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,373,8464,311,82862,01817,106
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,173,7453,532,653641,092213,575
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,590,5783,031,074559,5040
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,801,7262,524,111277,615185,033
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,688,1222,319,967368,155671,472
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,244,7621,883,178361,584579,954
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2,043,7631,999,03344,730—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,616,0331,612,5483,48511,841
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,466,0081,084,939381,0698,000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,440,8581,010,201430,6578,357
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,405,2891,181,324223,96514,392
MexicoMEXCentral America1,355,9121,330,33225,58049,334
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,244,3671,111,622132,745—
ArgentinaARGSouth America1,174,5441,173,0701,4742,403
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,109,462792,389317,073—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,003,801909,96393,8387,400
CanadaCANNorthern America918,889853,68265,20726,671
FranceFRAWestern Europe892,018611,332280,68675,650
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa851,023848,9512,0727,858

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China28,418,359
  2. Peru8,943,111
  3. Chile7,591,502
  4. Japan6,815,962
  5. United States5,548,439

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. San Marinoshared0
  3. Luxembourgshared0
  4. Liechtensteinshared0
  5. Andorrashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22,608. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina12,562,706

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 21,000

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina15,855,653

    Lowest57 share it

    Middle country: 284

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

    HighestChina5,446,845

    Lowest11 share it

    Middle country: 5,248

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 213 in both
  • 128 · 72rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

  • China23,833,631 → 28,418,359+4,584,728
  • Russia3,779,428 → 4,373,846+594,418
  • Indonesia3,930,696 → 4,173,745+243,049
  • Norway2,584,605 → 2,801,726+217,121
  • Ecuador419,344 → 614,795+195,451

Fell most

  • Peru12,005,120 → 8,943,111−3,062,009
  • Japan7,410,770 → 6,815,962−594,808
  • United States5,926,736 → 5,548,439−378,297
  • Chile7,838,904 → 7,591,502−247,402
  • Canada1,082,310 → 918,889−163,421

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 1995.

  • 209 distinct values among 213

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 162 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) (1995). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1995

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