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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1997

1997, 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, 1997 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 32,580,748; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 25,788. Against 1996, 205 values changed (128 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1997

HighestChina

32,580,748

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia32,580,74814,549,56118,031,1875,886,512
PeruPERSouth America7,877,5227,869,7167,806280
JapanJPNEastern Asia6,738,7955,932,261806,534683,237
ChileCHLSouth America6,084,1035,811,757272,346281,606
United StatesUSANorthern America5,523,4995,085,143438,35670,431
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,387,7703,523,4481,864,32297,500
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,715,0244,661,85353,17133,036
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,453,7903,791,243662,547240,979
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,442,7152,902,898539,8170
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,230,6762,863,059367,617191,681
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,596,9242,204,557392,367671,077
IcelandISLNorthern Europe2,209,6072,205,9443,66319,505
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,159,0181,831,871327,147657,784
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,866,5491,826,85239,697—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,598,7031,276,325322,37810,000
MexicoMEXCentral America1,528,9841,489,48439,50042,067
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,444,5701,205,401239,16914,885
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,440,0341,038,048401,98612,706
ArgentinaARGSouth America1,389,9641,388,6501,314900
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,315,290829,426485,864—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,280,2361,172,252107,984—
CanadaCANNorthern America1,048,256966,58081,67634,696
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,020,651890,936129,7158,100
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia863,540780,80082,740—
FranceFRAWestern Europe853,851566,670287,18175,564

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China32,580,748
  2. Peru7,877,522
  3. Japan6,738,795
  4. Chile6,084,103
  5. United States5,523,499

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 25,788. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,549,561

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 20,296

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina18,031,187

    Lowest55 share it

    Middle country: 300

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

    HighestChina5,886,512

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 7,376

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 213 in both
  • 128 · 77rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • China31,844,800 → 32,580,748+735,948
  • Norway2,969,974 → 3,230,676+260,702
  • New Zealand500,093 → 691,484+191,391
  • Myanmar673,788 → 863,540+189,752
  • India5,206,687 → 5,387,770+181,083

Fell most

  • Peru9,522,545 → 7,877,522−1,645,023
  • Chile6,910,719 → 6,084,103−826,616
  • South Korea2,772,240 → 2,596,924−175,316
  • Ecuador811,854 → 671,384−140,470
  • Thailand3,570,116 → 3,442,715−127,401

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 1997.

  • 207 distinct values among 213

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 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) (1997). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1997

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