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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2001

2001, 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, 2001 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 36,878,264; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 32,039. Against 2000, 200 values changed (111 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2001

HighestChina

36,878,264

Lowest3 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia36,878,26414,176,19522,702,069.08,628,113
PeruPERSouth America7,993,7467,986,2077,539.05,517
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,897,5583,777,0922,120,466.040,168
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,513,7694,713,423800,346.0633,593
United StatesUSANorthern America5,449,5134,969,151480,362.037,114
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,165,1014,300,825864,276.0246,923
ChileCHLSouth America4,363,6423,797,546566,096.0299,791
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,718,6283,628,68389,945.010,648
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,648,0952,833,974814,121.00
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,197,6902,686,942510,748.0175,210
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,392,9411,958,280434,661.0786,346
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,312,8561,724,758588,098.015,000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,288,5461,994,062294,484.0388,471
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,987,9451,983,5744,371.020,367
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,781,0571,068,417712,640.0—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,552,2831,510,69441,589.0—
MexicoMEXCentral America1,474,6391,398,57676,063.046,927
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,403,6491,005,199398,450.017,723
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,395,3491,086,258309,091.04,011
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,392,9381,234,780158,158.018,863
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,309,1461,187,880121,266.0—
CanadaCANNorthern America1,194,7281,041,682153,046.035,242
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,097,4861,096,0831,403.010,015
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe940,007769,481170,526.00
BrazilBRASouth America935,946730,378205,568.0—

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China36,878,264
  2. Peru7,993,746
  3. India5,897,558
  4. Japan5,513,769
  5. United States5,449,513

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Gibraltar1
  5. Monaco3

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32,039. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,176,195

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 29,704

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina22,702,069.0

    Lowest49 share it

    Middle country: 463.0

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

    HighestChina8,628,113

    Lowest13 share it

    Middle country: 3,585

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 213 in both
  • 111 · 89rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Peru10,663,850 → 7,993,746−2,670,104
  • Russia4,047,659 → 3,718,628−329,031
  • Chile4,691,805 → 4,363,642−328,163
  • Japan5,835,356 → 5,513,769−321,587
  • Thailand3,735,279 → 3,648,095−87,184

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 2001.

  • 210 distinct values among 213

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

  • 159 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) (2001). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2001

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