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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002

2002, 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, 2002 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 38,315,434; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 31,405. Against 2001, 201 values changed (119 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2002

HighestChina

38,315,434

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia38,315,43414,173,77624,141,658.09,271,435
PeruPERSouth America8,776,7218,765,18911,532.06,176
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,925,3923,736,6032,188,789.039,156
United StatesUSANorthern America5,447,4094,948,510498,899.049,698
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,262,5814,348,510914,071.0278,811
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,200,9424,373,827827,115.0685,849
ChileCHLSouth America4,817,0724,271,417545,655.0315,668
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,797,0362,842,428954,608.00
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,333,6913,232,351101,340.011,856
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,291,7752,740,475551,300.0182,641
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,505,6391,802,598703,041.015,000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,485,0192,041,482443,537.0895,668
IcelandISLNorthern Europe2,138,1312,134,5463,585.014,962
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,990,8041,694,021296,783.0507,984
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,890,4591,103,855786,604.0—
MexicoMEXCentral America1,524,4171,450,74773,670.030,124
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,491,7221,042,756448,966.016,984
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,474,4601,284,340190,120.0—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,474,3751,442,34832,027.0—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,440,6921,275,573165,119.018,871
CanadaCANNorthern America1,235,7481,063,702172,046.042,139
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,135,154880,205254,949.02,884
BrazilBRASouth America1,003,260755,582247,678.0—
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa963,286961,6161,670.07,919
ArgentinaARGSouth America947,642946,1851,457.00

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China38,315,434
  2. Peru8,776,721
  3. India5,925,392
  4. United States5,447,409
  5. Indonesia5,262,581

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 31,405. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,173,776

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 29,000

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina24,141,658.0

    Lowest47 share it

    Middle country: 642.0

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

    HighestChina9,271,435

    Lowest14 share it

    Middle country: 1,785

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 201values changed, of 213 in both
  • 119 · 82rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

  • China36,878,264 → 38,315,434+1,437,170
  • Peru7,993,746 → 8,776,721+782,975
  • Chile4,363,642 → 4,817,072+453,430
  • Vietnam2,312,856 → 2,505,639+192,783
  • Myanmar1,309,146 → 1,474,460+165,314

Fell most

  • Russia3,718,628 → 3,333,691−384,937
  • Japan5,513,769 → 5,200,942−312,827
  • South Korea2,288,546 → 1,990,804−297,742
  • Spain1,395,349 → 1,135,154−260,195
  • Ecuador645,357 → 396,805−248,552

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 2002.

  • 211 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.

  • 157 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2002

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