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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2003

2003, 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, 2003 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 39,430,527; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 35,918. Against 2002, 198 values changed (104 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2003

HighestChina

39,430,527

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia39,430,52714,347,27425,083,25310,060,097
PeruPERSouth America6,099,6816,086,06013,6217,864
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6,027,9203,712,1492,315,77138,176
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,627,8614,634,068993,793296,510
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,512,6534,688,596824,057589,172
United StatesUSANorthern America5,483,9894,938,018545,97148,656
ChileCHLSouth America4,179,3073,612,048567,259349,134
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,914,0762,849,6701,064,4060
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,390,1943,281,510108,6849,781
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,133,2252,548,803584,422153,209
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,793,5071,856,005937,50215,000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,640,4942,180,879459,615989,385
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,044,4241,656,633387,791457,208
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,998,1971,141,241856,956—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,992,7531,986,5396,21422,119
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,627,7091,135,359492,35012,595
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,595,8701,343,860252,010—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,454,2011,287,041167,16025,000
MexicoMEXCentral America1,441,7731,357,30384,47028,996
CanadaCANNorthern America1,275,7891,107,991167,79845,797
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,156,116887,837268,279701
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,068,9941,031,22137,773—
BrazilBRASouth America985,412712,144273,268—
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa920,181918,6431,53811,131
ArgentinaARGSouth America911,847910,2001,6470

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China39,430,527
  2. Peru6,099,681
  3. India6,027,920
  4. Indonesia5,627,861
  5. Japan5,512,653

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 35,918. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,347,274

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 30,000

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina25,083,253

    Lowest44 share it

    Middle country: 820

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

    HighestChina10,060,097

    Lowest15 share it

    Middle country: 2,000

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 198values changed, of 213 in both
  • 104 · 94rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

  • China38,315,434 → 39,430,527+1,115,093
  • Indonesia5,262,581 → 5,627,861+365,280
  • Japan5,200,942 → 5,512,653+311,711
  • Vietnam2,505,639 → 2,793,507+287,868
  • Philippines2,485,019 → 2,640,494+155,475

Fell most

  • Peru8,776,721 → 6,099,681−2,677,040
  • Chile4,817,072 → 4,179,307−637,765
  • Denmark1,474,375 → 1,068,994−405,381
  • Norway3,291,775 → 3,133,225−158,550
  • Iceland2,138,131 → 1,992,753−145,378

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 2003.

  • 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.

  • 158 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) (2003). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2003

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