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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2004

2004, 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, 2004 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 41,032,004; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 35,028. Against 2003, 199 values changed (119 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2004

HighestChina

41,032,004

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia41,032,00414,464,80326,567,201.010,926,624
PeruPERSouth America9,626,6419,604,52722,114.07,418
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6,189,6953,391,0092,798,686.041,176
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,775,9484,730,8971,045,051.0419,247
ChileCHLSouth America5,602,6924,926,808675,884.0410,850
United StatesUSANorthern America5,564,3654,956,795607,570.035,339
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,113,8964,337,311776,585.0598,225
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia4,099,6532,839,6691,259,984.00
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,161,1792,524,377636,802.0148,322
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,138,6511,940,0341,198,617.015,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,051,6072,941,805109,802.011,780
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,744,0542,231,834512,220.01,205,241
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,102,0261,187,274914,752.0—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,986,9601,586,600400,360.0—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,986,4341,580,686405,748.0556,168
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,742,5701,733,7028,868.021,470
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,506,9611,335,691171,270.030,948
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,422,879980,106442,773.09,480
MexicoMEXCentral America1,365,9031,261,555104,348.027,418
CanadaCANNorthern America1,317,5931,172,575145,018.041,069
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,133,4131,090,59642,817.0—
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,109,346810,365298,981.0525
BrazilBRASouth America1,015,916746,217269,699.0—
ArgentinaARGSouth America946,694944,8461,848.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa919,869918,1511,718.013,126

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China41,032,004
  2. Peru9,626,641
  3. India6,189,695
  4. Indonesia5,775,948
  5. Chile5,602,692

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 35,028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,464,803

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 31,061

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina26,567,201.0

    Lowest42 share it

    Middle country: 733.0

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

    HighestChina10,926,624

    Lowest14 share it

    Middle country: 1,800

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 199values changed, of 213 in both
  • 119 · 80rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru6,099,681 → 9,626,641+3,526,960
  • China39,430,527 → 41,032,004+1,601,477
  • Chile4,179,307 → 5,602,692+1,423,385
  • Myanmar1,595,870 → 1,986,960+391,090
  • Vietnam2,793,507 → 3,138,651+345,144

Fell most

  • Japan5,512,653 → 5,113,896−398,757
  • Russia3,390,194 → 3,051,607−338,587
  • Iceland1,992,753 → 1,742,570−250,183
  • Taiwan1,627,709 → 1,422,879−204,830
  • Italy487,575 → 405,300−82,275

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 2004.

  • 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) (2004). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2004

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