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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2005

2005, 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, 2005 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 42,709,630; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 37,778. Against 2004, 202 values changed (107 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2005

HighestChina

42,709,630

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia42,709,63014,588,94028,120,690.011,084,337
PeruPERSouth America9,414,4699,388,48825,981.05,000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6,658,7403,691,3622,967,378.039,748
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,892,2764,695,1671,197,109.0918,366
United StatesUSANorthern America5,407,7694,893,849513,920.068,065
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,082,3894,336,017746,372.0612,635
ChileCHLSouth America5,052,1904,328,315723,875.0425,343
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia4,118,5272,814,2951,304,232.00
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia3,425,2001,987,9001,437,300.015,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,312,4903,197,738114,752.010,383
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,054,4712,392,594661,877.0153,906
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,847,8872,290,636557,251.01,338,896
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,217,4701,732,250485,220.0—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,215,9571,333,866882,091.0—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,083,1201,646,549436,571.0636,366
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,672,9131,664,6578,256.021,096
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,492,5791,017,243475,336.02,696
MexicoMEXCentral America1,452,3801,319,249133,131.05,277
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,390,0181,214,184175,834.040,000
CanadaCANNorthern America1,258,4101,103,823154,587.041,771
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,075,523853,494222,029.0441
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,028,6521,026,3952,257.012,812
BrazilBRASouth America1,008,045750,261257,784.0—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe949,609910,59839,011.0—
ArgentinaARGSouth America931,994929,9372,057.00

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China42,709,630
  2. Peru9,414,469
  3. India6,658,740
  4. Indonesia5,892,276
  5. United States5,407,769

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Gibraltar1
  5. Monaco2

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37,778. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,588,940

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 29,620

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina28,120,690.0

    Lowest39 share it

    Middle country: 730.0

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

    HighestChina11,084,337

    Lowest13 share it

    Middle country: 1,900

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 202values changed, of 213 in both
  • 107 · 95rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

  • China41,032,004 → 42,709,630+1,677,626
  • India6,189,695 → 6,658,740+469,045
  • Vietnam3,138,651 → 3,425,200+286,549
  • Russia3,051,607 → 3,312,490+260,883
  • Myanmar1,986,960 → 2,217,470+230,510

Fell most

  • Chile5,602,692 → 5,052,190−550,502
  • Peru9,626,641 → 9,414,469−212,172
  • Denmark1,133,413 → 949,609−183,804
  • Venezuela597,599 → 422,358−175,241
  • United States5,564,365 → 5,407,769−156,596

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 2005.

  • 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.

  • 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) (2005). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2005

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