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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2007

2007, 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, 2007 covers 216 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 46,074,167; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 34,368. Against 2006, 204 values changed (115 up, 89 down), 1 country joined.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2007

HighestChina

46,074,167

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, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 216 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2007: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia46,074,16714,659,03631,415,131.011,438,454
PeruPERSouth America7,250,0757,210,54439,531.010,786
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6,971,5333,859,2933,112,240.033,522
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,430,2295,037,3281,392,901.01,733,118
United StatesUSANorthern America5,326,1334,800,088526,045.057
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,096,8994,326,465770,434.0617,566
ChileCHLSouth America4,599,0823,819,303779,779.0339,938
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,159,9002,074,5002,085,400.015,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,675,4072,304,9511,370,456.00
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,581,3863,475,883105,503.08,642
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3,227,1742,517,459709,715.01,505,421
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,221,5482,379,988841,560.0134,671
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,512,4101,907,750604,660.0—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,476,2951,870,173606,122.0811,142
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,440,0111,494,199945,812.0—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,658,3791,173,557484,822.09,568
MexicoMEXCentral America1,609,9101,469,848140,062.35,093
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,563,6931,385,454178,239.090,269
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,404,0131,399,1904,823.021,867
CanadaCANNorthern America1,178,0861,025,600152,486.019,382
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,102,871817,911284,960.0134
BrazilBRASouth America1,072,225783,177289,048.0—
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,008,007372,491635,516.0—
ArgentinaARGSouth America988,366985,4092,957.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa881,105879,4691,636.012,373

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China46,074,167
  2. Peru7,250,075
  3. India6,971,533
  4. Indonesia6,430,229
  5. United States5,326,133

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Monacoshared1
  5. Gibraltarshared1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34,368. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,659,036

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 29,588

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina31,415,131.0

    Lowest33 share it

    Middle country: 750.5

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

    HighestChina11,438,454

    Lowest13 share it

    Middle country: 1,256

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 204values changed, of 215 in both
  • 115 · 89rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

  • China44,546,180 → 46,074,167+1,527,987
  • Vietnam3,684,327 → 4,159,900+475,573
  • Indonesia6,085,822 → 6,430,229+344,407
  • Philippines2,961,698 → 3,227,174+265,476
  • Norway2,968,725 → 3,221,548+252,823

Fell most

  • Thailand4,053,100 → 3,675,407−377,693
  • Chile4,954,851 → 4,599,082−355,769
  • Denmark904,902 → 684,207−220,695
  • Argentina1,174,508 → 988,366−186,142
  • Spain1,254,081 → 1,102,871−151,210
+ Saint Martin

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 2007.

  • 212 distinct values among 216

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

  • 162 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) (2007). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2007

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