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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2011

2011, 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, 2011 covers 218 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 51,603,000; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 38,898. Against 2010, 201 values changed (107 up, 94 down), 2 countries joined.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2011

HighestChina

51,603,000

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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 218 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia51,603,00014,989,55436,613,446.012,806,031.0
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia8,471,4725,753,0512,718,421.15,175,680.0
PeruPERSouth America8,341,3578,249,15792,200.45,800.0
IndiaINDSouthern Asia7,984,2144,311,1323,673,082.032,502.0
United StatesUSANorthern America5,525,6705,128,378397,292.06,735.0
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia5,245,0902,399,5282,845,562.015,428.0
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,383,7074,254,877128,830.07,460.0
JapanJPNEastern Asia4,344,3823,786,167558,215.0437,516.0
ChileCHLSouth America4,018,3053,063,460954,845.0418,190.0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,434,0882,290,1951,143,893.3152,382.0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia3,124,6771,600,9181,523,759.0—
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,037,1311,835,1251,202,005.40.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,984,0572,216,770767,287.01,841,291.0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,792,7401,975,920816,820.02,336.4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,249,4591,742,407507,052.01,007,070.0
MexicoMEXCentral America1,703,1941,566,066137,128.05,072.0
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,666,0431,378,801287,242.5239,450.0
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,428,304906,086522,218.24,943.8
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,362,174375,354986,820.0—
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,280,4181,006,166274,252.0262.8
BrazilBRASouth America1,196,050760,696435,354.0746.0
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,154,4861,149,1775,308.515,737.0
CanadaCANNorthern America1,091,198921,492169,706.018,196.0
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa954,855954,238617.019,795.0
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa856,614635,486221,128.0—

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China51,603,000
  2. Indonesia8,471,472
  3. Peru8,341,357
  4. India7,984,214
  5. United States5,525,670

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 38,898. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,989,554

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 33,764

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina36,613,446.0

    Lowest32 share it

    Middle country: 849.0

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

    HighestChina12,806,031.0

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 1,200.0

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 201values changed, of 216 in both
  • 107 · 94rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru4,390,628 → 8,341,357+3,950,729
  • China50,320,876 → 51,603,000+1,282,124
  • Indonesia7,691,137 → 8,471,472+780,335
  • Chile3,380,798 → 4,018,305+637,507
  • United States4,888,385 → 5,525,670+637,285

Fell most

  • India8,475,095 → 7,984,214−490,881
  • Japan4,809,424 → 4,344,382−465,042
  • Norway3,699,756 → 3,434,088−265,668
  • Philippines3,243,534 → 2,984,057−259,477
  • Morocco1,136,982 → 954,855−182,128
+ Curaçao+ Sint Maarten

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 2011.

  • 215 distinct values among 218

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

  • 159 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) (2011). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2011

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