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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020

2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 62,846,352; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 49,496. Against 2019, 212 values changed (82 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2020

HighestChina

62,846,352

Lowest3 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 220 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia62,846,35213,226,203.049,620,148.5121,082,713.5
IndiaINDSouthern Asia13,265,6384,629,652.08,635,986.0033,845.0
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia12,054,6446,882,049.95,172,594.409,724,450.5
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia8,173,6093,506,056.84,667,551.9413,883.0
PeruPERSouth America5,770,3715,626,541.7143,829.7250,423.8
RussiaRUSEastern Europe5,342,4565,072,094.1270,362.0029,755.0
United StatesUSANorthern America4,707,9954,259,760.0448,234.617,444.0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia4,503,3711,919,505.02,583,866.00390.0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,962,6342,472,557.91,490,076.03153,146.2
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,804,9203,204,312.3600,608.00461,709.0
ChileCHLSouth America3,259,8741,773,977.81,485,896.00428,848.0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,915,0531,770,240.01,144,813.000.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,766,4911,912,310.6854,180.171,469,037.8
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,600,3971,588,859.31,011,538.00—
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2,010,134418,238.01,591,896.00—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,941,8101,369,297.1572,513.141,769,216.2
MexicoMEXCentral America1,931,4981,582,896.9348,601.167,937.4
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,605,4211,386,964.8218,456.17182,061.0
EcuadorECUSouth America1,410,870636,338.6774,531.5560.0
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,375,6721,374,244.11,427.8222,408.7
IranIRNSouthern Asia1,344,223790,900.0553,323.00147.0
BrazilBRASouth America1,114,728484,877.8629,850.201,085.0
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,069,459795,866.6273,592.082,436.3
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,063,9701,023,361.240,609.0015,725.0
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,044,812783,101.7261,710.72—

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China62,846,352
  2. India13,265,638
  3. Indonesia12,054,644
  4. Vietnam8,173,609
  5. Peru5,770,371

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Monaco1
  5. Luxembourg8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 49,496. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina13,226,203.0

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 40,243.9

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina49,620,148.51

    Lowest22 share it

    Middle country: 2,327.05

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

    HighestChina21,082,713.5

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 421.7

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 212values changed, of 220 in both
  • 82 · 130rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru4,976,228 → 5,770,371+794,143
  • China62,241,668 → 62,846,352+604,683
  • Vietnam7,799,686 → 8,173,609+373,922
  • Oman580,240 → 794,726+214,486
  • Norway3,767,967 → 3,962,634+194,667

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2020.

  • 217 distinct values among 220

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

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 147 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2020

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020?

China, at 62,846,352, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020 cover?

220.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2020 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2024.

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