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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2023

2023, 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, 2023 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 68,255,931.9; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 52,306.7. Against 2022, 208 values changed (116 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2023

HighestChina

68,255,931.9

Lowest4 countries share it

0.0

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia68,255,931.913,043,63155,212,300.923,283,642.6
IndiaINDSouthern Asia17,420,999.36,105,60011,315,399.078,109.0
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia13,359,919.37,760,2725,599,647.19,837,696.2
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia8,824,482.03,435,9225,388,559.910,783.4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe5,712,031.25,385,492326,539.046,517.0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia4,914,715.02,062,6682,852,047.0525.0
United StatesUSANorthern America4,675,382.14,173,321502,061.19,326.0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4,003,421.42,353,5741,649,847.2188,114.0
ChileCHLSouth America3,632,367.32,144,9351,487,432.0467,046.0
PeruPERSouth America3,590,134.03,485,041105,092.934,339.7
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,506,755.72,923,400583,356.0357,145.0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,825,230.01,623,1501,202,080.0—
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,471,928.51,714,147757,781.31,627,089.9
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,467,387.91,466,1661,001,222.3—
MexicoMEXCentral America2,123,575.61,842,674280,901.42,860.5
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2,019,620.0424,2361,595,384.0—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,959,840.41,378,713581,127.71,746,678.8
EcuadorECUSouth America1,931,980.7694,9211,237,060.0100.0
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,564,867.31,282,586282,281.1225,086.4
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,426,114.01,376,51249,602.071,136.6
BrazilBRASouth America1,421,594.0629,598791,995.91,198.0
IranIRNSouthern Asia1,417,838.0778,278639,560.0376.0
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,393,392.11,391,0612,331.543,761.5
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,058,465.0799,635258,830.0—
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,010,344.6454,059556,286.010.0

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China68,255,931.9
  2. India17,420,999.3
  3. Indonesia13,359,919.3
  4. Vietnam8,824,482.0
  5. Russia5,712,031.2

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0.0
  2. Mongoliashared0.0
  3. Liechtensteinshared0.0
  4. Andorrashared0.0
  5. Monaco1.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52,306.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina13,043,631

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 41,880

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina55,212,300.9

    Lowest21 share it

    Middle country: 2,661.7

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

    HighestChina23,283,642.6

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 576.9

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 220 in both
  • 116 · 92rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

  • China65,915,119.3 → 68,255,931.9+2,340,812.6
  • India15,716,918.0 → 17,420,999.3+1,704,081.3
  • Indonesia12,931,503.6 → 13,359,919.3+428,415.7
  • Russia5,303,022.0 → 5,712,031.2+409,009.2
  • Uganda546,357.0 → 846,493.0+300,136.0

Fell most

  • Peru5,458,135.9 → 3,590,134.0−1,868,002.0
  • Morocco1,560,289.3 → 1,393,392.1−166,897.1
  • Norway4,116,784.7 → 4,003,421.4−113,363.3
  • Chile3,735,635.2 → 3,632,367.3−103,267.9
  • Philippines2,571,789.3 → 2,471,928.5−99,860.8

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 2023.

  • 216 distinct values among 220

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 147 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) (2023). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2023

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