Fishing industry by country

This page lists the world fisheries' production. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.

Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest in 2022. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.

World capture fisheries and aquaculture production from FAO World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2025

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↑ By main producers (2023)

Country	Total	Aquaculture	Capture
China	88,567,716	75,388,639	13,179,077
Indonesia	22,032,425	14,633,869	7,398,555
India	15,774,325	10,235,300	5,539,025
Vietnam	8,760,378	5,170,375	3,590,003
Peru	5,509,031	140,931	5,368,101
Russia	5,339,717	348,187	4,991,530
Bangladesh	4,758,731	2,731,070	2,027,661
United States	4,741,660	478,824	4,262,836
Norway	4,262,103	1,648,469	2,613,634
Chile	4,214,240	1,524,149	2,690,091
Philippines	4,120,499	2,349,252	1,771,247
Japan	3,910,316	942,560	2,967,756
South Korea	3,742,566	2,427,677	1,314,889
Myanmar	3,061,808	1,197,078	1,864,730
Thailand	2,386,672	1,001,181	1,385,491
Egypt	1,992,627	1,552,430	440,197
Mexico	1,972,994	289,619	1,683,376
Malaysia	1,892,541	574,182	1,318,359
Ecuador	1,811,374	1,123,048	688,326
Morocco	1,592,954	2,310	1,590,644
Brazil	1,497,393	738,881	758,512
Iceland	1,486,086	51,362	1,434,724
Iran	1,258,203	478,737	779,466
Spain	1,085,165	276,071	809,094
Nigeria	1,043,230	259,106	784,124
North Korea	888,630	680,560	208,070
Canada	870,640	166,463	704,177
United Kingdom	864,698	230,280	634,419
Cambodia	864,050	330,600	533,450
Argentina	853,775	6,022	847,753
Turkey	849,826	514,823	335,003
Mauritania	780,383	–	780,383
Oman	751,823	3,468	748,355
France	735,366	200,490	534,876
Faroe Islands	714,655	108,745	605,910
Pakistan	665,520	165,475	500,045
Ghana	652,309	132,682	519,627
Uganda	546,312	101,377	444,935
Senegal	535,356	1,585	533,771
Denmark	496,114	37,921	458,193
South Africa	484,806	11,355	473,451
Angola	471,672	2,336	469,336
Mozambique	461,914	5,539	456,375
New Zealand	452,470	106,152	346,318
Namibia	416,009	340	415,669
Sri Lanka	391,703	59,080	332,623
Netherlands	338,052	39,430	298,622
Guinea	336,050	1,180	334,870
Colombia	312,512	204,942	107,570
Cameroon	309,153	10,118	299,035
Greenland	307,055	–	307,055
Australia	290,290	125,231	165,059
Venezuela	276,701	53,601	223,100
Italy	276,306	132,661	143,646
Ireland	247,553	44,014	203,539
Papua New Guinea	240,192	2,462	237,730
Democratic Republic of the Congo	233,860	5,195	228,665
Poland	224,633	46,110	178,523
Sierra Leone	215,285	145	215,140
Greece	207,502	142,008	65,495
Germany	206,266	26,545	179,721
Laos	206,008	135,008	71,000
Belize	205,894	1,130	204,764
Kiribati	203,296	2	203,294
Georgia	200,532	2,743	197,788
Panama	198,492	11,847	186,645
Malawi	194,013	7,148	186,865
Uzbekistan	185,274	130,274	55,000
Zambia	185,076	75,648	109,428
Saudi Arabia	184,108	119,845	64,263
Portugal	180,859	20,968	159,891
Yemen	178,200	10	178,190
Kenya	174,699	28,898	145,801
Federated States of Micronesia	166,334	0	166,334
Sweden	163,355	11,327	152,028
Tanzania	159,271	120,621	38,650
Maldives	155,205	–	155,205
Madagascar	152,318	25,128	127,190
Tunisia	149,631	20,926	128,705
Finland	138,965	16,281	122,684
Seychelles	137,838	0	137,838
Mali	119,196	8,830	110,366
Lithuania	111,781	4,859	106,922
Nepal	108,385	87,385	21,000
Chad	107,120	120	107,000
Nauru	106,751	1	106,750
Ivory Coast	106,143	6,200	99,943
Ethiopia	102,470	1,070	101,400
Honduras	93,386	73,193	20,193
Marshall Islands	91,643	6	91,636
Croatia	90,839	27,156	63,683
Vanuatu	88,121	4	88,117
Algeria	85,998	5,208	80,790
Nicaragua	85,301	31,569	53,732
Benin	80,655	4,550	76,105
Hong Kong	80,561	3,361	77,200
Estonia	74,740	801	73,939
El Salvador	73,034	12,919	60,115
United Arab Emirates	69,035	3,525	65,510
Uruguay	68,873	91	68,782
Iraq	67,550	23,000	44,550
Republic of the Congo	65,111	977	64,134
Guinea-Bissau	63,850	15	63,835
Latvia	62,378	870	61,508
Solomon Islands	59,717	11,879	47,838
Guatemala	58,570	42,313	11,082
Gambia	53,989	42	53,947
Sudan	53,250	9,000	44,250
Kazakhstan	52,130	9,438	42,692
Costa Rica	50,441	16,772	33,669
Niger	48,170	500	47,670
South Sudan	47,047	47	47,000
Rwanda	44,937	12,202	32,735
Tuvalu	42,782	1	42,781
Paraguay	37,905	20,000	17,905
Ukraine	37,351	14,630	22,721
Guyana	37,207	953	36,253
Mauritius	34,829	1,545	33,284
Zimbabwe	34,514	8,353	26,161
Suriname	33,740	45	33,695
Fiji	32,837	211	32,626
Libya	32,595	10	32,585
Gabon	31,097	87	31,010
Burkina Faso	30,938	894	30,044
Liberia	30,713	1,375	29,338
Somalia	30,000	–	30,000
Cuba	29,924	15,389	14,535
Central African Republic	29,215	215	29,000
Armenia	25,000	24,000	1,000
Hungary	23,545	18,948	4,597
Togo	22,656	1,151	21,505
Czech Republic	22,640	19,259	3,381
Dominican Republic	21,760	3,750	18,010
Brunei	21,080	5,020	16,060
Malta	20,860	18,051	2,809
Kyrgyzstan	20,729	20,698	31
Burundi	20,475	540	19,935
Bahrain	19,893	56	19,837
Belgium	18,953	243	18,710
Comoros	18,933	–	18,933
Qatar	18,537	98	18,439
Haiti	18,395	1,685	16,257
Albania	17,552	8,812	8,740
Romania	17,467	11,211	6,256
Israel	15,895	13,840	2,055
Turkmenistan	15,272	175	15,097
Bulgaria	15,105	9,511	5,594
Jamaica	13,474	945	12,529
French Polynesia	13,335	1,752	11,583
Afghanistan	13,150	11,150	2,000
Trinidad and Tobago	13,076	7	13,069
Moldova	12,905	12,905	0
Bolivia	11,453	3,853	7,600
Samoa	9,603	14	9,589
Bahamas	9,346	1	9,345
Cyprus	8,895	7,594	1,301
Curaçao	8,827	0	8,827
Serbia	8,155	5,776	2,379
Timor-Leste	7,832	1,125	6,707
Cape Verde	7,794	35	7,759
Belarus	7,520	7,164	356
Equatorial Guinea	6,625	15	6,610
Syria	6,185	1,755	4,430
São Tomé and Príncipe	5,703	–	5,703
New Caledonia	5,664	1,456	4,208
Austria	5,069	4,719	350
Singapore	4,953	4,745	207
Palestine	4,922	727	4,195
Tajikistan	4,673	2,248	2,425
Slovakia	4,509	2,614	1,895
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,265	3,960	305
Switzerland	3,986	2,500	1,486
Lebanon	3,558	938	2,620
Channel Islands	3,480	1,190	2,290
Jordan	3,257	2,582	675
Antigua and Barbuda	3,250	20	3,230
Djibouti	3,121	–	3,121
Isle of Man	3,041	–	3,041
Kuwait	2,350	464	1,886
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,277	0	2,277
North Macedonia	2,261	1,814	447
Azerbaijan	2,256	466	1,790
Montenegro	1,942	1,087	855
Slovenia	1,916	1,644	272
Lesotho	1,915	1,836	79
Grenada	1,882	26	1,856
Saint Lucia	1,652	209	1,443
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,599	13	1,586
Eritrea	1,595	4	1,591
Puerto Rico	1,592	11	1,581
Macao	1,500	–	1,500
Tonga	1,426	100	1,326
American Samoa	1,329	18	1,311
British Virgin Islands	1,135	1	1,134
Barbados	857	6	852
Palau	823	10	813
Saint Kitts and Nevis	674	4	670
Guam	460	108	352
US Virgin Islands	428	8	420
Bermuda	392	–	392
Dominica	293	3	290
Sint Maarten	253	–	253
Northern Mariana Islands	230	41	189
Cayman Islands	213	88	125
Botswana	209	171	38
Bhutan	200	191	9
Aruba	174	2	172
Eswatini	165	100	65
Saint-Martin	90	–	90
Monaco	1	–	1
Gibraltar	1	–	1
Andorra	0	–	0
Liechtenstein	0	–	0
Luxembourg	0	–	0
Mongolia	0	–	0
San Marino	0	–	0
World total (2022)	213,618,123	126,935,293	87,988,166

Aquatic plants

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.

Count	Total	Aquaculture	Capture
Total	16,095,775	14,789,972	1,305,803
China	11,163,675	10,855,295	308,380
Philippines	1,338,895	1,338,597	298
Indonesia	918,366	910,636	7,730
South Korea	636,366	621,154	15,212
Japan	612,635	507,742	104,893
Other	556,200	96,761	459,439
North Korea	444,295	444,295	–
Chile	425,343	15,492	409,851

See also

• List of countries by seafood consumption
• List of harvested aquatic animals by weight
• Ocean fisheries
• Outline of fishing
• Population dynamics of fisheries
• Wild fisheries
• World fish production

References

• FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics
• FAO: FIGIS: Time-series query on Capture: Quantity Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
• MOA: 2022年全国渔业经济统计公报.

External links

• Fish capture by country since 1950