Bangladesh vs India: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Bangladesh
2.98 million metric tons
in 2024
India
12.09 million metric tons
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
5th
India rank
3rd
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 12.09 million metric tons against 2.98 million metric tons in Bangladesh, a difference of 9.12 million metric tons.
That makes India's figure about 4.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,777 metric tons | 72,492 metric tons | 16,715 metric tons | India |
| 1970s | 74,055 metric tons | 211,755 metric tons | 137,700 metric tons | India |
| 1980s | 130,753 metric tons | 630,712 metric tons | 499,960 metric tons | India |
| 1990s | 348,242 metric tons | 1.59 million metric tons | 1.24 million metric tons | India |
| 2000s | 871,784 metric tons | 2.83 million metric tons | 1.96 million metric tons | India |
| 2010s | 1.99 million metric tons | 5.35 million metric tons | 3.36 million metric tons | India |
| 2020s | 2.76 million metric tons | 10.34 million metric tons | 7.58 million metric tons | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Bangladesh or India?
- India, at 12.09 million metric tons against 2.98 million metric tons in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Bangladesh and India?
- 9.12 million metric tons, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Capture fishery production is the volume of wild fish catches landed for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes.