Brazil vs Japan: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Brazil
882,935 metric tons
in 2024
Japan
802,045 metric tons
in 2024
Brazil rank
14th
Japan rank
15th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Brazil
- Japan
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 882,935 metric tons against 802,045 metric tons in Japan, a difference of 80,890 metric tons.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Brazil ranks 14th and Japan ranks 15th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 metric tons | 433,291 metric tons | 433,290 metric tons | Japan |
| 1970s | 466.5 metric tons | 845,996 metric tons | 845,529 metric tons | Japan |
| 1980s | 10,572 metric tons | 1.20 million metric tons | 1.19 million metric tons | Japan |
| 1990s | 59,114 metric tons | 1.36 million metric tons | 1.30 million metric tons | Japan |
| 2000s | 268,389 metric tons | 1.27 million metric tons | 1.01 million metric tons | Japan |
| 2010s | 524,001 metric tons | 1.04 million metric tons | 512,111 metric tons | Japan |
| 2020s | 739,362 metric tons | 917,225 metric tons | 177,863 metric tons | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Brazil or Japan?
- Brazil, at 882,935 metric tons against 802,045 metric tons in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Brazil and Japan?
- 80,890 metric tons, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Japan ranks 15th 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.