Brazil vs Thailand: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Brazil
882,935 metric tons
in 2024
Thailand
998,645 metric tons
in 2024
Brazil rank
14th
Thailand rank
13th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Brazil
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 998,645 metric tons against 882,935 metric tons in Brazil, a difference of 115,710 metric tons.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 14th and Thailand ranks 13th of 215 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 metric tons | 47,962 metric tons | 47,961 metric tons | Thailand |
| 1970s | 466.5 metric tons | 91,938 metric tons | 91,472 metric tons | Thailand |
| 1980s | 10,572 metric tons | 142,356 metric tons | 131,784 metric tons | Thailand |
| 1990s | 59,114 metric tons | 492,696 metric tons | 433,581 metric tons | Thailand |
| 2000s | 268,389 metric tons | 1.16 million metric tons | 892,390 metric tons | Thailand |
| 2010s | 524,001 metric tons | 1.03 million metric tons | 508,165 metric tons | Thailand |
| 2020s | 739,362 metric tons | 1.00 million metric tons | 261,294 metric tons | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Brazil or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 998,645 metric tons against 882,935 metric tons in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Brazil and Thailand?
- 115,710 metric tons, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Thailand?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Thailand rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Thailand ranks 13th 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.