Chile vs Ecuador: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Chile
1.42 million metric tons
in 2024
Ecuador
1.24 million metric tons
in 2024
Chile rank
10th
Ecuador rank
11th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Chile
- Ecuador
How they compare
Chile currently reports 1.42 million metric tons against 1.24 million metric tons in Ecuador, a difference of 184,450 metric tons.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 10th and Ecuador ranks 11th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 5 and Ecuador in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133.8 metric tons | 1 metric tons | 132.8 metric tons | Chile |
| 1970s | 617 metric tons | 1,826 metric tons | 1,209 metric tons | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 13,601 metric tons | 40,679 metric tons | 27,078 metric tons | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 218,226 metric tons | 110,039 metric tons | 108,186 metric tons | Chile |
| 2000s | 710,728 metric tons | 127,234 metric tons | 583,494 metric tons | Chile |
| 2010s | 1.11 million metric tons | 424,641 metric tons | 680,713 metric tons | Chile |
| 2020s | 1.48 million metric tons | 1.06 million metric tons | 423,905 metric tons | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Chile or Ecuador?
- Chile, at 1.42 million metric tons against 1.24 million metric tons in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Chile and Ecuador?
- 184,450 metric tons, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Ecuador?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Ecuador rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Chile ranks 10th and Ecuador ranks 11th 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.