Chile vs Egypt: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Chile
1.42 million metric tons
in 2024
Egypt
1.60 million metric tons
in 2024
Chile rank
10th
Egypt rank
9th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Chile
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 1.60 million metric tons against 1.42 million metric tons in Chile, a difference of 179,640 metric tons.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Chile ranks 10th and Egypt ranks 9th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 2 and Egypt in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133.8 metric tons | 5,720 metric tons | 5,586 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1970s | 617 metric tons | 10,400 metric tons | 9,783 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1980s | 13,601 metric tons | 36,245 metric tons | 22,644 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1990s | 218,226 metric tons | 90,956 metric tons | 127,270 metric tons | Chile |
| 2000s | 710,728 metric tons | 514,552 metric tons | 196,176 metric tons | Chile |
| 2010s | 1.11 million metric tons | 1.23 million metric tons | 129,376 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1.48 million metric tons | 1.58 million metric tons | 103,892 metric tons | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Chile or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 1.60 million metric tons against 1.42 million metric tons in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Chile and Egypt?
- 179,640 metric tons, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Egypt?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Egypt rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Chile ranks 10th and Egypt ranks 9th 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.