China vs Indonesia: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture

China
81.95 million metric tons
in 2024
Indonesia
15.75 million metric tons
in 2024
China rank
1st
Indonesia rank
2nd

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

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How they compare

China currently reports 81.95 million metric tons against 15.75 million metric tons in Indonesia, a difference of 66.19 million metric tons.

That makes China's figure about 5.2 times Indonesia's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Indonesia ranks 2nd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Unit
metric tons
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,849 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.