Denmark vs Portugal: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture

Denmark
28,411 metric tons
in 2024
Portugal
24,332 metric tons
in 2024
Denmark rank
57th
Portugal rank
60th

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 28,411 metric tons against 24,332 metric tons in Portugal, a difference of 4,079 metric tons.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

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

Denmark ranks 57th and Portugal ranks 60th 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
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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.