Ecuador vs Egypt: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Ecuador
1.24 million metric tons
in 2024
Egypt
1.60 million metric tons
in 2024
Ecuador rank
11th
Egypt rank
9th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Ecuador
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 1.60 million metric tons against 1.24 million metric tons in Ecuador, a difference of 364,090 metric tons.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Ecuador ranks 11th and Egypt ranks 9th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Egypt in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 metric tons | 5,720 metric tons | 5,719 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1,826 metric tons | 10,400 metric tons | 8,574 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1980s | 40,679 metric tons | 36,245 metric tons | 4,434 metric tons | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 110,039 metric tons | 90,956 metric tons | 19,083 metric tons | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 127,234 metric tons | 514,552 metric tons | 387,318 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2010s | 424,641 metric tons | 1.23 million metric tons | 810,090 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1.06 million metric tons | 1.58 million metric tons | 527,797 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, Ecuador or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 1.60 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 Ecuador and Egypt?
- 364,090 metric tons, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Egypt?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Egypt rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Ecuador ranks 11th 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.