Egypt vs Myanmar: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Egypt
1.60 million metric tons
in 2024
Myanmar
1.21 million metric tons
in 2024
Egypt rank
9th
Myanmar rank
12th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Egypt
- Myanmar
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 1.60 million metric tons against 1.21 million metric tons in Myanmar, a difference of 389,110 metric tons.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 9th and Myanmar ranks 12th of 215 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,720 metric tons | 295 metric tons | 5,425 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1970s | 10,400 metric tons | 1,502 metric tons | 8,898 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1980s | 36,245 metric tons | 4,613 metric tons | 31,631 metric tons | Egypt |
| 1990s | 90,956 metric tons | 55,715 metric tons | 35,241 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2000s | 514,552 metric tons | 418,190 metric tons | 96,362 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1.23 million metric tons | 973,505 metric tons | 261,225 metric tons | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1.58 million metric tons | 1.18 million metric tons | 398,736 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, Egypt or Myanmar?
- Egypt, at 1.60 million metric tons against 1.21 million metric tons in Myanmar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Egypt and Myanmar?
- 389,110 metric tons, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Myanmar?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Myanmar rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Egypt ranks 9th and Myanmar ranks 12th 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.