Finland vs Malta: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Finland
16,609 metric tons
in 2024
Malta
17,954 metric tons
in 2024
Finland rank
73rd
Malta rank
71st
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Finland
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 17,954 metric tons against 16,609 metric tons in Finland, a difference of 1,345 metric tons.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.
Finland ranks 73rd and Malta ranks 71st of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 203 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 203 metric tons | Finland |
| 1970s | 2,013 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 2,013 metric tons | Finland |
| 1980s | 10,306 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 10,306 metric tons | Finland |
| 1990s | 17,284 metric tons | 1,046 metric tons | 16,238 metric tons | Finland |
| 2000s | 13,899 metric tons | 3,469 metric tons | 10,430 metric tons | Finland |
| 2010s | 13,612 metric tons | 10,825 metric tons | 2,787 metric tons | Finland |
| 2020s | 15,502 metric tons | 18,615 metric tons | 3,113 metric tons | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Finland or Malta?
- Malta, at 17,954 metric tons against 16,609 metric tons in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Finland and Malta?
- 1,345 metric tons, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Malta?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Malta rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Finland ranks 73rd and Malta ranks 71st 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.
Individual pages
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.