Germany vs Ireland: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture

Germany
32,652 metric tons
in 2024
Ireland
37,632 metric tons
in 2024
Germany rank
53rd
Ireland rank
50th

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 37,632 metric tons against 32,652 metric tons in Germany, a difference of 4,980 metric tons.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 53rd and Ireland ranks 50th 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.