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

Germany
32,652 metric tons
in 2024
Netherlands
33,376 metric tons
in 2024
Germany rank
53rd
Netherlands rank
52nd

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 33,376 metric tons against 32,652 metric tons in Germany, a difference of 723.7 metric tons.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.

Germany ranks 53rd and Netherlands ranks 52nd 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.