Greece vs Laos: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Greece
128,022 metric tons
in 2024
Laos
153,504 metric tons
in 2024
Greece rank
35th
Laos rank
33rd
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Greece
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 153,504 metric tons against 128,022 metric tons in Greece, a difference of 25,482 metric tons.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 35th and Laos ranks 33rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 5 and Laos in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585 metric tons | 41.6 metric tons | 543.4 metric tons | Greece |
| 1970s | 1,426 metric tons | 560 metric tons | 865.9 metric tons | Greece |
| 1980s | 2,718 metric tons | 3,990 metric tons | 1,272 metric tons | Laos |
| 1990s | 37,374 metric tons | 15,506 metric tons | 21,868 metric tons | Greece |
| 2000s | 104,940 metric tons | 60,413 metric tons | 44,527 metric tons | Greece |
| 2010s | 117,927 metric tons | 102,792 metric tons | 15,135 metric tons | Greece |
| 2020s | 137,526 metric tons | 141,352 metric tons | 3,826 metric tons | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Greece or Laos?
- Laos, at 153,504 metric tons against 128,022 metric tons in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Greece and Laos?
- 25,482 metric tons, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Laos?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Laos rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Greece ranks 35th and Laos ranks 33rd 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.