Greece vs Peru: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Greece
128,022 metric tons
in 2024
Peru
117,620 metric tons
in 2024
Greece rank
35th
Peru rank
37th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Greece
- Peru
How they compare
Greece currently reports 128,022 metric tons against 117,620 metric tons in Peru, a difference of 10,402 metric tons.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 35th and Peru ranks 37th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585 metric tons | 2 metric tons | 583 metric tons | Greece |
| 1970s | 1,426 metric tons | 329.6 metric tons | 1,096 metric tons | Greece |
| 1980s | 2,718 metric tons | 3,393 metric tons | 675.1 metric tons | Peru |
| 1990s | 37,374 metric tons | 6,575 metric tons | 30,799 metric tons | Greece |
| 2000s | 104,940 metric tons | 24,276 metric tons | 80,665 metric tons | Greece |
| 2010s | 117,927 metric tons | 108,860 metric tons | 9,067 metric tons | Greece |
| 2020s | 137,526 metric tons | 131,658 metric tons | 5,868 metric tons | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Greece or Peru?
- Greece, at 128,022 metric tons against 117,620 metric tons in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Greece and Peru?
- 10,402 metric tons, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Peru?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Peru rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Greece ranks 35th and Peru ranks 37th 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.