Iraq vs Malta: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture

Iraq
15,535 metric tons
in 2024
Malta
17,954 metric tons
in 2024
Iraq rank
74th
Malta rank
71st

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

  • Iraq
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 17,954 metric tons against 15,535 metric tons in Iraq, a difference of 2,419 metric tons.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.

Iraq ranks 74th and Malta ranks 71st 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
Last refreshed

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.