Japan vs Thailand: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Japan
802,045 metric tons
in 2024
Thailand
998,645 metric tons
in 2024
Japan rank
15th
Thailand rank
13th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Japan
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 998,645 metric tons against 802,045 metric tons in Japan, a difference of 196,600 metric tons.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 13th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 433,291 metric tons | 47,962 metric tons | 385,330 metric tons | Japan |
| 1970s | 845,996 metric tons | 91,938 metric tons | 754,058 metric tons | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.20 million metric tons | 142,356 metric tons | 1.06 million metric tons | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.36 million metric tons | 492,696 metric tons | 866,405 metric tons | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.27 million metric tons | 1.16 million metric tons | 113,651 metric tons | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.04 million metric tons | 1.03 million metric tons | 3,946 metric tons | Japan |
| 2020s | 917,225 metric tons | 1.00 million metric tons | 83,431 metric tons | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Japan or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 998,645 metric tons against 802,045 metric tons in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Japan and Thailand?
- 196,600 metric tons, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Thailand?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Thailand rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Japan ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 13th 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.