Kiribati vs Maldives: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Kiribati
8 metric tons
in 2024
Maldives
9 metric tons
in 2024
Kiribati rank
183rd
Maldives rank
182nd
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Kiribati
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 9 metric tons against 8 metric tons in Kiribati, a difference of 1 metric tons.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.
Kiribati ranks 183rd and Maldives ranks 182nd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 4 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1980s | 357.8 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 357.8 metric tons | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 5,921 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 5,921 metric tons | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 5,043 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 5,043 metric tons | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 3,021 metric tons | 2.3 metric tons | 3,018 metric tons | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 6 metric tons | 9.8 metric tons | 3.8 metric tons | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Kiribati or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 9 metric tons against 8 metric tons in Kiribati as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Kiribati and Maldives?
- 1 metric tons, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Maldives?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Maldives rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Kiribati ranks 183rd and Maldives ranks 182nd 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.