South Korea vs Philippines: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture

South Korea
2.28 million metric tons
in 2024
Philippines
2.22 million metric tons
in 2024
South Korea rank
6th
Philippines rank
7th

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time

  • South Korea
  • Philippines
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 2.28 million metric tons against 2.22 million metric tons in Philippines, a difference of 60,540 metric tons.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Philippines ahead.

South Korea ranks 6th and Philippines ranks 7th 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
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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.