Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Mozambique
7,170 metric tons
in 2024
Zimbabwe
8,224 metric tons
in 2024
Mozambique rank
95th
Zimbabwe rank
92nd
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 8,224 metric tons against 7,170 metric tons in Mozambique, a difference of 1,054 metric tons.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Mozambique ranks 95th and Zimbabwe ranks 92nd of 215 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons | 26.2 metric tons | 26.2 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.2 metric tons | 126.5 metric tons | 120.3 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 20.8 metric tons | 254.6 metric tons | 233.8 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 1,587 metric tons | 3,051 metric tons | 1,464 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1,534 metric tons | 17,804 metric tons | 16,270 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 5,653 metric tons | 9,704 metric tons | 4,051 metric tons | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Mozambique or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 8,224 metric tons against 7,170 metric tons in Mozambique as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Mozambique and Zimbabwe?
- 1,054 metric tons, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zimbabwe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mozambique and Zimbabwe rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Mozambique ranks 95th and Zimbabwe ranks 92nd 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.