Nepal vs Zambia: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Nepal
102,403 metric tons
in 2024
Zambia
88,950 metric tons
in 2024
Nepal rank
41st
Zambia rank
44th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Nepal
- Zambia
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 102,403 metric tons against 88,950 metric tons in Zambia, a difference of 13,453 metric tons.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Nepal ranks 41st and Zambia ranks 44th of 215 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.6 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 5.6 metric tons | Nepal |
| 1970s | 526.3 metric tons | 2.6 metric tons | 523.7 metric tons | Nepal |
| 1980s | 3,428 metric tons | 516.2 metric tons | 2,912 metric tons | Nepal |
| 1990s | 10,785 metric tons | 3,872 metric tons | 6,913 metric tons | Nepal |
| 2000s | 21,492 metric tons | 5,337 metric tons | 16,155 metric tons | Nepal |
| 2010s | 46,342 metric tons | 20,733 metric tons | 25,609 metric tons | Nepal |
| 2020s | 88,728 metric tons | 71,035 metric tons | 17,694 metric tons | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Nepal or Zambia?
- Nepal, at 102,403 metric tons against 88,950 metric tons in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Nepal and Zambia?
- 13,453 metric tons, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Zambia rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Nepal ranks 41st and Zambia ranks 44th 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.