Peru vs Uganda: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Peru
117,620 metric tons
in 2024
Uganda
103,420 metric tons
in 2024
Peru rank
37th
Uganda rank
40th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Peru
- Uganda
How they compare
Peru currently reports 117,620 metric tons against 103,420 metric tons in Uganda, a difference of 14,200 metric tons.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Peru ranks 37th and Uganda ranks 40th of 215 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 2 metric tons | Peru |
| 1970s | 329.6 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 329.6 metric tons | Peru |
| 1980s | 3,393 metric tons | 21.3 metric tons | 3,372 metric tons | Peru |
| 1990s | 6,575 metric tons | 201.7 metric tons | 6,373 metric tons | Peru |
| 2000s | 24,276 metric tons | 24,236 metric tons | 39.89 metric tons | Peru |
| 2010s | 108,860 metric tons | 104,037 metric tons | 4,823 metric tons | Peru |
| 2020s | 131,658 metric tons | 119,455 metric tons | 12,203 metric tons | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Peru or Uganda?
- Peru, at 117,620 metric tons against 103,420 metric tons in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Peru and Uganda?
- 14,200 metric tons, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Uganda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Uganda rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Peru ranks 37th and Uganda ranks 40th 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.