Puerto Rico vs Samoa: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture
Puerto Rico
10 metric tons
in 2024
Samoa
13 metric tons
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
178th
Samoa rank
175th
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture over time
- Puerto Rico
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 13 metric tons against 10 metric tons in Puerto Rico, a difference of 3 metric tons.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 178th and Samoa ranks 175th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 0 metric tons | — |
| 1980s | 29.3 metric tons | 0 metric tons | 29.3 metric tons | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 138.3 metric tons | 0.1 metric tons | 138.2 metric tons | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 265.03 metric tons | 1.1 metric tons | 263.93 metric tons | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 18.09 metric tons | 9.16 metric tons | 8.93 metric tons | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 10.8 metric tons | 11.25 metric tons | 0.4536 metric tons | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, Puerto Rico or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 13 metric tons against 10 metric tons in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture between Puerto Rico and Samoa?
- 3 metric tons, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Samoa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Samoa rank globally for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Puerto Rico ranks 178th and Samoa ranks 175th 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.