Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro

Montenegro: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture was 1,555 metric tons in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,555 metric tons
Change on year
up 14.0%
World rank
125th
of 215 countries
All-time high
1,555 metric tons
in 2024
All-time low
354 metric tons
in 2006
Years of data
19
2006–2024

Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro, 2006–2024

2505007501.0k1.2k1.5k2006201520242006: 354 metric tons2007: 361 metric tons2008: 614 metric tons2009: 565 metric tons2010: 740 metric tons2011: 840 metric tons2012: 811 metric tons2013: 811 metric tons2014: 859 metric tons2015: 813 metric tons2016: 929 metric tons2017: 1.0k metric tons2018: 1.1k metric tons2019: 1.1k metric tons2020: 885 metric tons2021: 858 metric tons2022: 1.1k metric tons2023: 1.4k metric tons2024: 1.6k metric tons

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in metric tons.

Analysis

Montenegro recorded 1,555 metric tons for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 81.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro peaked at 1,555 metric tons in 2024 and was at its lowest, 354 metric tons, in 2006.

That places Montenegro 125th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 473.5 metric tons 354 metric tons 614 metric tons 4
2010s 899.6 metric tons 740 metric tons 1,097 metric tons 10
2020s 1,150 metric tons 858 metric tons 1,555 metric tons 5

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 122 Mauritius 1,888 metric tons compare
  2. 123 Guyana 1,809 metric tons compare
  3. 124 Congo 1,760 metric tons compare
  4. 126 Liberia 1,350 metric tons compare
  5. 127 Brunei 1,310 metric tons compare
  6. 128 Burkina Faso 1,293 metric tons compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro?
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro was 1,555 metric tons in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 1,555 metric tons in 2024.
What is the lowest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 354 metric tons in 2006.
How does Montenegro rank for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
Montenegro ranks 125th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.