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
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro, 2006–2024
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.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | metric tons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 354 metric tons | — |
| 2007 | 361 metric tons | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 614 metric tons | +70.1% |
| 2009 | 565 metric tons | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 740 metric tons | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 840 metric tons | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 811 metric tons | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 811 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 859 metric tons | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 813 metric tons | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 929 metric tons | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 1,022 metric tons | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 1,097 metric tons | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 1,074 metric tons | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 885 metric tons | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 858 metric tons | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,087 metric tons | +26.7% |
| 2023 | 1,364 metric tons | +25.5% |
| 2024 | 1,555 metric tons | +14.0% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 1,555 metric tons is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,803 metric tons, 27% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 1,555 metric tons is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,060 metric tons, 15% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More reference data data for Montenegro
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0413 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0412 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.095 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.095 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1384 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1738 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4689 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0049 (2050)
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
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.