Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Spain
Spain: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture was 246,201 metric tons in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Spain, 1960–2024
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
Spain recorded 246,201 metric tons for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Spain peaked at 353,903 metric tons in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,300 metric tons, in 1960.
Spain ranks 25th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,000 metric tons | 6,300 metric tons | 95,800 metric tons | 10 |
| 1970s | 179,927 metric tons | 146,700 metric tons | 235,500 metric tons | 10 |
| 1980s | 242,337 metric tons | 205,638 metric tons | 271,403 metric tons | 10 |
| 1990s | 222,871 metric tons | 126,130 metric tons | 318,469 metric tons | 10 |
| 2000s | 276,329 metric tons | 222,029 metric tons | 309,229 metric tons | 10 |
| 2010s | 286,410 metric tons | 226,308 metric tons | 353,903 metric tons | 10 |
| 2020s | 262,582 metric tons | 243,110 metric tons | 276,907 metric tons | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Spain?
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture in Spain was 246,201 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 353,903 metric tons in 2018.
- What is the lowest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,300 metric tons in 1960.
- How does Spain rank for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture?
- Spain ranks 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.