Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita by country
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
200
Highest
2 metric tons per person
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 metric tons per person
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
0.0006 metric tons per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,819
What the numbers show
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 2 metric tons per person in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 metric tons per person in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0006 metric tons per person, and the mean is 0.0165 metric tons per person.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 75,356.2%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 2 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Norway | 0.2992 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 0.1418 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 450.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Chile | 0.0719 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Ecuador | 0.0682 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 6 | China | 0.0582 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 0.0559 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0.0556 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Korea | 0.0441 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 0.0372 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Malta | 0.0316 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0259 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Myanmar | 0.0222 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0198 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Philippines | 0.0192 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0.0187 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Cambodia | 0.0182 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 132.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 0.0172 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 0.0144 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Thailand | 0.0139 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Egypt | 0.0137 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Greece | 0.0123 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Armenia | 0.0085 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 24 | India | 0.0083 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0077 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Croatia | 0.0076 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Honduras | 0.0071 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Ireland | 0.007 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Türkiye | 0.0067 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 121.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Cyprus | 0.0067 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Japan | 0.0065 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0053 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 0.005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 34 | Denmark | 0.0048 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0046 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 443.6% | volatile |
| 36 | French Polynesia | 0.0044 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 37 | New Caledonia | 0.0044 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 0.0043 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 0.0043 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 342.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Zambia | 0.0042 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 0.0042 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Panama | 0.004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 0.004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Canada | 0.0039 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Ghana | 0.0035 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 157.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 0.0035 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Peru | 0.0034 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0033 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Paraguay | 0.0032 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Albania | 0.0031 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Finland | 0.003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0029 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 183.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0028 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 54 | France | 0.0028 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0027 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 2,644.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 0.0026 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0.0026 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.0025 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.0024 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.0023 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Guyana | 0.0022 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 346.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 0.0021 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Uganda | 0.0021 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 66 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 886.7% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 0.0019 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 593.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Netherlands | 0.0019 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 0.0018 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Czechia | 0.0017 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 71 | Italy | 0.0017 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0016 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 0.0015 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 74 | Tunisia | 0.0015 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritius | 0.0015 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | 0.0015 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 77 | Guatemala | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 78 | United States of America | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0014 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 539.9% | volatile |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 0.0013 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 0.0012 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Cayman Islands | 0.0012 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 627.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Poland | 0.0012 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 0.0011 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Tonga | 0.0011 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Oman | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 1,375.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Belarus | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 4,117.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Sweden | 0.001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Madagascar | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Lesotho | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Timor-Leste | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 0.0009 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 325.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Seychelles | 0.0008 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 75,356.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Estonia | 0.0007 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0.0007 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Belize | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Georgia | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Fiji | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Palau | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Singapore | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Kenya | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Rwanda | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 344.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Angola | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 5,021.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Guinea | 0.0006 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 1,719.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Austria | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 108 | Romania | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Greenland | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Slovenia | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Ukraine | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Cameroon | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 578.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.0005 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 115 | Latvia | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 116 | Germany | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 117 | Guam | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Togo | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 10,384.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Mali | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 242.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 0.0004 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Iraq | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 124 | American Samoa | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Switzerland | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Congo | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 413.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Argentina | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 186.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Qatar | 0.0003 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 893.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 565.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Jordan | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 137 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Grenada | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Malawi | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Mozambique | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 352.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Lebanon | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Benin | 0.0002 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Algeria | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Morocco | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 290.6% | volatile |
| 146 | South Africa | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Namibia | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Senegal | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 663.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Isle of Man | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Kuwait | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Sudan | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 235.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Suriname | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Samoa | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 161 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 324.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0001 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Burundi | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Naoero | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Gabon | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 813.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Tuvalu | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Haiti | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Belgium | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 174 | British Virgin Islands | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Gambia | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Eswatini | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Barbados | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Maldives | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Uruguay | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Dominica | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Aruba | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Eritrea | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Curaçao | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Palestine, State of | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Chad | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 309.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Puerto Rico | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 196 | South Sudan | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 197 | Bahamas | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Libya | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Yemen | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 metric tons per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.