Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre by country
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
200
Highest
71.8 metric tons per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 metric tons per square kilometre
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
0.0571 metric tons per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,245
What the numbers show
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 71.8 metric tons per square kilometre in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 metric tons per square kilometre in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0571 metric tons per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.46 metric tons per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 17,993.0%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 71.8 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Malta | 65.1 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 3 | South Korea | 23.77 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 21.95 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Vietnam | 17.23 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 6 | China | 8.34 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 8.12 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 8 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Singapore | 5.86 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 10 | North Korea | 5.69 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Ecuador | 4.98 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 272.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Norway | 4.53 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 3.81 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 2.42 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 2.02 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 1.96 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 1.96 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Myanmar | 1.84 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Cambodia | 1.78 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Egypt | 1.6 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1.54 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Netherlands | 1.24 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 1.18 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 492.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Greece | 1.1 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0.9843 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Honduras | 0.9185 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Armenia | 0.8795 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Denmark | 0.8284 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 0.769 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Turkey | 0.7228 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Israel | 0.6701 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 0.6482 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Nepal | 0.6469 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Laos | 0.6396 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 35 | El Salvador | 0.6186 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 291.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Cyprus | 0.6169 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Ghana | 0.5103 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 257.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ireland | 0.5098 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Iceland | 0.4919 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 599.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Spain | 0.4865 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 41 | Croatia | 0.48 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Moldova | 0.4326 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 0.4271 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 44 | New Zealand | 0.4145 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Guatemala | 0.3965 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Iran | 0.3944 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 0.375 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 0.3591 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 49 | France | 0.3499 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 0.3404 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 0.3295 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 502.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0.3225 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Brunei | 0.3208 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 0.3041 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 543.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Nigeria | 0.2842 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 0.2579 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 255.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Solomon Islands | 0.2511 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.245 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Czechia | 0.2412 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.2188 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 0.1949 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.1829 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1754 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11,113.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 0.1676 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 0.1591 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Guam | 0.1481 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.1445 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Tonga | 0.1431 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Tanzania | 0.1378 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,101.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 0.137 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Poland | 0.1328 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 0.1221 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Zambia | 0.1097 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 302.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Palestine | 0.1047 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Montenegro | 0.1014 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 76 | Germany | 0.1001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 0.1 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 0.0966 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Brazil | 0.0949 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.0915 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 81 | American Samoa | 0.09 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.0896 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 0.0822 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 0.0821 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0794 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.0786 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 87 | East Timor | 0.0783 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Grenada | 0.0765 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Bahrain | 0.0762 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 0.0743 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 0.0715 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 0.068 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 93 | Lesotho | 0.0663 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 302.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Switzerland | 0.0662 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0652 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,413.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Madagascar | 0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Austria | 0.0627 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 98 | Seychelles | 0.0626 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 0.0584 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Slovakia | 0.0576 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.3% | rising |
| 101 | Slovenia | 0.0566 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 102 | United States | 0.055 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0.0509 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Malawi | 0.0507 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Finland | 0.0499 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Romania | 0.049 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0455 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Maldives | 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 0.0422 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.0417 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Belarus | 0.0366 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.0354 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0333 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,500.0% | volatile |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0318 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Jordan | 0.0306 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 262.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Guinea | 0.0301 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,190.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Fiji | 0.0297 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Togo | 0.0288 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,717.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | 0.0281 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0277 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Bolivia | 0.0268 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,558.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Ukraine | 0.0264 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 123 | Cameroon | 0.0259 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 923.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Kuwait | 0.0258 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Nauru | 0.025 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Burundi | 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Palau | 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Russia | 0.0223 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Benin | 0.022 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 214.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Estonia | 0.0215 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.0206 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 612.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Senegal | 0.0197 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 437.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 0.0185 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 0.0179 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.7% | volatile |
| 136 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0171 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 0.0167 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Canada | 0.0166 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Australia | 0.0166 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Oman | 0.0165 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,342.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0154 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Liberia | 0.0141 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 947.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Isle of Man | 0.014 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.0128 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Latvia | 0.0126 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 146 | Belize | 0.0118 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Haiti | 0.0106 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Mozambique | 0.0099 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 979.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Kiribati | 0.0099 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Belgium | 0.0088 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 0.0087 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Aruba | 0.0083 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 0.0083 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Angola | 0.0083 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17,993.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Syria | 0.0082 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Mali | 0.0074 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 309.4% | volatile |
| 157 | South Africa | 0.0071 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Guyana | 0.007 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 526.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 0.0069 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,190.5% | volatile |
| 160 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0067 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Qatar | 0.006 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0056 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 0.0056 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Morocco | 0.0053 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Congo | 0.0049 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 256.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Samoa | 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 394.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 0.0031 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Sudan | 0.0028 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 170 | Dominica | 0.0027 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Algeria | 0.0025 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0024 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 0.0024 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Curacao | 0.0023 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Argentina | 0.002 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Eswatini | 0.0015 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 0.0012 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Bhutan | 0.0011 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0011 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0007 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0007 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0005 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Namibia | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Niger | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 842.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Uruguay | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Gabon | 0.0003 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Botswana | 0.0003 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Suriname | 0.0003 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Eritrea | 0.0002 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Bahamas | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 195 | Chad | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Greenland | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | South Sudan | 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 198 | Yemen | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Libya | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
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
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.