Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau
Palau: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square was 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau is 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and down 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau peaked at 0.091 metric tons per square kilometre in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1998.
Palau ranks 127th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0065 metric tons per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0065 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 metric tons per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0022 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0087 metric tons per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0087 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0109 metric tons per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0109 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0109 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0391 metric tons per square kilometre | +260.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0435 metric tons per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 0.091 metric tons per square kilometre | +109.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0546 metric tons per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0513 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0781 metric tons per square kilometre | +52.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0432 metric tons per square kilometre | -44.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0638 metric tons per square kilometre | +47.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0569 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0517 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.045 metric tons per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0493 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 0.037 metric tons per square kilometre | -25.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0326 metric tons per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0243 metric tons per square kilometre | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0217 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0566 metric tons per square kilometre, 42% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Palau's 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1481 metric tons per square kilometre, 16% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +260.0% | 0.0109 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0391 metric tons per square kilometre |
| 2009 | +109.4% | 0.0435 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.091 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0022 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0065 metric tons per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0232 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.091 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0531 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.037 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0781 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0257 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0217 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0326 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 124 Kuwait 0.0258 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 125 Nauru 0.025 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 126 Burundi 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 127 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 129 Russia 0.0223 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 130 Benin 0.022 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Palau
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Consumer price index 160.77 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau?
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Palau was 0.0239 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.091 metric tons per square kilometre in 2009.
- What is the lowest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 metric tons per square kilometre in 1998.
- How does Palau rank for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square?
- Palau ranks 127th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.