Fishing industry by country

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This page lists the world fisheries' production. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest in 2022. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.^[1][2][3]

World capture fisheries and aquaculture production, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021^[4]

↑ By species group

↑ By production mode

↑ By main producers (2019)

Country	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
China	13,179,077	75,388,639	88,567,716
Indonesia	7,398,555	14,633,869	22,032,425
India	5,539,025	10,235,300	15,774,325
Vietnam	3,590,003	5,170,375	8,760,378
Peru	5,368,101	140,931	5,509,031
Russia	4,991,530	348,187	5,339,717
Bangladesh	2,027,661	2,731,070	4,758,731
United States	4,262,836	478,824	4,741,660
Norway	2,613,634	1,648,469	4,262,103
Chile	2,690,091	1,524,149	4,214,240
Philippines	1,771,247	2,349,252	4,120,499
Japan	2,967,756	942,560	3,910,316
South Korea	1,314,889	2,427,677	3,742,566
Myanmar	1,864,730	1,197,078	3,061,808
Thailand	1,385,491	1,001,181	2,386,672
Egypt	440,197	1,552,430	1,992,627
Mexico	1,683,376	289,619	1,972,994
Malaysia	1,318,359	574,182	1,892,541
Ecuador	688,326	1,123,048	1,811,374
Morocco	1,590,644	2,310	1,592,954
Brazil	758,512	738,881	1,497,393
Iceland	1,434,724	51,362	1,486,086
Iran	779,466	478,737	1,258,203
Spain	809,094	276,071	1,085,165
Nigeria	784,124	259,106	1,043,230
North Korea	208,070	680,560	888,630
Canada	704,177	166,463	870,640
United Kingdom	634,419	230,280	864,698
Cambodia	533,450	330,600	864,050
Argentina	847,753	6,022	853,775
Turkey	335,003	514,823	849,826
Mauritania	780,383		780,383
Oman	748,355	3,468	751,823
France	534,876	200,490	735,366
Faroe Islands	605,910	108,745	714,655
Pakistan	500,045	165,475	665,520
Ghana	519,627	132,682	652,309
Uganda	444,935	101,377	546,312
Senegal	533,771	1,585	535,356
Denmark	458,193	37,921	496,114
South Africa	473,451	11,355	484,806
Angola	469,336	2,336	471,672
Mozambique	456,375	5,539	461,914
New Zealand	346,318	106,152	452,470
Namibia	415,669	340	416,009
Sri Lanka	332,623	59,080	391,703
Netherlands	298,622	39,430	338,052
Guinea	334,870	1,180	336,050
Colombia	107,570	204,942	312,512
Cameroon	299,035	10,118	309,153
Greenland	307,055		307,055
Australia	165,059	125,231	290,290
Venezuela	223,100	53,601	276,701
Italy	143,646	132,661	276,306
Ireland	203,539	44,014	247,553
Papua New Guinea	237,730	2,462	240,192
Democratic Republic of the Congo	228,665	5,195	233,860
Poland	178,523	46,110	224,633
Sierra Leone	215,140	145	215,285
Greece	65,495	142,008	207,502
Germany	179,721	26,545	206,266
Laos	71,000	135,008	206,008
Belize	204,764	1,130	205,894
Kiribati	203,294	2	203,296
Georgia	197,788	2,743	200,532
Panama	186,645	11,847	198,492
Malawi	186,865	7,148	194,013
Uzbekistan	55,000	130,274	185,274
Zambia	109,428	75,648	185,076
Saudi Arabia	64,263	119,845	184,108
Portugal	159,891	20,968	180,859
Yemen	178,190	10	178,200
Kenya	145,801	28,898	174,699
Federated States of Micronesia	166,334	0	166,334
Sweden	152,028	11,327	163,355
Tanzania	38,650	120,621	159,271
Maldives	155,205		155,205
Madagascar	127,190	25,128	152,318
Tunisia	128,705	20,926	149,631
Finland	122,684	16,281	138,965
Seychelles	137,838	0	137,838
Mali	110,366	8,830	119,196
Lithuania	106,922	4,859	111,781
Nepal	21,000	87,385	108,385
Chad	107,000	120	107,120
Nauru	106,750	1	106,751
Ivory Coast	99,943	6,200	106,143
Ethiopia	101,400	1,070	102,470
Honduras	20,193	73,193	93,386
Marshall Islands	91,636	6	91,643
Croatia	63,683	27,156	90,839
Vanuatu	88,117	4	88,121
Algeria	80,790	5,208	85,998
Nicaragua	53,732	31,569	85,301
Benin	76,105	4,550	80,655
Hong Kong	77,200	3,361	80,561
Estonia	73,939	801	74,740
El Salvador	60,115	12,919	73,034
United Arab Emirates	65,510	3,525	69,035
Uruguay	68,782	91	68,873
Iraq	44,550	23,000	67,550
Republic of the Congo	64,134	977	65,111
Guinea-Bissau	63,835	15	63,850
Latvia	61,508	870	62,378
Solomon Islands	47,838	11,879	59,717
Guatemala	11,082	42,313	58,570
Gambia	53,947	42	53,989
Sudan	44,250	9,000	53,250
Kazakhstan	42,692	9,438	52,130
Costa Rica	33,669	16,772	50,441
Niger	47,670	500	48,170
South Sudan	47,000	47	47,047
Rwanda	32,735	12,202	44,937
Tuvalu	42,781	1	42,782
Paraguay	17,905	20,000	37,905
Ukraine	22,721	14,630	37,351
Guyana	36,253	953	37,207
Mauritius	33,284	1,545	34,829
Zimbabwe	26,161	8,353	34,514
Suriname	33,695	45	33,740
Fiji	32,626	211	32,837
Libya	32,585	10	32,595
Gabon	31,010	87	31,097
Burkina Faso	30,044	894	30,938
Liberia	29,338	1,375	30,713
Somalia	30,000		30,000
Cuba	14,535	15,389	29,924
Central African Republic	29,000	215	29,215
Armenia	1,000	24,000	25,000
Hungary	4,597	18,948	23,545
Togo	21,505	1,151	22,656
Czech Republic	3,381	19,259	22,640
Dominican Republic	18,010	3,750	21,760
Brunei	16,060	5,020	21,080
Malta	2,809	18,051	20,860
Kyrgyzstan	31	20,698	20,729
Burundi	19,935	540	20,475
Bahrain	19,837	56	19,893
Belgium	18,710	243	18,953
Comoros	18,933		18,933
Qatar	18,439	98	18,537
Haiti	16,257	1,685	18,395
Albania	8,740	8,812	17,552
Romania	6,256	11,211	17,467
Israel	2,055	13,840	15,895
Turkmenistan	15,097	175	15,272
Bulgaria	5,594	9,511	15,105
Jamaica	12,529	945	13,474
French Polynesia	11,583	1,752	13,335
Afghanistan	2,000	11,150	13,150
Trinidad and Tobago	13,069	7	13,076
Moldova	0	12,905	12,905
Bolivia	7,600	3,853	11,453
Samoa	9,589	14	9,603
Bahamas	9,345	1	9,346
Cyprus	1,301	7,594	8,895
Curaçao	8,827	0	8,827
Serbia	2,379	5,776	8,155
Timor-Leste	6,707	1,125	7,832
Cape Verde	7,759	35	7,794
Belarus	356	7,164	7,520
Equatorial Guinea	6,610	15	6,625
Syria	4,430	1,755	6,185
São Tomé and Príncipe	5,703		5,703
New Caledonia	4,208	1,456	5,664
Austria	350	4,719	5,069
Singapore	207	4,745	4,953
Palestine	4,195	727	4,922
Tajikistan	2,425	2,248	4,673
Slovakia	1,895	2,614	4,509
Bosnia and Herzegovina	305	3,960	4,265
Switzerland	1,486	2,500	3,986
Lebanon	2,620	938	3,558
Channel Islands	2,290	1,190	3,480
Jordan	675	2,582	3,257
Antigua and Barbuda	3,230	20	3,250
Djibouti	3,121		3,121
Isle of Man	3,041		3,041
Kuwait	1,886	464	2,350
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,277	0	2,277
North Macedonia	447	1,814	2,261
Azerbaijan	1,790	466	2,256
Montenegro	855	1,087	1,942
Slovenia	272	1,644	1,916
Lesotho	79	1,836	1,915
Grenada	1,856	26	1,882
Saint Lucia	1,443	209	1,652
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,586	13	1,599
Eritrea	1,591	4	1,595
Puerto Rico	1,581	11	1,592
Macao	1,500		1,500
Tonga	1,326	100	1,426
American Samoa	1,311	18	1,329
British Virgin Islands	1,134	1	1,135
Barbados	852	6	857
Palau	813	10	823
Saint Kitts and Nevis	670	4	674
Guam	352	108	460
US Virgin Islands	420	8	428
Bermuda	392		392
Dominica	290	3	293
Sint Maarten	253		253
Northern Mariana Islands	189	41	230
Cayman Islands	125	88	213
Botswana	38	171	209
Bhutan	9	191	200
Aruba	172	2	174
Eswatini	65	100	165
Saint-Martin	90		90
Monaco	1		1
Gibraltar	1		1
Andorra	0		0
Liechtenstein	0		0
Luxembourg	0		0
Mongolia	0		0
San Marino	0		0
World total (2022)	87,988,166	126,935,293	213,618,123

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.

Count	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
China	308,380	10,855,295	11,163,675
Philippines	298	1,338,597	1,338,895
Indonesia	7,730	910,636	918,366
South Korea	15,212	621,154	636,366
Japan	104,893	507,742	612,635
North Korea		444,295	444,295
Chile	409,851	15,492	425,343
Other	459,439	96,761	556,200
Total	1,305,803	14,789,972	16,095,775

• List of countries by seafood consumption
• List of harvested aquatic animals by weight
• Ocean fisheries
• Outline of fishing
• Population dynamics of fisheries
• Wild fisheries
• World fish production

• FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics
• FAO: FIGIS: Time-series query on Capture: Quantity Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
• MOA: 2022年全国渔业经济统计公报. [1]

• Fish capture by country since 1950