Catches - inland waters by country

Countries reporting
47
Highest
40,259 Tonnes live weight
Türkiye
Lowest
0 Tonnes live weight
Portugal
Median
1,653 Tonnes live weight
Years covered
62
1950–2011
Data points
2,692

What the numbers show

Catches - inland waters is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 40,259 Tonnes live weight in Türkiye; the lowest is 0 Tonnes live weight in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,653 Tonnes live weight, and the mean is 4,188 Tonnes live weight.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 2,582.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 86.8%).

Catches - inland waters: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 40,259 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 6.0% volatile
2 Finland 29,312 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 15.7% volatile
3 Poland 18,508 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 5.5% volatile
3 Poland 18,508 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 5.5% volatile
5 Germany 15,010 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 34.4% rising
6 Hungary 6,216 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 12.5% volatile
7 Spain 6,000 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 25.0% falling
8 Czechoslovakia 5,873 Tonnes live weight 2009 up 5.1% volatile
9 Serbia 4,807 Tonnes live weight 2010 rising
10 Czechia 3,990 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 14.3% rising
11 Italy 3,852 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 15.6% falling
12 Albania 3,041 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 218.4% volatile
13 Estonia 2,868 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 10.1% falling
13 Estonia 2,868 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 10.1% falling
15 Romania 2,717 Tonnes live weight 2011 down 47.5% falling
16 France 2,500 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 12.6% volatile
17 United Kingdom 2,473 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 9.8% volatile
17 United Kingdom 2,473 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 9.8% volatile
19 Netherlands 2,051 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 8.8% volatile
19 Netherlands 2,051 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 8.8% volatile
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,000 Tonnes live weight 2010 unchanged rising
22 Serbia and Montenegro 1,988 Tonnes live weight 2005 up 86.0% falling
22 Serbia and Montenegro 1,988 Tonnes live weight 2005 up 86.0% falling
24 Switzerland 1,653 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 0.4% falling
25 Slovakia 1,608 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 17.5% rising
25 Slovakia 1,608 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 17.5% rising
27 Sweden 1,368 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 6.2% rising
28 Lithuania 1,310 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 31.5% volatile
28 Lithuania 1,310 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 31.5% volatile
30 Bulgaria 1,085 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 26.0% volatile
31 Greece 940 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 72.6% falling
32 Norway 705 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 22.0% volatile
33 Montenegro 534 Tonnes live weight 2010 falling
34 Belgium 511 Tonnes live weight 2010 unchanged volatile
35 Croatia 456 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 2,582.3% volatile
35 Croatia 456 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 2,582.3% volatile
37 Austria 350 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 20.3% volatile
38 Latvia 330 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 46.1% volatile
38 Latvia 330 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 46.1% volatile
40 Iceland 260 Tonnes live weight 2010 up 47.7% falling
41 North Macedonia 177 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 14.9% falling
42 Slovenia 168 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 25.7% falling
42 Slovenia 168 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 25.7% falling
44 Ireland 116 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 86.8% volatile
45 Denmark 41 Tonnes live weight 2010 down 77.6% volatile
46 Cyprus 20 Tonnes live weight 2009 down 71.4% volatile
47 Portugal 0 Tonnes live weight 2010 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Catches - inland waters
Unit
Tonnes live weight
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
64 places, 2,692 data points, 1950–2011
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