Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita by country

Total fisheries production (metric tons) 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
213
Highest
14.41 metric tons per person
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 metric tons per person
Mongolia
Median
0.0098 metric tons per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
16,000

What the numbers show

Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 14.41 metric tons per person in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 metric tons per person in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0098 metric tons per person, and the mean is 0.226 metric tons per person.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 28,956.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 99.0%).

Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 14.41 metric tons per person 2024 up 10.9% rising
2 Nauru 7.31 metric tons per person 2024 up 28,956.0% volatile
3 Greenland 5.83 metric tons per person 2024 down 23.4% rising
4 Tuvalu 4.71 metric tons per person 2024 up 601.0% volatile
5 Iceland 2.75 metric tons per person 2024 down 18.4% falling
6 Marshall Islands 2.58 metric tons per person 2024 up 63.1% volatile
7 Kiribati 2.07 metric tons per person 2024 up 92.7% volatile
8 Micronesia (country) 1.84 metric tons per person 2024 up 280.8% volatile
9 Seychelles 1.12 metric tons per person 2024 up 35.4% volatile
10 Norway 0.7172 metric tons per person 2024 down 2.9% rising
11 Belize 0.5016 metric tons per person 2024 up 109.8% volatile
12 Maldives 0.2035 metric tons per person 2024 down 34.6% rising
13 Chile 0.1998 metric tons per person 2024 down 6.6% volatile
14 Peru 0.1719 metric tons per person 2024 up 39.4% volatile
15 Oman 0.1387 metric tons per person 2024 up 162.7% volatile
16 Vanuatu 0.1355 metric tons per person 2024 down 50.2% volatile
17 Namibia 0.1259 metric tons per person 2024 down 38.5% volatile
18 Mauritania 0.1239 metric tons per person 2024 up 26.0% volatile
19 Solomon Islands 0.122 metric tons per person 2024 down 9.2% rising
20 Ecuador 0.1114 metric tons per person 2024 up 74.3% volatile
21 Vietnam 0.0899 metric tons per person 2024 up 34.7% volatile
22 Indonesia 0.0831 metric tons per person 2024 up 3.1% volatile
23 Denmark 0.083 metric tons per person 2024 down 40.0% falling
24 New Zealand 0.08 metric tons per person 2024 down 34.6% volatile
25 South Korea 0.0687 metric tons per person 2024 up 4.9% rising
26 China 0.0676 metric tons per person 2024 up 25.8% volatile
27 Panama 0.0653 metric tons per person 2024 up 33.5% rising
28 Myanmar 0.0541 metric tons per person 2024 down 6.6% volatile
29 Malaysia 0.0539 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.9% rising
30 Georgia 0.0533 metric tons per person 2024 up 865.5% volatile
31 Cambodia 0.0526 metric tons per person 2024 up 7.5% volatile
32 Ireland 0.0525 metric tons per person 2024 down 27.6% volatile
33 French Polynesia 0.0522 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.0% rising
34 Suriname 0.0507 metric tons per person 2024 down 12.9% volatile
35 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0496 metric tons per person 2024 down 26.5% volatile
36 Estonia 0.0483 metric tons per person 2024 down 8.9% falling
37 Guyana 0.0466 metric tons per person 2024 down 51.9% volatile
38 Palau 0.046 metric tons per person 2024 down 8.8% volatile
39 Isle of Man 0.0418 metric tons per person 2024 down 7.1% volatile
40 Fiji 0.0383 metric tons per person 2024 down 20.9% volatile
41 Brunei 0.0382 metric tons per person 2024 up 309.0% volatile
42 Morocco 0.0376 metric tons per person 2024 down 6.6% rising
43 Russia 0.0373 metric tons per person 2024 up 21.4% rising
44 Samoa 0.0372 metric tons per person 2024 down 1.3% volatile
45 Thailand 0.037 metric tons per person 2024 down 0.4% rising
46 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0352 metric tons per person 2024 down 0.2% rising
47 Malta 0.0347 metric tons per person 2024 up 36.7% volatile
48 North Korea 0.0337 metric tons per person 2024 up 8.2% falling
49 Philippines 0.0332 metric tons per person 2024 down 25.0% rising
50 American Samoa 0.0327 metric tons per person 2024 down 26.3% volatile
51 Papua New Guinea 0.0327 metric tons per person 2024 down 3.0% volatile
52 Mauritius 0.032 metric tons per person 2024 up 160.1% volatile
53 Latvia 0.0306 metric tons per person 2024 down 49.2% falling
54 Laos 0.0299 metric tons per person 2024 up 33.1% volatile
55 Japan 0.0294 metric tons per person 2024 down 21.3% falling
56 Bangladesh 0.0289 metric tons per person 2024 up 28.7% volatile
57 British Virgin Islands 0.0286 metric tons per person 2024 down 21.8% flat
58 Lithuania 0.0283 metric tons per person 2024 down 46.0% rising
59 Senegal 0.0271 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.4% rising
60 Guinea 0.0266 metric tons per person 2024 up 46.9% volatile
61 Guinea-Bissau 0.0246 metric tons per person 2024 up 171.8% volatile
62 Portugal 0.0244 metric tons per person 2024 up 30.3% falling
63 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0243 metric tons per person 2024 down 52.1% volatile
64 Sierra Leone 0.0242 metric tons per person 2024 down 19.5% rising
65 Finland 0.0228 metric tons per person 2024 down 36.8% rising
66 Bahamas 0.0221 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.8% rising
67 Channel Islands 0.0208 metric tons per person 2022 down 12.8% rising
68 Spain 0.0207 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.5% falling
69 Comoros 0.0205 metric tons per person 2024 up 57.1% volatile
70 Canada 0.0204 metric tons per person 2024 down 33.3% falling
71 Argentina 0.0201 metric tons per person 2024 up 0.8% rising
72 Gambia 0.02 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.1% rising
73 Sri Lanka 0.0188 metric tons per person 2024 down 26.0% rising
74 Croatia 0.0187 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.6% volatile
75 Grenada 0.0186 metric tons per person 2024 up 8.8% rising
76 Netherlands 0.0184 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.8% falling
77 New Caledonia 0.0182 metric tons per person 2024 down 13.4% rising
78 Ghana 0.0179 metric tons per person 2024 up 39.0% flat
79 Greece 0.0177 metric tons per person 2024 up 16.1% rising
80 Egypt 0.0174 metric tons per person 2024 up 14.4% volatile
81 Mexico 0.0168 metric tons per person 2024 up 16.4% rising
82 Angola 0.0167 metric tons per person 2024 up 2.4% volatile
83 Iran 0.0164 metric tons per person 2024 up 42.0% volatile
84 Curacao 0.0157 metric tons per person 2024 down 91.4% falling
85 Dominica 0.0149 metric tons per person 2024 up 1.6% rising
86 Mozambique 0.0145 metric tons per person 2024 up 41.3% volatile
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0145 metric tons per person 2024 down 99.0% volatile
88 Uruguay 0.0143 metric tons per person 2024 down 26.6% volatile
89 United Kingdom 0.0142 metric tons per person 2024 down 7.6% falling
90 Sweden 0.0142 metric tons per person 2024 down 29.4% falling
91 United States 0.0138 metric tons per person 2024 down 24.8% rising
92 Colombia 0.0133 metric tons per person 2024 down 33.0% volatile
93 Uganda 0.0128 metric tons per person 2024 down 18.5% rising
94 India 0.0127 metric tons per person 2024 up 68.8% rising
95 Australia 0.0127 metric tons per person 2024 up 16.6% rising
96 Hong Kong 0.0126 metric tons per person 2024 down 44.7% falling
97 Gabon 0.0119 metric tons per person 2024 down 36.1% rising
98 Tonga 0.0118 metric tons per person 2024 down 37.2% volatile
99 Saint Lucia 0.0111 metric tons per person 2024 down 4.6% rising
100 Nicaragua 0.011 metric tons per person 2024 down 21.3% volatile
101 Turkey 0.0109 metric tons per person 2024 up 56.7% rising
102 El Salvador 0.0109 metric tons per person 2024 up 3.3% volatile
103 Cape Verde 0.0106 metric tons per person 2024 down 84.7% volatile
104 Venezuela 0.01 metric tons per person 2024 up 18.2% flat
105 Zambia 0.0099 metric tons per person 2024 up 4.8% falling
106 France 0.0098 metric tons per person 2024 down 10.7% falling
107 Tanzania 0.0098 metric tons per person 2024 up 39.2% falling
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0097 metric tons per person 2024 down 98.7% volatile
109 Bahrain 0.0095 metric tons per person 2024 down 31.8% rising
110 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0095 metric tons per person 2024 down 4.3% rising
111 Honduras 0.0091 metric tons per person 2024 up 15.3% volatile
112 Malawi 0.009 metric tons per person 2024 up 21.0% falling
113 Armenia 0.0089 metric tons per person 2024 up 43.3% volatile
114 Congo 0.0088 metric tons per person 2024 down 41.2% rising
115 Costa Rica 0.0086 metric tons per person 2024 down 0.8% rising
116 Cameroon 0.0086 metric tons per person 2024 down 9.1% falling
117 Tunisia 0.0085 metric tons per person 2024 down 23.7% rising
118 South Africa 0.0083 metric tons per person 2024 down 37.4% volatile
119 Brazil 0.0076 metric tons per person 2024 up 12.7% rising
120 Cyprus 0.0075 metric tons per person 2024 up 48.1% volatile
121 Qatar 0.0074 metric tons per person 2024 down 2.3% falling
122 Saudi Arabia 0.007 metric tons per person 2024 up 114.2% falling
123 Albania 0.0069 metric tons per person 2024 up 51.1% volatile
124 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0069 metric tons per person 2024 up 43.3% rising
125 Zimbabwe 0.0068 metric tons per person 2024 down 46.5% volatile
126 Azerbaijan 0.0066 metric tons per person 2024 up 1,611.5% volatile
127 East Timor 0.0065 metric tons per person 2024 up 59.6% volatile
128 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0058 metric tons per person 2024 down 15.4% falling
129 Paraguay 0.0057 metric tons per person 2024 up 19.3% volatile
130 Madagascar 0.0056 metric tons per person 2024 up 25.1% falling
131 United Arab Emirates 0.0055 metric tons per person 2024 down 39.7% volatile
132 Central African Republic 0.0055 metric tons per person 2024 down 12.6% rising
133 Uzbekistan 0.0055 metric tons per person 2024 up 257.3% volatile
134 Chad 0.0054 metric tons per person 2024 down 36.5% falling
135 Moldova 0.0053 metric tons per person 2024 up 36.4% volatile
136 Bermuda 0.0052 metric tons per person 2024 down 20.3% volatile
137 Somalia 0.0051 metric tons per person 2024 up 128.9% rising
138 Poland 0.005 metric tons per person 2024 down 15.1% falling
139 Liberia 0.005 metric tons per person 2024 up 56.6% falling
140 United States Virgin Islands 0.0048 metric tons per person 2024 up 1.5% falling
141 Nigeria 0.0048 metric tons per person 2024 down 17.1% rising
142 Jamaica 0.0047 metric tons per person 2024 down 17.8% rising
143 Mali 0.0046 metric tons per person 2024 up 1.7% falling
144 South Sudan 0.0046 metric tons per person 2024 up 39.8% rising
145 Libya 0.0045 metric tons per person 2024 up 17.0% volatile
146 Benin 0.0044 metric tons per person 2024 down 0.6% falling
147 Nepal 0.0042 metric tons per person 2024 up 77.5% volatile
148 Italy 0.0039 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.6% falling
149 Montenegro 0.0039 metric tons per person 2024 down 0.2% flat
150 Equatorial Guinea 0.0038 metric tons per person 2024 down 11.5% volatile
151 Yemen 0.0038 metric tons per person 2024 down 47.0% rising
152 Kazakhstan 0.0032 metric tons per person 2024 up 49.8% flat
153 Kenya 0.0031 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.8% rising
154 Rwanda 0.003 metric tons per person 2024 up 28.7% volatile
155 Cote d'Ivoire 0.003 metric tons per person 2024 down 7.0% volatile
156 Djibouti 0.0029 metric tons per person 2024 up 26.5% volatile
157 Cayman Islands 0.0029 metric tons per person 2024 up 28.7% volatile
158 Bulgaria 0.0028 metric tons per person 2024 up 1.1% volatile
159 Pakistan 0.0028 metric tons per person 2024 down 3.5% rising
160 Togo 0.0028 metric tons per person 2024 down 2.4% falling
161 Kyrgyzstan 0.0027 metric tons per person 2024 up 1,873.8% volatile
162 Germany 0.0026 metric tons per person 2024 down 21.0% volatile
163 Barbados 0.0026 metric tons per person 2024 down 67.8% falling
164 Hungary 0.0025 metric tons per person 2024 up 9.1% falling
165 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0025 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.1% falling
166 Bolivia 0.0024 metric tons per person 2024 down 72.4% volatile
167 Macao 0.0022 metric tons per person 2024 down 9.5% volatile
168 Guatemala 0.0022 metric tons per person 2024 down 16.0% volatile
169 Turkmenistan 0.0022 metric tons per person 2024 down 12.9% falling
170 Dominican Republic 0.0021 metric tons per person 2024 up 36.0% rising
171 Algeria 0.0021 metric tons per person 2024 down 18.1% rising
172 Cuba 0.002 metric tons per person 2024 down 59.3% volatile
173 Czechia 0.002 metric tons per person 2024 down 10.8% flat
174 Ethiopia 0.0019 metric tons per person 2024 up 289.6% volatile
175 Niger 0.0019 metric tons per person 2024 down 23.1% volatile
176 Israel 0.0017 metric tons per person 2024 down 37.4% falling
177 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0017 metric tons per person 2024 up 59.4% volatile
178 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0016 metric tons per person 2024 down 54.5% volatile
179 Aruba 0.0016 metric tons per person 2024 up 14.8% volatile
180 Belgium 0.0015 metric tons per person 2024 down 39.2% falling
181 Haiti 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 down 13.6% rising
182 Serbia 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 down 10.0% falling
183 Ukraine 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 down 61.2% volatile
184 Burkina Faso 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 up 22.3% rising
185 Burundi 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 down 7.9% falling
186 North Macedonia 0.0014 metric tons per person 2024 up 73.9% rising
187 Iraq 0.0012 metric tons per person 2024 down 47.5% falling
188 Belarus 0.001 metric tons per person 2024 down 13.3% rising
189 Lesotho 0.0009 metric tons per person 2024 up 103.8% volatile
190 Sudan 0.0009 metric tons per person 2024 down 9.4% falling
191 Romania 0.0008 metric tons per person 2024 down 2.4% volatile
192 Slovakia 0.0007 metric tons per person 2024 up 24.7% rising
193 Eritrea 0.0007 metric tons per person 2024 down 41.1% volatile
194 Singapore 0.0007 metric tons per person 2024 down 61.4% volatile
195 Puerto Rico 0.0007 metric tons per person 2024 up 30.9% falling
196 Guam 0.0007 metric tons per person 2024 down 45.1% volatile
197 Gibraltar 0.0006 metric tons per person 2024 up 2,029.4% volatile
198 Lebanon 0.0006 metric tons per person 2024 down 2.3% falling
199 Slovenia 0.0006 metric tons per person 2024 down 28.9% falling
200 Kuwait 0.0006 metric tons per person 2024 down 47.3% volatile
201 Austria 0.0006 metric tons per person 2024 up 33.4% falling
202 Tajikistan 0.0005 metric tons per person 2024 up 169.7% volatile
203 Switzerland 0.0005 metric tons per person 2024 up 4.0% falling
204 Afghanistan 0.0003 metric tons per person 2024 up 71.3% volatile
205 Jordan 0.0003 metric tons per person 2024 up 66.3% volatile
206 Syria 0.0002 metric tons per person 2024 down 30.6% rising
207 Bhutan 0.0001 metric tons per person 2024 down 59.5% volatile
208 Botswana 0.0001 metric tons per person 2024 down 97.0% volatile
209 Eswatini 0.0001 metric tons per person 2024 down 13.4% falling
210 Palestine 0.0001 metric tons per person 2024 down 92.7% volatile
211 Monaco 0 metric tons per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
212 Luxembourg 0 metric tons per person 2024 down 17.8% volatile
213 Mongolia 0 metric tons per person 2024 down 46.8% volatile

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

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Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita
Unit
metric tons per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 16,000 data points, 1960–2024
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Total fisheries production (metric tons) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.