Which country has the highest All Fish and Seafood per Capita?

Iceland has the highest All Fish and Seafood per Capita in 2023, at 83.81 kg, followed by Maldives (79.74 kg) and Kiribati (72.28 kg).

Which country has the lowest All Fish and Seafood per Capita?

Afghanistan has the lowest All Fish and Seafood per Capita in 2023, at 0.38 kg.

What is the median All Fish and Seafood per Capita across countries?

The median is 16.46 kg across the 175 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this fish consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - FAOSTAT.

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Fish Consumption by Country

Name: Fish Consumption by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Iceland has the highest All Fish and Seafood per Capita in 2023 (83.81 kg), followed by Maldives (79.74 kg) and Kiribati (72.28 kg). Afghanistan has the lowest (0.38 kg).

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Food Balances - FAOSTAT

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All Fish and Seafood per Capita, 2023

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 175 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

16.46 kg

Middle half 7.04 kg – 26.75 kg

Average

19.37 kg

175 countries

Highest

83.81 kg

Iceland

Lowest

0.38 kg

Afghanistan

Over time · 2020–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
Iceland
Maldives
Kiribati
Hong Kong
Macau

Data

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175 countries · # = rank by All Fish and Seafood per Capita

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1	Iceland	83.81 kg	32 t
2	Maldives	79.74 kg	42 t
3	Kiribati	72.28 kg	10 t
4	Hong Kong	69.11 kg	514 t
5	Macau	61.12 kg	44 t
6	Tuvalu	55.92 kg	1 t
7	Antigua and Barbuda	54.52 kg	5 t
8	Portugal	53.49 kg	558 t
9	South Korea	52.82 kg	2,734 t
10	Malaysia	51.03 kg	1,793 t
11	French Polynesia	50.51 kg	14 t
12	Norway	49.1 kg	271 t
13	Micronesia	48.99 kg	6 t
14	Samoa	46.62 kg	10 t
15	Marshall Islands	44.57 kg	2 t
16	Barbados	43.16 kg	12 t
17	Seychelles	42.91 kg	5 t
18	China	41.65 kg	60,559 t
19	Indonesia	40.42 kg	11,365 t
20	Myanmar	40.35 kg	2,184 t
21	Vietnam	40.06 kg	4,020 t
22	Cambodia	39.42 kg	687 t
23	Spain	36.8 kg	1,763 t
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.42 kg	2 t
25	France	32.64 kg	2,169 t
26	Finland	31.49 kg	176 t
27	Malta	31.1 kg	17 t
28	Sweden	30.62 kg	323 t
29	Solomon Islands	30.49 kg	24 t
30	Taiwan	30.4 kg	709 t
31	Luxembourg	30.29 kg	20 t
32	Vanuatu	30.04 kg	10 t
33	Mauritius	29.4 kg	37 t
34	Italy	29.39 kg	1,749 t
35	Thailand	28.62 kg	2,052 t
36	Tonga	28.58 kg	3 t
37	Laos	28.52 kg	219 t
38	Lithuania	28.51 kg	81 t
39	Oman	28.15 kg	142 t
40	Fiji	27.95 kg	26 t
41	Jamaica	27.85 kg	79 t
42	Bahamas	27.68 kg	11 t
43	Gabon	27.03 kg	67 t
44	Bangladesh	26.98 kg	4,627 t
45	Sao Tome and Principe	26.52 kg	6 t
46	Philippines	26.34 kg	3,027 t
47	Nauru	26.06 kg	—
48	Peru	25.94 kg	878 t
49	Saint Lucia	24.95 kg	4 t
50	Guyana	24.76 kg	20 t
51	Israel	24.75 kg	229 t
52	New Zealand	24.61 kg	127 t
53	Latvia	24.49 kg	46 t
54	Sierra Leone	24.45 kg	207 t
55	Australia	24.24 kg	641 t
56	Belgium	23.93 kg	280 t
57	Ivory Coast	23.7 kg	739 t
58	Ghana	23.62 kg	798 t
59	Republic of the Congo	23.19 kg	143 t
60	United Arab Emirates	23.11 kg	246 t
61	Russia	22.8 kg	3,316 t
62	Sri Lanka	22.73 kg	522 t
63	Denmark	22.56 kg	134 t
64	New Caledonia	22.5 kg	7 t
65	Qatar	22.03 kg	66 t
66	United States	21.94 kg	7,537 t
67	Canada	20.82 kg	818 t
68	Grenada	20.33 kg	2 t
69	Gambia	20.17 kg	54 t
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.05 kg	2 t
71	Croatia	19.89 kg	77 t
72	Bahrain	19.76 kg	31 t
73	Greece	19.63 kg	201 t
74	Moldova	19.48 kg	50 t
75	Ireland	19.27 kg	100 t
76	Netherlands	19.08 kg	345 t
77	Cameroon	18.12 kg	514 t
78	Trinidad and Tobago	17.96 kg	27 t
78	Cyprus	17.96 kg	24 t
80	Costa Rica	17.83 kg	91 t
81	United Kingdom	17.7 kg	1,216 t
82	Dominican Republic	17.14 kg	194 t
83	Comoros	16.98 kg	14 t
84	Belize	16.94 kg	7 t
85	Ukraine	16.86 kg	636 t
86	Morocco	16.71 kg	630 t
87	Suriname	16.67 kg	10 t
88	Switzerland	16.46 kg	146 t
89	Tunisia	15.88 kg	194 t
90	Uganda	15.41 kg	750 t
91	Panama	14.89 kg	66 t
92	Chile	14.36 kg	282 t
93	Angola	14.34 kg	527 t
94	Austria	14.12 kg	129 t
95	Senegal	13.75 kg	249 t
96	Mexico	13.55 kg	1,757 t
97	Germany	12.98 kg	1,097 t
98	Kuwait	12.97 kg	63 t
99	Saudi Arabia	12.92 kg	430 t
100	Zambia	12.89 kg	267 t
101	Libya	12.88 kg	94 t
102	Mozambique	12.87 kg	433 t
103	Estonia	12.7 kg	17 t
104	Belarus	12.46 kg	114 t
105	Uruguay	11.93 kg	40 t
106	Montenegro	11.92 kg	8 t
107	Iran	11.3 kg	1,024 t
108	Slovenia	11.21 kg	24 t
109	Poland	11.15 kg	432 t
110	Cape Verde	10.67 kg	6 t
111	Guinea	10.65 kg	153 t
112	Slovakia	10.61 kg	59 t
113	Burkina Faso	10.49 kg	241 t
114	Czechia	10.37 kg	112 t
115	Georgia	10.33 kg	39 t
116	Colombia	10.31 kg	539 t
117	Namibia	9.67 kg	29 t
118	Malawi	8.77 kg	185 t
119	Venezuela	8.75 kg	248 t
120	India	8.73 kg	12,554 t
121	Romania	8.7 kg	166 t
122	Albania	8.6 kg	24 t
123	Serbia	8.45 kg	57 t
124	Brazil	8.18 kg	1,728 t
125	North Macedonia	8.01 kg	15 t
126	Mauritania	7.6 kg	38 t
127	Nicaragua	7.34 kg	50 t
128	El Salvador	7.22 kg	46 t
129	Bulgaria	7.18 kg	49 t
130	Argentina	7.11 kg	324 t
131	Papua New Guinea	7.1 kg	74 t
132	Timor-Leste	6.97 kg	10 t
133	Nigeria	6.9 kg	1,573 t
134	Hungary	6.46 kg	63 t
135	Ecuador	6.45 kg	116 t
136	Tanzania	6.4 kg	426 t
137	Bhutan	6.26 kg	5 t
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.86 kg	19 t
139	South Africa	5.59 kg	353 t
140	Haiti	5.42 kg	63 t
141	Paraguay	5.33 kg	36 t
142	Turkey	5.32 kg	464 t
143	Djibouti	5.31 kg	6 t
144	Uzbekistan	5.21 kg	186 t
145	Rwanda	5.15 kg	72 t
146	Armenia	4.86 kg	14 t
147	Jordan	4.77 kg	55 t
148	Liberia	4.75 kg	26 t
149	Lebanon	4.74 kg	27 t
150	Honduras	4.39 kg	47 t
151	Nepal	4.28 kg	127 t
152	Kazakhstan	3.93 kg	80 t
153	Eswatini	3.79 kg	5 t
154	Guatemala	3.77 kg	68 t
155	Madagascar	3.67 kg	114 t
156	DR Congo	3.29 kg	348 t
157	Kenya	2.86 kg	159 t
158	Algeria	2.75 kg	127 t
159	Iraq	2.65 kg	102 t
160	Zimbabwe	2.63 kg	43 t
161	Turkmenistan	2.36 kg	17 t
162	Guinea-Bissau	2.35 kg	5 t
163	Botswana	2.22 kg	6 t
164	Azerbaijan	2.14 kg	22 t
165	Bolivia	2.12 kg	26 t
166	Yemen	2.02 kg	80 t
167	Lesotho	1.92 kg	4 t
168	Niger	1.87 kg	49 t
169	Kyrgyzstan	1.46 kg	10 t
170	Pakistan	1.35 kg	334 t
171	Mongolia	1.03 kg	4 t
172	Tajikistan	0.91 kg	9 t
173	Syria	0.8 kg	19 t
174	Ethiopia	0.5 kg	64 t
175	Afghanistan	0.38 kg	16 t

What correlates with All Fish and Seafood per Capita (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,430 other country metrics sharing at least 105 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher All Fish and Seafood per Capita tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Groceries IndexCost of Living by Country
r = +0.53 · strong · n = 126
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Percentile RankPolitical Stability by Country
r = +0.51 · strong · n = 172
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LP Infrastructure & Market AccessLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.51 · strong · n = 152
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Legatum Prosperity Index Health RankingsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.49 · moderate · n = 152
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GII Institutions RankMost Innovative CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.49 · moderate · n = 124
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LP Enterprise ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.49 · moderate · n = 152
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher All Fish and Seafood per Capita tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.45 · moderate · n = 171
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Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 143
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Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 142
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Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 160
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Fragile States Index
r = −0.42 · moderate · n = 161
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Refugees & IDPsFailed States
r = −0.42 · moderate · n = 160
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest All Fish and Seafood per Capita?: Iceland has the highest All Fish and Seafood per Capita in 2023, at 83.81 kg, followed by Maldives (79.74 kg) and Kiribati (72.28 kg).
Which country has the lowest All Fish and Seafood per Capita?: Afghanistan has the lowest All Fish and Seafood per Capita in 2023, at 0.38 kg.
What is the median All Fish and Seafood per Capita across countries?: The median is 16.46 kg across the 175 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this fish consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - FAOSTAT.