Which country has the highest Capture Fisheries Production?

China has the highest Capture Fisheries Production in 2022, at 13.2M t, followed by Indonesia (7.4M t) and India (5.5M t).

Which country has the lowest Capture Fisheries Production?

Monaco has the lowest Capture Fisheries Production in 2022, at 1 t.

What is the median Capture Fisheries Production across countries?

The median is 44.6K t across the 209 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this fishing industry by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Total fisheries production (metric tons) - World Bank; Capture fisheries production (metric tons) - World Bank; Aquaculture production (metric tons) - World Bank.

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Fishing Industry by Country

Name: Fishing Industry by Country
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China has the highest Capture Fisheries Production in 2022 (13.2M t), followed by Indonesia (7.4M t) and India (5.5M t). Monaco has the lowest (1 t).

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Median

44.6K t

Middle half 3.4K t – 215.1K t

Average

435.5K t

209 countries

Highest

13.2M t

China

Lowest

1 t

Monaco

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209 countries have a value in both years.

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210 countries · # = rank by Capture Fisheries Production

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1	China	13.2M t	75.4M t
2	Indonesia	7.4M t	14.6M t
3	India	5.5M t	10.2M t
4	Peru	5.4M t	140.9K t
5	Russia	5M t	348.2K t
6	United States	4.3M t	478.8K t
7	Vietnam	3.6M t	5.2M t
8	Japan	3M t	942.6K t
9	Chile	2.7M t	1.5M t
10	Norway	2.6M t	1.6M t
11	Bangladesh	2M t	2.7M t
12	Myanmar	1.9M t	1.2M t
13	Philippines	1.8M t	2.3M t
14	Mexico	1.7M t	289.6K t
15	Morocco	1.6M t	2,310 t
16	Iceland	1.4M t	51.4K t
17	Thailand	1.4M t	1M t
18	Malaysia	1.3M t	574.2K t
19	South Korea	1.3M t	2.4M t
20	Argentina	847.8K t	6,022 t
21	Spain	809.1K t	276.1K t
22	Nigeria	784.1K t	259.1K t
23	Mauritania	780.4K t	—
24	Iran	779.5K t	478.7K t
25	Brazil	758.5K t	738.9K t
26	Oman	748.4K t	3,468 t
27	Canada	704.2K t	166.5K t
28	Ecuador	688.3K t	1.1M t
29	United Kingdom	634.4K t	230.3K t
30	Faroe Islands	605.9K t	108.7K t
31	France	534.9K t	200.5K t
32	Senegal	533.8K t	1,585 t
33	Cambodia	533.5K t	330.6K t
34	Ghana	519.6K t	132.7K t
35	Pakistan	500K t	165.5K t
36	South Africa	473.5K t	11.4K t
37	Angola	469.3K t	2,336 t
38	Denmark	458.2K t	37.9K t
39	Mozambique	456.4K t	5,539 t
40	Uganda	444.9K t	101.4K t
41	Egypt	440.2K t	1.6M t
42	Namibia	415.7K t	340 t
43	New Zealand	346.3K t	106.2K t
44	Turkey	335K t	514.8K t
45	Guinea	334.9K t	1,180 t
46	Sri Lanka	332.6K t	59.1K t
47	Greenland	307.1K t	—
48	Cameroon	299K t	10.1K t
49	Netherlands	298.6K t	39.4K t
50	Papua New Guinea	237.7K t	2,462 t
51	DR Congo	228.7K t	5,195 t
52	Venezuela	223.1K t	53.6K t
53	Sierra Leone	215.1K t	145 t
54	North Korea	208.1K t	680.6K t
55	Belize	204.8K t	1,130 t
56	Ireland	203.5K t	44K t
57	Kiribati	203.3K t	2 t
58	Georgia	197.8K t	2,743 t
59	Malawi	186.9K t	7,148 t
60	Panama	186.6K t	11.8K t
61	Germany	179.7K t	26.5K t
62	Poland	178.5K t	46.1K t
63	Yemen	178.2K t	10 t
64	Micronesia	166.3K t	—
65	Australia	165.1K t	125.2K t
66	Portugal	159.9K t	21K t
67	Maldives	155.2K t	—
68	Sweden	152K t	11.3K t
69	Kenya	145.8K t	28.9K t
70	Italy	143.6K t	132.7K t
71	Seychelles	137.8K t	—
72	Tunisia	128.7K t	20.9K t
73	Madagascar	127.2K t	25.1K t
74	Finland	122.7K t	16.3K t
75	Mali	110.4K t	8,830 t
76	Zambia	109.4K t	75.6K t
77	Colombia	107.6K t	204.9K t
78	Chad	107K t	120 t
79	Lithuania	106.9K t	4,859 t
80	Nauru	106.8K t	1 t
81	Ethiopia	101.4K t	1,070 t
82	Ivory Coast	99.9K t	6,200 t
83	Marshall Islands	91.6K t	6 t
84	Vanuatu	88.1K t	4 t
85	Algeria	80.8K t	5,208 t
86	Hong Kong	77.2K t	3,361 t
87	Benin	76.1K t	4,550 t
88	Estonia	73.9K t	801 t
89	Laos	71K t	135K t
90	Uruguay	68.8K t	91 t
91	United Arab Emirates	65.5K t	3,525 t
92	Greece	65.5K t	142K t
93	Saudi Arabia	64.3K t	119.8K t
94	Republic of the Congo	64.1K t	977 t
95	Guinea-Bissau	63.8K t	15 t
96	Croatia	63.7K t	27.2K t
97	Latvia	61.5K t	870 t
98	El Salvador	60.1K t	12.9K t
99	Uzbekistan	55K t	130.3K t
100	Gambia	53.9K t	42 t
101	Nicaragua	53.7K t	31.6K t
102	Solomon Islands	47.8K t	11.9K t
103	Niger	47.7K t	500 t
104	South Sudan	47K t	47 t
105	Iraq	44.6K t	23K t
106	Sudan	44.3K t	9,000 t
107	Tuvalu	42.8K t	1 t
108	Kazakhstan	42.7K t	9,438 t
109	Tanzania	38.7K t	120.6K t
110	Guyana	36.3K t	953 t
111	Suriname	33.7K t	45 t
112	Costa Rica	33.7K t	16.8K t
113	Mauritius	33.3K t	1,545 t
114	Rwanda	32.7K t	12.2K t
115	Fiji	32.6K t	211 t
116	Libya	32.6K t	10 t
117	Gabon	31K t	87 t
118	Burkina Faso	30K t	894 t
119	Somalia	30K t	—
120	Liberia	29.3K t	1,375 t
121	Central African Republic	29K t	215 t
122	Zimbabwe	26.2K t	8,353 t
123	Ukraine	22.7K t	14.6K t
124	Togo	21.5K t	1,151 t
125	Nepal	21K t	87.4K t
126	Honduras	20.2K t	73.2K t
127	Burundi	19.9K t	540 t
128	Bahrain	19.8K t	56 t
129	Comoros	18.9K t	—
130	Belgium	18.7K t	243 t
131	Qatar	18.4K t	98 t
132	Dominican Republic	18K t	3,750 t
133	Paraguay	17.9K t	20K t
134	Haiti	16.7K t	1,685 t
135	Guatemala	16.3K t	42.3K t
136	Brunei	16.1K t	5,020 t
137	Turkmenistan	15.1K t	175 t
138	Cuba	14.5K t	15.4K t
139	Trinidad and Tobago	13.1K t	7 t
140	Jamaica	12.5K t	945 t
141	French Polynesia	11.6K t	1,752 t
142	Samoa	9,589 t	14 t
143	Bahamas	9,345 t	1 t
144	Curacao	8,827 t	—
145	Albania	8,740 t	8,812 t
146	Cape Verde	7,759 t	35 t
147	Bolivia	7,600 t	3,853 t
148	Timor-Leste	6,707 t	1,125 t
149	Equatorial Guinea	6,610 t	15 t
150	Romania	6,256 t	11.2K t
151	Sao Tome and Principe	5,703 t	—
152	Bulgaria	5,594 t	9,511 t
153	Hungary	4,597 t	18.9K t
154	Syria	4,430 t	1,755 t
155	New Caledonia	4,208 t	1,456 t
156	Palestine	4,195 t	727 t
157	Czechia	3,381 t	19.3K t
158	Antigua and Barbuda	3,230 t	20 t
159	Djibouti	3,121 t	—
160	Isle of Man	3,041 t	—
161	Malta	2,809 t	18.1K t
162	Lebanon	2,620 t	938 t
163	Tajikistan	2,425 t	2,248 t
164	Serbia	2,379 t	5,776 t
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	2,277 t	—
166	Israel	2,055 t	13.8K t
167	Afghanistan	2,000 t	11.2K t
168	Slovakia	1,895 t	2,614 t
169	Kuwait	1,886 t	464 t
170	Grenada	1,856 t	26 t
171	Azerbaijan	1,790 t	466 t
172	Eritrea	1,591 t	4 t
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,586 t	13 t
174	Puerto Rico	1,581 t	11 t
175	Macau	1,500 t	—
176	Switzerland	1,486 t	2,500 t
177	Saint Lucia	1,443 t	209 t
178	Tonga	1,326 t	100 t
179	American Samoa	1,311 t	18 t
180	Cyprus	1,301 t	7,594 t
181	British Virgin Islands	1,134 t	1 t
182	Armenia	1,000 t	24K t
183	Montenegro	855 t	1,087 t
184	Barbados	852 t	6 t
185	Palau	813 t	10 t
186	Jordan	675 t	2,582 t
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	670 t	4 t
188	North Macedonia	447 t	1,814 t
189	United States Virgin Islands	420 t	8 t
190	Bermuda	392 t	—
191	Belarus	356 t	7,164 t
192	Guam	352 t	108 t
193	Austria	350 t	4,719 t
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	305 t	3,960 t
195	Dominica	290 t	3 t
196	Slovenia	272 t	1,644 t
197	Sint Maarten	253 t	—
198	Singapore	207 t	4,745 t
199	Northern Mariana Islands	189 t	41 t
200	Aruba	172 t	2 t
201	Cayman Islands	125 t	88 t
202	Saint Martin	90 t	—
203	Lesotho	79 t	1,836 t
204	Eswatini	65 t	100 t
205	Botswana	38 t	171 t
206	Kyrgyzstan	31 t	20.7K t
207	Bhutan	9 t	191 t
208	Gibraltar	1 t	—
208	Monaco	1 t	—
—	Moldova	—	12.9K t

What correlates with Capture Fisheries Production (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,339 other country metrics sharing at least 126 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Capture Fisheries Production tend to score higher on these

Cell PhonesCell Phones by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 206
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Social Media UsersSocial Media Users by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 207
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All Fish and Seafood ConsumptionFish Consumption by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 170
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Number of Active OfficersPolice Spending by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 131
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Internet Users (CIA)Internet Users by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 206
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Mortality (Deaths) - FemaleCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 176
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Capture Fisheries Production tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.57 · strong · n = 200
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 140
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Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 153
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 192
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Hypertension Age-Standardized Prevalence Females 30-79Hypertension Rates by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 188
Plot
Hypertension Age-Standardized Prevalence Adults 30-79Hypertension Rates by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 188
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Capture Fisheries Production?: China has the highest Capture Fisheries Production in 2022, at 13.2M t, followed by Indonesia (7.4M t) and India (5.5M t).
Which country has the lowest Capture Fisheries Production?: Monaco has the lowest Capture Fisheries Production in 2022, at 1 t.
What is the median Capture Fisheries Production across countries?: The median is 44.6K t across the 209 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this fishing industry by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Total fisheries production (metric tons) - World Bank; Capture fisheries production (metric tons) - World Bank; Aquaculture production (metric tons) - World Bank.

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