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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965

1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Peru is highest, at 7,384,900; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 11,000. Against 1964, 142 values changed (115 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1965

HighestPeru

7,384,900

Lowest9 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PeruPERSouth America7,384,9007,384,9000500
JapanJPNEastern Asia6,545,4336,286,899258,534406,400
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,149,2002,530,460618,740540,800
United StatesUSANorthern America2,649,2332,516,655132,578124,904
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,223,8432,223,64120285,000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,331,3001,258,35372,947—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,327,3091,327,309024,000
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,238,9941,172,09466,90016,360
CanadaCANNorthern America1,217,7131,214,4713,24225,000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,197,8331,197,833020,000
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,066,800973,44293,3588,000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,025,0081,024,70830090,100
GermanyDEUWestern Europe864,690850,20014,490—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe840,830830,02110,809—
FranceFRAWestern Europe775,139663,489111,65081,160
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia712,447648,85963,5882,525
ChileCHLSouth America708,477708,35712020,700
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia675,990625,26050,730600
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia629,565587,45342,112300
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia601,030543,00058,030—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia578,834518,00660,82860,999
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe552,643552,642113,500
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia439,484332,211107,2731,081
BrazilBRASouth America388,812388,8120—
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia386,300385,0001,30012,843

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Peru7,384,900
  2. Japan6,545,433
  3. China3,149,200
  4. United States2,649,233
  5. Norway2,223,843

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Niueshared0
  5. Namibiashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11,000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestPeru7,384,900

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 9,000

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina618,740

    Lowest137 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Algae, capture and farmed (tonnes, wet weight; not in the total)

    HighestChina540,800

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8,000

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 183 in both
  • 115 · 27rose · fell
  • 41unchanged

Rose most

  • Norway1,544,391 → 2,223,843+679,452
  • Japan6,039,521 → 6,545,433+505,912
  • Iceland974,173 → 1,197,833+223,660
  • China2,942,400 → 3,149,200+206,800
  • Spain1,107,190 → 1,238,994+131,804

Fell most

  • Peru9,037,200 → 7,384,900−1,652,300
  • Chile1,161,019 → 708,477−452,542
  • Angola362,000 → 263,300−98,700
  • Egypt135,000 → 102,400−32,600
  • Denmark871,061 → 840,830−30,231

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1965.

  • 142 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 148 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1965). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1965

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965?

Peru, at 7,384,900, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965 cover?

183.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1965 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2024.

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