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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971

1971, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Peru is highest, at 10,506,154; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 10,811. Against 1970, 143 values changed (96 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1971

HighestPeru

10,506,154

Lowest12 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, 1971, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PeruPERSouth America10,506,15410,506,100541,000
JapanJPNEastern Asia9,359,8429,041,825318,017589,000
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,554,0002,703,602850,398940,570
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,000,2162,999,685531102,800
United StatesUSANorthern America2,908,0002,742,410165,590142,400
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,853,0001,716,303136,697—
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,587,2321,497,84889,384200
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,502,9381,356,238146,70018,100
ChileCHLSouth America1,487,0621,486,86220024,700
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,400,9011,388,99111,910—
CanadaCANNorthern America1,276,2491,272,3563,89341,400
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,241,3021,130,429110,87332,000
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,178,5501,178,550036,000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,114,9431,014,276100,6677,032
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,078,0521,077,536516126,200
South KoreaKOREastern Asia950,359846,449103,910117,200
GermanyDEUWestern Europe846,312825,67620,636—
FranceFRAWestern Europe764,646679,36685,28080,328
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia740,100672,02068,080—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia722,766571,097151,6693,076
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia687,500619,94067,560800
IcelandISLNorthern Europe684,881684,881015,000
BrazilBRASouth America613,369613,34227—
PolandPOLEastern Europe517,614507,24910,365—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia442,700441,840860—

02In 1971

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Peru10,506,154
  2. Japan9,359,842
  3. China3,554,000
  4. Norway3,000,216
  5. United States2,908,000

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. San Marinoshared0
  4. Palestineshared0
  5. Niueshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 10,811. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestPeru10,506,100

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 10,630

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina850,398

    Lowest127 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina940,570

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 4,000

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 190 in both
  • 96 · 47rose · fell
  • 47unchanged

Rose most

  • Japan8,820,981 → 9,359,842+538,861
  • China3,254,400 → 3,554,000+299,600
  • Chile1,200,268 → 1,487,062+286,794
  • South Korea760,009 → 950,359+190,350
  • Denmark1,226,500 → 1,400,901+174,401

Fell most

  • Peru12,483,240 → 10,506,154−1,977,086
  • Germany939,498 → 846,312−93,186
  • Canada1,341,589 → 1,276,249−65,340
  • Sweden286,042 → 229,693−56,349
  • Angola374,501 → 324,322−50,179

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 1971.

  • 153 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 12 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.

  • 151 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) (1971). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1971

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971?

Peru, at 10,506,154, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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