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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974

1974, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 10,144,073; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 13,743. Against 1973, 156 values changed (98 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1974

HighestJapan

10,144,073

Lowest8 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,144,0739,701,088442,985701,859
ChinaCHNEastern Asia4,344,5343,384,961959,5731,016,049
PeruPERSouth America4,125,8524,125,598254228
United StatesUSANorthern America2,894,4502,727,411167,039156,907
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,581,9632,579,6362,32789,110
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,256,9912,064,670192,321—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,835,3701,823,18012,190—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,688,4621,589,40699,056335,826
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,591,6591,417,732173,92712,082
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,515,9241,468,04047,884100
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,430,4961,430,487946,800
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,370,5581,252,346118,21228,061
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,331,9071,198,671133,23630,035
ChileCHLSouth America1,123,9881,123,72026844,172
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,059,2851,058,729556113,424
CanadaCANNorthern America978,397973,8144,58367,459
IcelandISLNorthern Europe944,849944,849010,000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe897,600861,81735,783—
FranceFRAWestern Europe835,252698,242137,01047,860
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia822,082751,11270,970—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia768,363581,182187,1817,499
BrazilBRASouth America715,113714,955158—
PolandPOLEastern Europe679,148665,63613,512—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia572,000495,58076,420800
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia552,305550,0002,305140,833

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan10,144,073
  2. China4,344,534
  3. Peru4,125,852
  4. United States2,894,450
  5. Norway2,581,963

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. San Marinoshared0
  4. Palestineshared0
  5. Luxembourgshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13,743. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan9,701,088

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 12,398

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina959,573

    Lowest119 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina1,016,049

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 3,900

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 190 in both
  • 98 · 58rose · fell
  • 34unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru2,295,661 → 4,125,852+1,830,191
  • Chile663,870 → 1,123,988+460,118
  • Denmark1,443,661 → 1,835,370+391,709
  • China3,977,800 → 4,344,534+366,734
  • India1,960,700 → 2,256,991+296,291

Fell most

  • Norway2,951,431 → 2,581,963−369,468
  • Vietnam813,500 → 572,000−241,500
  • Thailand1,679,359 → 1,515,924−163,435
  • Canada1,129,195 → 978,397−150,798
  • Morocco391,728 → 285,526−106,202

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 1974.

  • 175 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 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) (1974). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1974

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974?

Japan, at 10,144,073, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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