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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980

1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 10,451,673; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 16,268. Against 1979, 177 values changed (108 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1980

HighestJapan

10,451,673

Lowest6 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,451,6739,878,735572,938696,018
ChinaCHNEastern Asia4,455,3613,139,0831,316,2781,796,951
United StatesUSANorthern America3,707,4683,539,103168,365162,809
ChileCHLSouth America2,816,7982,816,16563374,523
PeruPERSouth America2,709,5622,708,4121,150361
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,445,3372,080,157365,180—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,408,9602,400,9807,980126,813
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,091,1721,804,415286,757317,189
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2,032,0732,013,51818,555—
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,827,3341,644,812182,52250,622
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,799,0701,703,10495,966918
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,573,5711,373,660199,911140,694
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,514,9171,514,874439,900
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,368,9841,163,346205,6386,653
CanadaCANNorthern America1,349,0081,345,4423,56627,917
MexicoMEXCentral America1,250,3991,241,7738,62634,698
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,049,769760,244289,52510,972
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia862,267853,0009,267338,032
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa854,811854,7981311,239
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe834,823831,9682,85560,690
FranceFRAWestern Europe809,815602,776207,03948,589
BrazilBRASouth America808,606804,8693,737—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia739,865614,531125,334—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia646,970555,94091,030—
PolandPOLEastern Europe640,419630,7839,636—

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan10,451,673
  2. China4,455,361
  3. United States3,707,468
  4. Chile2,816,798
  5. Peru2,709,562

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. San Marinoshared0
  3. Palestineshared0
  4. Luxembourgshared0
  5. Liechtensteinshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16,268. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan9,878,735

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 15,379

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina1,316,278

    Lowest102 share it

    Middle country: 0

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

    HighestChina1,796,951

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 5,127

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 177values changed, of 190 in both
  • 108 · 69rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

  • Japan9,969,311 → 10,451,673+482,362
  • Denmark1,741,256 → 2,032,073+290,817
  • Mexico977,283 → 1,250,399+273,116
  • China4,247,606 → 4,455,361+207,755
  • Chile2,630,370 → 2,816,798+186,428

Fell most

  • Peru3,652,731 → 2,709,562−943,169
  • Norway2,658,418 → 2,408,960−249,458
  • Argentina565,436 → 385,362−180,074
  • Thailand1,952,126 → 1,799,070−153,056
  • South Africa996,826 → 854,811−142,015

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 1980.

  • 182 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 6 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) (1980). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1980

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980?

Japan, at 10,451,673, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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