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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985

1985, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 11,427,468; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 21,198. Against 1984, 174 values changed (116 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1985

HighestJapan

11,427,468

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia11,427,46810,766,525660,943707,484
ChinaCHNEastern Asia7,329,0154,178,4213,150,5941,907,122
United StatesUSANorthern America4,960,6874,637,114323,57381,239
ChileCHLSouth America4,804,4554,801,8822,573182,410
PeruPERSouth America4,138,2134,130,5057,708245
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,839,3072,206,057633,250—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,649,9762,256,934393,042443,840
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,328,3282,026,919301,409121,191
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,229,1422,093,302135,8404,233
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,118,9172,084,30034,617133,319
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,876,8201,564,132312,688184,410
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,796,9891,772,74524,244—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,680,4051,680,30210315,148
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,485,0201,218,412266,6084,483
CanadaCANNorthern America1,455,3681,446,5708,79827,420
MexicoMEXCentral America1,216,6681,205,43811,23039,643
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,178,391784,858393,53311,536
EcuadorECUSouth America1,087,6761,056,80030,8760
BrazilBRASouth America967,557956,68410,873—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe888,652868,54820,10412,763
FranceFRAWestern Europe850,625623,728226,89770,744
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia808,010680,010128,0001,500
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia796,644744,76951,875—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa776,923776,30861522,100
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia766,081642,270123,811—

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan11,427,468
  2. China7,329,015
  3. United States4,960,687
  4. Chile4,804,455
  5. Peru4,138,213

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 21,198. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan10,766,525

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 17,936

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina3,150,594

    Lowest72 share it

    Middle country: 38

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

    HighestChina1,907,122

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 4,483

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 190 in both
  • 116 · 58rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

Rose most

  • China6,357,655 → 7,329,015+971,360
  • Peru3,320,044 → 4,138,213+818,169
  • Chile4,499,272 → 4,804,455+305,183
  • Ecuador883,405 → 1,087,676+204,271
  • South Korea2,476,922 → 2,649,976+173,054

Fell most

  • Japan12,035,278 → 11,427,468−607,810
  • Norway2,465,410 → 2,118,917−346,493
  • Germany553,756 → 426,457−127,299
  • Philippines1,933,513 → 1,876,820−56,693
  • Denmark1,851,484 → 1,796,989−54,495

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 1985.

  • 184 distinct values among 190

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

  • 147 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) (1985). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1985

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985?

Japan, at 11,427,468, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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