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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987

1987, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 11,868,541; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 23,910. Against 1986, 179 values changed (111 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1987

HighestJapan

11,868,541

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia11,868,54111,129,420739,121664,123
ChinaCHNEastern Asia10,243,7755,378,2724,865,5031,490,144
United StatesUSANorthern America5,995,3485,612,089383,25980,539
ChileCHLSouth America4,814,4854,809,7274,758117,175
PeruPERSouth America4,587,5864,583,4124,174256
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,921,8852,133,575788,31072,500
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,876,7032,399,248477,455456,715
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,783,6442,631,988151,6561,667
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,574,3552,197,628376,727165,416
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,003,2701,663,139340,131222,003
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,948,4961,893,11755,379174,109
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,707,8161,681,96525,851—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,632,7071,632,06464312,215
CanadaCANNorthern America1,586,8231,569,93316,89045,150
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,531,1251,260,391270,7348,797
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,427,4611,426,3651,09619,760
MexicoMEXCentral America1,418,5321,402,62515,90747,020
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,356,970929,885427,0856,160
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia999,000954,00045,0001,035,000
BrazilBRASouth America947,992934,85213,140—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe946,205916,77029,4357,140
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia905,335858,84946,486—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia867,300727,253140,0471,700
FranceFRAWestern Europe859,065627,177231,88866,960
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia805,285639,185166,100—

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan11,868,541
  2. China10,243,775
  3. United States5,995,348
  4. Chile4,814,485
  5. Peru4,587,586

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 23,910. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan11,129,420

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 20,433

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina4,865,503

    Lowest63 share it

    Middle country: 70

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

    HighestChina1,490,144

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 5,200

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 179values changed, of 190 in both
  • 111 · 68rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Peru5,616,326 → 4,587,586−1,028,740
  • Chile5,571,638 → 4,814,485−757,153
  • Ecuador1,004,271 → 680,134−324,137
  • South Korea3,103,533 → 2,876,703−226,830
  • Denmark1,849,758 → 1,707,816−141,942

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 1987.

  • 182 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.

  • 145 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) (1987). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1987

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987?

Japan, at 11,868,541, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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