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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988

1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 11,977,760; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 25,417. Against 1987, 173 values changed (104 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1988

HighestJapan

11,977,760

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia11,977,76011,171,006806,754799,935
ChinaCHNEastern Asia11,379,6045,749,1505,630,4541,809,425
PeruPERSouth America6,641,8446,636,8864,958267
United StatesUSANorthern America5,956,7545,599,097357,65771,511
ChileCHLSouth America5,209,8445,200,6049,240166,139
IndiaINDSouthern Asia3,125,9622,232,632893,33075,000
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,773,0692,358,472414,597170,961
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,732,9632,275,906457,057483,051
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,651,2662,433,075218,191823
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,019,6791,676,620343,059257,305
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,974,4141,945,75528,659—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,838,1741,749,90688,268172,148
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,757,6761,756,4671,20914,984
CanadaCANNorthern America1,685,9221,662,30023,62242,110
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,591,2021,319,799271,4037,673
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,520,5771,055,652464,9257,179
MexicoMEXCentral America1,365,0551,347,93417,12129,903
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,302,4621,301,0861,37621,872
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe937,625901,23336,39210,698
FranceFRAWestern Europe895,528667,994227,53472,281
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia883,333730,716152,6171,700
EcuadorECUSouth America876,024800,39375,6310
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia871,525824,18047,345—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia830,593654,668175,925—
BrazilBRASouth America830,102814,54315,559—

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Japan11,977,760
  2. China11,379,604
  3. Peru6,641,844
  4. United States5,956,754
  5. Chile5,209,844

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 25,417. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan11,171,006

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 21,557

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina5,630,454

    Lowest62 share it

    Middle country: 74

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

    HighestChina1,809,425

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 4,578

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 173values changed, of 190 in both
  • 104 · 69rose · fell
  • 17unchanged

Rose most

  • Peru4,587,586 → 6,641,844+2,054,258
  • China10,243,775 → 11,379,604+1,135,829
  • Chile4,814,485 → 5,209,844+395,359
  • Denmark1,707,816 → 1,974,414+266,598
  • India2,921,885 → 3,125,962+204,077

Fell most

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 1988.

  • 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.

  • 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) (1988). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1988

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988?

Japan, at 11,977,760, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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