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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991

1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 14,253,597; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 25,458. Against 1990, 181 values changed (94 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1991

HighestChina

14,253,597

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14,253,5977,372,1996,881,3982,893,712
JapanJPNEastern Asia9,321,4518,518,039803,412715,662
PeruPERSouth America6,904,9726,898,1066,866127
ChileCHLSouth America6,006,4575,958,87847,579159,586
United StatesUSANorthern America5,489,8745,126,791363,083117,666
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,049,9942,824,7331,225,26182,500
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,224,4152,706,908517,507187,815
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,972,1042,618,771353,3330
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,514,5432,172,104342,439468,904
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,331,0591,922,441408,618285,233
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,172,8152,012,110160,705190,574
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,793,2441,751,14642,098—
CanadaCANNorthern America1,517,6261,469,55848,06830,840
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,456,4521,023,959432,4939,597
MexicoMEXCentral America1,398,1521,373,18024,97255,134
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,289,6631,064,692224,97113,946
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,050,2681,047,3952,8738,472
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia996,174831,070165,1043,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia977,595912,75064,845—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia900,720689,727210,993—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe851,438790,55160,8876,670
FranceFRAWestern Europe825,788580,747245,04175,286
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia735,494726,6728,822—
BrazilBRASouth America671,510648,12023,390—
ArgentinaARGSouth America640,537640,1873502,134

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China14,253,597
  2. Japan9,321,451
  3. Peru6,904,972
  4. Chile6,006,457
  5. United States5,489,874

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 25,458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan8,518,039

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 24,393

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina6,881,398

    Lowest58 share it

    Middle country: 83

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

    HighestChina2,893,712

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 6,700

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 190 in both
  • 94 · 87rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

  • China13,147,196 → 14,253,597+1,106,401
  • Chile5,195,194 → 6,006,457+811,263
  • Norway1,753,537 → 2,172,815+419,278
  • Denmark1,517,646 → 1,793,244+275,598
  • India3,799,722 → 4,049,994+250,272

Fell most

  • Japan10,367,863 → 9,321,451−1,046,412
  • Iceland1,508,141 → 1,050,268−457,873
  • United States5,871,202 → 5,489,874−381,328
  • South Korea2,843,266 → 2,514,543−328,723
  • Canada1,685,197 → 1,517,626−167,571

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 1991.

  • 185 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.

  • 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) (1991). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1991

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991?

China, at 14,253,597, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991 cover?

190.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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