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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998

1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 34,043,376; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 25,800. Against 1997, 202 values changed (120 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1998

HighestChina

34,043,376

Lowest5 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, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 213 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia34,043,37615,321,43818,721,9387,101,085
JapanJPNEastern Asia6,079,9795,313,167766,812640,566
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,281,9773,373,4921,908,485100,000
United StatesUSANorthern America5,264,6634,819,544445,11926,030
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4,594,6933,964,896629,797164,725
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,518,1344,454,93963,19533,314
PeruPERSouth America4,351,4734,344,4237,0501,775
ChileCHLSouth America3,558,7263,265,682293,044265,881
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,524,9332,930,354594,5790
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,271,9802,861,223410,757179,762
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,355,6952,028,233327,462481,769
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,179,1871,866,682312,505685,753
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,685,8191,681,9513,86817,770
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,632,8741,293,954338,92015,000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,599,7031,557,33542,368—
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,558,4321,244,524313,90812,340
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,448,6251,091,874356,75114,857
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,413,953839,141574,812—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,286,5031,152,868133,635—
MexicoMEXCentral America1,220,9311,179,86341,06812,456
ArgentinaARGSouth America1,165,5291,164,4891,040900
CanadaCANNorthern America1,094,9471,003,90191,04627,472
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,060,640923,219137,421—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia912,618830,65081,968—
FranceFRAWestern Europe810,832543,042267,79067,092

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China34,043,376
  2. Japan6,079,979
  3. India5,281,977
  4. United States5,264,663
  5. Indonesia4,594,693

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. San Marinoshared0
  3. Luxembourgshared0
  4. Liechtensteinshared0
  5. Andorrashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25,800. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina15,321,438

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 21,938

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina18,721,938

    Lowest53 share it

    Middle country: 293

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

    HighestChina7,101,085

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 5,000

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 202values changed, of 213 in both
  • 120 · 82rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Peru7,877,522 → 4,351,473−3,526,049
  • Chile6,084,103 → 3,558,726−2,525,377
  • Japan6,738,795 → 6,079,979−658,816
  • Iceland2,209,607 → 1,685,819−523,788
  • Mexico1,528,984 → 1,220,931−308,053

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 1998.

  • 206 distinct values among 213

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 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.

  • 162 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) (1998). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1998

0675 held

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998?

China, at 34,043,376, of the 213 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998 cover?

213.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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