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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002

2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002 covers 213 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 38,315,434; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 31,405. Against 2001, 201 values changed (119 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2002

HighestChina

38,315,434

Lowest3 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia38,315,43414,173,77624,141,658.09,271,435
PeruPERSouth America8,776,7218,765,18911,532.06,176
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,925,3923,736,6032,188,789.039,156
United StatesUSANorthern America5,447,4094,948,510498,899.049,698
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,262,5814,348,510914,071.0278,811
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,200,9424,373,827827,115.0685,849
ChileCHLSouth America4,817,0724,271,417545,655.0315,668
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,797,0362,842,428954,608.00
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,333,6913,232,351101,340.011,856
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,291,7752,740,475551,300.0182,641
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,505,6391,802,598703,041.015,000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,485,0192,041,482443,537.0895,668
IcelandISLNorthern Europe2,138,1312,134,5463,585.014,962
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,990,8041,694,021296,783.0507,984
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,890,4591,103,855786,604.0—
MexicoMEXCentral America1,524,4171,450,74773,670.030,124
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,491,7221,042,756448,966.016,984
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,474,4601,284,340190,120.0—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,474,3751,442,34832,027.0—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,440,6921,275,573165,119.018,871
CanadaCANNorthern America1,235,7481,063,702172,046.042,139
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,135,154880,205254,949.02,884
BrazilBRASouth America1,003,260755,582247,678.0—
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa963,286961,6161,670.07,919
ArgentinaARGSouth America947,642946,1851,457.00

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China38,315,434
  2. Peru8,776,721
  3. India5,925,392
  4. United States5,447,409
  5. Indonesia5,262,581

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Gibraltar1
  5. Monaco3

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31,405. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,173,776

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 29,000

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina24,141,658.0

    Lowest47 share it

    Middle country: 642.0

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

    HighestChina9,271,435

    Lowest14 share it

    Middle country: 1,785

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 201values changed, of 213 in both
  • 119 · 82rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

  • China36,878,264 → 38,315,434+1,437,170
  • Peru7,993,746 → 8,776,721+782,975
  • Chile4,363,642 → 4,817,072+453,430
  • Vietnam2,312,856 → 2,505,639+192,783
  • Myanmar1,309,146 → 1,474,460+165,314

Fell most

  • Russia3,718,628 → 3,333,691−384,937
  • Japan5,513,769 → 5,200,942−312,827
  • South Korea2,288,546 → 1,990,804−297,742
  • Spain1,395,349 → 1,135,154−260,195
  • Ecuador645,357 → 396,805−248,552

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 2002.

  • 211 distinct values among 213

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

  • 157 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) (2002). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2002

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002?

China, at 38,315,434, of the 213 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002 cover?

213.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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