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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008 covers 216 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 47,521,534; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 36,427. Against 2007, 204 values changed (111 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2008

HighestChina

47,521,534

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 216 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia47,521,53414,791,16332,730,371.011,704,027
IndiaINDSouthern Asia7,950,2844,099,2273,851,057.034,206
PeruPERSouth America7,437,6587,394,53843,120.013,779
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia6,689,8084,999,5871,690,221.02,147,978
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,066,9914,336,630730,361.0561,005
United StatesUSANorthern America4,868,3764,367,050501,326.06,806
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,517,1502,054,7002,462,450.015,000
ChileCHLSouth America4,397,9583,554,816843,142.0412,266
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,499,1443,383,724115,420.010,502
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3,288,4192,547,277741,142.11,666,944
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,278,0392,429,680848,359.0154,215
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia3,204,2931,873,4321,330,861.00
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,581,7861,907,010674,776.0288
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,563,2961,557,7541,005,542.0—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,430,8101,957,016473,794.0934,890
MexicoMEXCentral America1,741,0591,581,750159,309.04,900
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,641,5311,398,250243,281.0111,298
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,546,7521,015,686531,066.06,987
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,289,1321,284,0345,098.022,559
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,170,355918,078252,277.7111
BrazilBRASouth America1,123,125791,892331,233.0330
CanadaCANNorthern America1,105,708950,159155,549.017,715
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,067,580373,815693,765.0—
ArgentinaARGSouth America997,783995,0832,700.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa997,706997,127579.09,037

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China47,521,534
  2. India7,950,284
  3. Peru7,437,658
  4. Indonesia6,689,808
  5. Japan5,066,991

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0
  3. Andorrashared0
  4. Monacoshared1
  5. Gibraltarshared1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36,427. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina14,791,163

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 28,934

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina32,730,371.0

    Lowest33 share it

    Middle country: 854.0

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

    HighestChina11,704,027

    Lowest13 share it

    Middle country: 1,159

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 204values changed, of 216 in both
  • 111 · 93rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

  • China46,074,167 → 47,521,534+1,447,367
  • India6,971,533 → 7,950,284+978,751
  • Vietnam4,159,900 → 4,517,150+357,250
  • Indonesia6,430,229 → 6,689,808+259,579
  • Peru7,250,075 → 7,437,658+187,583

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 2008.

  • 210 distinct values among 216

    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.

  • 159 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) (2008). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2008

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008?

China, at 47,521,534, of the 216 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008 cover?

216.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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