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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016

2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016 covers 220 countries on 4 measures. China is highest, at 61,603,542.8; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 45,562.3. Against 2015, 205 values changed (129 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 2016

HighestChina

61,603,542.8

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0

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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 220 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia61,603,542.815,787,554.745,815,988.0816,732,505
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia11,381,574.46,480,962.94,900,611.5811,091,495
IndiaINDSouthern Asia10,876,270.05,176,370.05,699,900.0022,578
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia6,648,342.53,077,941.03,570,401.5311,178
United StatesUSANorthern America5,284,044.04,839,365.0444,679.002,633
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,932,180.94,759,388.9172,792.0015,211
PeruPERSouth America3,897,163.93,796,978.0100,185.8831,774
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,892,115.73,215,309.7676,806.00471,929
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia3,878,324.01,674,770.02,203,554.00—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,358,043.42,031,886.61,326,156.80169,466
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,173,024.42,155,440.01,017,584.4230
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,820,427.22,024,034.0796,393.251,404,883
ChileCHLSouth America2,532,149.71,496,895.71,035,254.00344,570
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2,495,764.91,532,191.9963,573.000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,869,804.61,361,842.6507,962.001,360,763
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,782,189.11,580,291.0201,898.09205,989
MexicoMEXCentral America1,732,057.61,510,754.0221,303.6013,139
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,706,273.3335,613.31,370,660.00—
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,448,162.01,447,020.01,142.0025,299
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,195,482.3908,002.0287,480.313,497
BrazilBRASouth America1,175,415.4633,063.4542,352.01764
EcuadorECUSouth America1,160,516.3709,181.0451,335.3060
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,129,432.3740,593.2388,839.15596
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,090,110.01,074,981.015,129.0017,985
IranIRNSouthern Asia1,087,032.5688,903.5398,129.00—

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China61,603,542.8
  2. Indonesia11,381,574.4
  3. India10,876,270.0
  4. Vietnam6,648,342.5
  5. United States5,284,044.0

Lowest

  1. San Marinoshared0.0
  2. Liechtensteinshared0.0
  3. Andorrashared0.0
  4. Monaco1.0
  5. Luxembourg8.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 45,562.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina15,787,554.7

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 35,517.2

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina45,815,988.08

    Lowest23 share it

    Middle country: 1,769.00

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

    HighestChina16,732,505

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 349

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 220 in both
  • 129 · 76rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

  • China60,134,346.0 → 61,603,542.8+1,469,196.8
  • India10,184,388.5 → 10,876,270.0+691,881.5
  • Indonesia10,953,223.8 → 11,381,574.4+428,350.6
  • Vietnam6,322,989.6 → 6,648,342.5+325,352.9
  • Russia4,609,459.3 → 4,932,180.9+322,721.6

Fell most

  • Peru4,915,024.9 → 3,897,163.9−1,017,861.0
  • Norway3,685,653.2 → 3,358,043.4−327,609.8
  • Chile2,831,779.1 → 2,532,149.7−299,629.3
  • Taiwan1,424,175.0 → 1,129,432.3−294,742.7
  • South Korea2,129,535.5 → 1,869,804.6−259,731.0

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 2016.

  • 218 distinct values among 220

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 150 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) (2016). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/2016

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07Questions

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fish production in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016?

China, at 61,603,542.8, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016 cover?

220.

Where can I download Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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