Countries That Catch the Most Fish 2024
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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China leads in Capture Fisheries (Million Tonnes) with 13.26 in 2024.
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Average Capture Fisheries (Million Tonnes) in 2024: 3.43 · median: 2.19.
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Gap in 2024: China is 14.6× larger than Argentina.
About This Dataset
Countries That Catch the Most Fish 2024
Countries ranked by capture fisheries (million tonnes) in 2024, using World Bank figures for the 215 countries that reported that year. China leads on 13.26, ahead of Indonesia (7.82) and India (6.36). Fish caught in the wild, in tonnes, excluding fish farming. Catches are reported by the fishing nation, so a fleet working in distant waters counts against its home country.
Analysis
China (13.26), Indonesia (7.82) and India (6.36) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 13.26 down to 0.91, a spread of 12.35. China is 1.70 times Indonesia, the country in second place. 2 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 6.63 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 215 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2024 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Capture Fisheries (Million Tonnes)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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