International trade of fisheries commodities by country
This dataset presents statistics on world annual international trade of fishery and aquaculture products. It includes all aquatic animals (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic animals), algae (macroalgae, microalgae, and Cyanobacteria) and other aquatic products (e.g. corals and sponges) with the...
What the numbers show
International trade of fisheries commodities is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 32.39 billion US dollar in United States; the lowest is 136.77 million US dollar in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 955.59 million US dollar, and the mean is 3.27 billion US dollar.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 237.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 919.9%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 16.3%).
International trade of fisheries commodities: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 32.39 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 1 | China | 23.17 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 201.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 2.76 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 229.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Japan | 15.37 billion US dollar | 2022 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 3 | Spain | 9.54 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5.56 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 4 | France | 8.20 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 5.04 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 7.80 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 3.30 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 6.57 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 809.96 million US dollar | 2022 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Sweden | 6.17 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Lithuania | 736.66 million US dollar | 2022 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Denmark | 4.68 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 275.45 million US dollar | 2022 | up 126.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 4.46 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Latvia | 262.77 million US dollar | 2022 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 3.97 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 201.98 million US dollar | 2022 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Portugal | 2.71 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 11 | Slovenia | 165.30 million US dollar | 2022 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium | 2.51 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 13 | Taiwan, China | 2.20 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 1.98 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 1.67 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 1.62 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 1.50 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 1.16 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Greece | 1.00 billion US dollar | 2022 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 966.63 million US dollar | 2022 | up 150.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 955.59 million US dollar | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 788.48 million US dollar | 2022 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Finland | 687.59 million US dollar | 2022 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 685.24 million US dollar | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 675.36 million US dollar | 2022 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 568.68 million US dollar | 2022 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Chile | 548.58 million US dollar | 2022 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 531.43 million US dollar | 2022 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 473.66 million US dollar | 2022 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Ireland | 336.67 million US dollar | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 294.86 million US dollar | 2022 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 246.94 million US dollar | 2022 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 33 | India | 244.73 million US dollar | 2022 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 34 | New Zealand | 243.00 million US dollar | 2022 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 206.30 million US dollar | 2022 | up 919.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Iceland | 170.14 million US dollar | 2022 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 163.22 million US dollar | 2022 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 144.15 million US dollar | 2022 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 141.43 million US dollar | 2022 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 136.77 million US dollar | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 6.67 billion US dollar
- Slovak Republic 154.90 million US dollar
About this data
This dataset presents statistics on world annual international trade of fishery and aquaculture products. It includes all aquatic animals (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic animals), algae (macroalgae, microalgae, and Cyanobacteria) and other aquatic products (e.g. corals and sponges) with the exception of data on aquatic mammals, reptiles, amphibians, turtles, and miscellaneous aquatic products. Data are expressed in US dollars. International trade of fisheries commodities - General notes International trade of fisheries commodities - Notes on individual countries and areas