Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP by country
Countries reporting
114
Highest
12.3%
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Romania
Median
0.2%
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
988
What the numbers show
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 12.3% in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.8%.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 350.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 12.3% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 2 | Greenland | 10.9% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 0.8% | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 3 | Comoros | 6.5% | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kiribati | 5.4% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.6% | 2019 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 0.5% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2023 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 7 | Gambia | 4.3% | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 3.9% | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 9 | Madagascar | 3.1% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 2.6% | 2021 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 11 | Maldives | 2.5% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 12 | Namibia | 1.6% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 13 | Tonga | 1.6% | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 14 | Samoa | 1.6% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 1.5% | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1.4% | 2023 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 17 | Suriname | 1.4% | 2019 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 18 | Angola | 1.2% | 2023 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 19 | French Polynesia | 1.2% | 2019 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 1.1% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | Palau | 1.0% | 2021 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 23 | Norway | 0.7% | 2023 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 24 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2023 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7% | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 26 | Oman | 0.7% | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 27 | Grenada | 0.6% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 0.6% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 29 | Cameroon | 0.6% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2019 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 30 | Morocco | 0.5% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 0.5% | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 33 | New Zealand | 0.5% | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 33 | Anguilla | 0.5% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 36 | Malaysia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 0.4% | 2023 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 0.4% | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 39 | Panama | 0.3% | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 40 | Fiji | 0.3% | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Cook Islands | 0.3% | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 42 | Dominica | 0.3% | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 0.3% | 2019 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3% | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 45 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2023 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 0.2% | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 46 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 48 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 48 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 51 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2019 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 0.2% | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 53 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 53 | India | 0.2% | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 53 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 56 | Congo | 0.2% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 57 | Montserrat | 0.2% | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 59 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.1% | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 62 | Benin | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 62 | Liberia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 62 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 65 | Belize | 0.1% | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 0.1% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2021 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 76 | Canada | 0.1% | 2021 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 76 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 78 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 78 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 78 | Spain | 0.1% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 78 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 84 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 84 | Libya | 0.0% | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 87 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 87 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 92 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 92 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 85.7% | falling |
| 100 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 100 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia 6.6%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.9%
- Polynesia 1.2%
- Middle Africa 0.8%
- South-Eastern Asia 0.6%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.7%
- Oceania 0.6%
- Eastern Africa 0.6%
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.5%
- Western Africa 0.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4%
- Melanesia 0.4%
- Africa 0.4%
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2%
- Northern Africa 0.2%
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.2%
- Southern Asia 0.2%
- Central and Southern Asia 0.2%
- Southern Africa 0.2%
- Caribbean 0.1%
- Eastern Europe 0.1%
- Northern Europe 0.1%
- World 0.1%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.1%
- Europe 0.1%
- Central America 0.0%
- Southern Europe 0.0%
- Europe and Northern America 0.0%
- Americas 0.0%
- Northern America 0.0%
- Western Europe 0.0%
- United States of America 0.0%