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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
148 places, 988 data points, 2011–2023
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