Fish and Seafood Consumption by Country

China held 59,292 thousand tonnes of listed fish and seafood food supply in 2023, 38.4 percent of a 154,549-thousand-tonne total. Every reporter's 2023 quantity equals its 2022 value, so the reported year-to-year change is exactly zero. Over five years the total rose 1.6 percent, with China and India together contributing more than the net gain while Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia declined. Iceland leads per person at 83.81 kilograms per person per year, based on 32 thousand tonnes of listed food supply.

China leads at 59,292 thousand tonnes, 4.72 times India at 12,554, with Indonesia third at 11,365 and the United States fourth at 7,537. The highest per-capita values are concentrated among island reporters: Iceland at 83.81 kilograms from 32 thousand tonnes, then Maldives at 79.74 and Kiribati at 72.28 kilograms. China, first by total, records 41.68 kilograms per person.

Fish and Seafood Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed fish and seafood food supply in 2023 at 59,292 thousand tonnes.
• India ranked second at 12,554 thousand tonnes, followed by Indonesia at 11,365 thousand tonnes.
• Iceland had the highest per-capita food supply at 83.81 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 154,549 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed fish and seafood food supply increased by 2,393 thousand tonnes, or 1.6 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The fish and seafood aggregate covers the fish and seafood items in the FAO Food Balances classification, including freshwater, demersal, pelagic and other marine fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, molluscs and other aquatic animals. Aquatic plants are recorded separately under their own item and article.

The 2022 and 2023 quantity values are identical for all 176 reporters with values in both years, so the year-to-year comparison is empty and the five-year window carries the analysis. China and India together added 2,493 thousand tonnes against a net gain of 2,393, with Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia offsetting part of their combined increase.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	59.29K	41.68
2	India IN	12.55K	8.73
3	Indonesia ID	11.37K	40.42
4	United States US	7.54K	21.94
5	Bangladesh BD	4.63K	26.98
6	Vietnam VN	4.02K	40.06
7	Russia RU	3.32K	22.8
8	Philippines PH	3.03K	26.34
9	South Korea KR	2.73K	52.82
10	Egypt EG	2.35K	20.5
11	Myanmar MM	2.18K	40.35
12	France FR	2.17K	32.64
13	Thailand TH	2.05K	28.62
14	Malaysia MY	1.79K	51.03
15	Spain ES	1.76K	36.8
16	Mexico MX	1.76K	13.55
17	Italy IT	1.75K	29.39
18	Brazil BR	1.73K	8.18
19	Nigeria NG	1.57K	6.9
20	United Kingdom GB	1.22K	17.7
21	Germany DE	1.1K	12.98
22	Iran IR	1.02K	11.3
23	Peru PE	878	25.94
24	Canada CA	818	20.82
25	Ghana GH	798	23.62
26	Uganda UG	750	15.41
27	Ivory Coast CI	739	23.7
28	Taiwan TW	709	30.4
29	Cambodia KH	687	39.42
30	Australia AU	641	24.24
31	Ukraine UA	636	16.86
32	Morocco MA	630	16.71
33	Portugal PT	558	53.49
34	Colombia CO	539	10.31
35	Angola AO	527	14.34
36	Sri Lanka LK	522	22.73
37	Cameroon CM	514	18.12
38	Hong Kong HK	514	69.11
39	Türkiye TR	464	5.32
40	Mozambique MZ	433	12.87
41	Poland PL	432	11.15
42	Saudi Arabia SA	430	12.92
43	Tanzania TZ	426	6.4
44	South Africa ZA	353	5.59
45	DR Congo CD	348	3.29
46	Netherlands NL	345	19.08
47	Pakistan PK	334	1.35
48	Argentina AR	324	7.11
49	Sweden SE	323	30.62
50	Chile CL	282	14.36
51	Belgium BE	280	23.93
52	Norway NO	271	49.1
53	Zambia ZM	267	12.89
54	Senegal SN	249	13.75
55	Venezuela VE	248	8.75
56	United Arab Emirates AE	246	23.11
57	Burkina Faso BF	241	10.49
58	Israel IL	229	24.75
59	Laos LA	219	28.52
60	Sierra Leone SL	207	24.45
61	Greece GR	201	19.63
62	Dominican Republic DO	194	17.14
63	Tunisia TN	194	15.88
64	Uzbekistan UZ	186	5.21
65	Malawi MW	185	8.77
66	Finland FI	176	31.49
67	Romania RO	166	8.7
68	Kenya KE	159	2.86
69	Guinea GN	153	10.65
70	Switzerland CH	146	16.46
71	Congo CG	143	23.19
72	Oman OM	142	28.15
73	Denmark DK	134	22.56
74	Austria AT	129	14.12
75	Algeria DZ	127	2.75
76	Nepal NP	127	4.28
77	New Zealand NZ	127	24.61
78	Ecuador EC	116	6.45
79	Belarus BY	114	12.46
80	Madagascar MG	114	3.67
81	Czech Republic CZ	112	10.37
82	Iraq IQ	102	2.65
83	Ireland IE	100	19.27
84	Libya LY	94	12.88
85	Costa Rica CR	91	17.83
86	Lithuania LT	81	28.51
87	Kazakhstan KZ	80	3.93
88	Yemen YE	80	2.02
89	Jamaica JM	79	27.85
90	Croatia HR	77	19.89
91	Papua New Guinea PG	74	7.1
92	Rwanda RW	72	5.15
93	Guatemala GT	68	3.77
94	Gabon GA	67	27.03
95	Panama PA	66	14.89
96	Qatar QA	66	22.03
97	Ethiopia ET	64	0.5
98	Haiti HT	63	5.42
99	Hungary HU	63	6.46
100	Kuwait KW	63	12.97
101	Slovakia SK	59	10.61
102	Serbia RS	57	8.45
103	Jordan JO	55	4.77
104	Gambia GM	54	20.17
105	Moldova MD	50	19.48
106	Nicaragua NI	50	7.34
107	Bulgaria BG	49	7.18
108	Niger NE	49	1.87
109	Honduras HN	47	4.39
110	El Salvador SV	46	7.22
111	Latvia LV	46	24.49
112	Macau MO	44	61.12
113	Zimbabwe ZW	43	2.63
114	Maldives MV	42	79.74
115	Uruguay UY	40	11.93
116	Georgia GE	39	10.33
117	Mauritania MR	38	7.6
118	Mauritius MU	37	29.4
119	Paraguay PY	36	5.33
120	Iceland IS	32	83.81
121	Bahrain BH	31	19.76
122	Namibia NA	29	9.67
123	Lebanon LB	27	4.74
124	Trinidad and Tobago TT	27	17.96
125	Bolivia BO	26	2.12
126	Fiji FJ	26	27.95
127	Liberia LR	26	4.75
128	Albania AL	24	8.6
129	Cyprus CY	24	17.96
130	Slovenia SI	24	11.21
131	Solomon Islands SB	24	30.49
132	Azerbaijan AZ	22	2.14
133	Guyana GY	20	24.76
134	Luxembourg LU	20	30.29
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	19	5.86
136	Syria SY	19	0.8
137	Estonia EE	17	12.7
138	Malta MT	17	31.1
139	Turkmenistan TM	17	2.36
140	Afghanistan AF	16	0.38
141	North Macedonia MK	15	8.01
142	Armenia AM	14	4.86
143	Comoros KM	14	16.98
144	French Polynesia PF	14	50.51
145	Barbados BB	12	43.16
146	Bahamas BS	11	27.68
147	Kiribati KI	10	72.28
148	Kyrgyzstan KG	10	1.46
149	Samoa WS	10	46.62
150	Suriname SR	10	16.67
151	Timor-Leste TL	10	6.97
152	Vanuatu VU	10	30.04
153	Tajikistan TJ	9	0.91
154	Montenegro ME	8	11.92
155	Belize BZ	7	16.94
156	New Caledonia NC	7	22.5
157	Botswana BW	6	2.22
158	Cape Verde CV	6	10.67
159	Djibouti DJ	6	5.31
160	Micronesia FM	6	48.99
161	Sao Tome and Principe ST	6	26.52
162	Antigua and Barbuda AG	5	54.52
163	Bhutan BT	5	6.26
164	Eswatini SZ	5	3.79
165	Guinea-Bissau GW	5	2.35
166	Seychelles SC	5	42.91
167	Lesotho LS	4	1.92
168	Mongolia MN	4	1.03
169	Saint Lucia LC	4	24.95
170	Tonga TO	3	28.58
171	Grenada GD	2	20.33
172	Marshall Islands MH	2	44.57
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	2	36.42
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	2	20.05
175	Tuvalu TV	1	55.92
176	Nauru NR	0	26.06

China Holds 38.4 Percent as Iceland Leads Per Person From 32 Thousand Tonnes

The 2023 table is led by China at 59,292 thousand tonnes, with India second at 12,554 and Indonesia third at 11,365. The United States and Bangladesh complete the top five at 7,537 and 4,627 thousand tonnes, respectively. China holds 38.4 percent of the 154,549-thousand-tonne listed total.

The top three reporters accounted for 53.8 percent of the listed total, the top five 61.7 percent and the top ten 71.7 percent. Per capita, Iceland's 83.81 kilograms per person per year from 32 thousand tonnes lead Maldives at 79.74 kilograms, while the United States, fourth by total, records 21.94 kilograms.

2023 Repeats 2022 Exactly: A 0.0 Percent Annual Change With No Information

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply stands at 154,549 thousand tonnes in both years, a change of zero (0.0 percent). The two years share the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Every reporter's 2023 quantity value equals its 2022 value, while per-capita figures differ slightly because population denominators changed.

This pattern matches the fish detail tables, where 2023 quantities also repeat 2022 across reporters. This pattern is consistent with the quantities being carried forward in the dataset, rather than demonstrating measured stability in fish and seafood supply.

China and India Account for More Than the Five-Year Net Gain

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 152,156 thousand tonnes to 154,549 thousand tonnes, a gain of 2,393 thousand tonnes (1.6 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 68 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. China added 1,389 thousand tonnes (up 2.4 percent), India added 1,104 thousand tonnes (up 9.6 percent), Bangladesh added 240 thousand tonnes (up 5.5 percent) and Vietnam added 144 thousand tonnes (up 3.7 percent), while Egypt fell 418 thousand tonnes (down 15.1 percent), Nigeria fell 218 thousand tonnes (down 12.2 percent), Indonesia fell 179 thousand tonnes (down 1.6 percent) and Spain fell 130 thousand tonnes (down 6.9 percent).

China contributes 58.0 percent of the five-year net increase and India 46.1 percent, so the two together account for 104.1 percent of a net gain smaller than their combined increase. Egypt's fall from 2,766 to 2,348 thousand tonnes is the largest absolute five-year decline.

What Does the Fish and Seafood Food Supply Measure?

The numbers in this article come from the Fish, Seafood item in the FAO Food Balances, measured under the Food element as food available for human consumption during the reference year. A combined fish and seafood total of this kind should not be read as an estimate of what people actually ate. The aggregate sums the fish and seafood items, and several of those items are also covered in separate articles.

The per-capita measure converts the reported food supply into kilograms available per person during the year. It offers a population-adjusted view of the same item, which is why fish and seafood look concentrated in populous countries by total but in island reporters per person.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	57.9K	40.68	58.67K	41.14	59.29K	41.57	59.29K	41.6	59.29K	41.68
2	India	11.45K	8.24	11.67K	8.32	12.55K	8.88	12.55K	8.81	12.55K	8.73
3	Indonesia	11.54K	42.37	10.79K	39.28	11.37K	41.07	11.37K	40.76	11.37K	40.42
4	United States	7.54K	22.31	7.54K	22.2	7.54K	22.16	7.54K	22.07	7.54K	21.94
5	Bangladesh	4.39K	26.6	4.5K	27.07	4.63K	27.59	4.63K	27.31	4.63K	26.98
6	Vietnam	3.88K	39.89	4.02K	40.99	4.02K	40.63	4.02K	40.33	4.02K	40.06
7	Russia	3.19K	21.79	3.09K	21.13	3.32K	22.74	3.32K	22.78	3.32K	22.8
8	Philippines	2.95K	26.61	2.86K	25.52	3.03K	26.76	3.03K	26.56	3.03K	26.34
9	South Korea	2.83K	54.64	2.83K	54.5	2.73K	52.72	2.73K	52.79	2.73K	52.82
10	Egypt	2.77K	25.72	2.63K	24.1	2.35K	21.16	2.35K	20.85	2.35K	20.5
11	Myanmar	2.18K	41.49	2.18K	41.2	2.18K	40.91	2.18K	40.63	2.18K	40.35
12	France	2.17K	32.99	2.17K	32.91	2.17K	32.82	2.17K	32.72	2.17K	32.64
13	Thailand	2.05K	28.69	2.05K	28.64	2.05K	28.61	2.05K	28.61	2.05K	28.62
14	Malaysia	1.75K	52.46	1.69K	49.9	1.79K	52.29	1.79K	51.66	1.79K	51.03
15	Spain	1.89K	39.9	1.79K	37.62	1.76K	36.93	1.76K	36.86	1.76K	36.8
16	Mexico	1.76K	13.97	1.76K	13.86	1.76K	13.77	1.76K	13.66	1.76K	13.55
17	Italy	1.75K	29.08	1.75K	29.18	1.75K	29.27	1.75K	29.33	1.75K	29.39
18	Brazil	1.74K	8.38	1.67K	7.99	1.73K	8.25	1.73K	8.22	1.73K	8.18
19	Nigeria	1.79K	8.55	1.88K	8.77	1.57K	7.2	1.57K	7.05	1.57K	6.9
20	United Kingdom	1.22K	18.11	1.22K	18.05	1.22K	17.96	1.22K	17.83	1.22K	17.7
21	Germany	1.1K	13.13	1.1K	13.12	1.1K	13.11	1.1K	13.05	1.1K	12.98
22	Iran	1.09K	12.51	1.07K	12.24	1.02K	11.58	1.02K	11.44	1.02K	11.3
23	Peru	871	26.86	901	27.43	878	26.48	878	26.22	878	25.94
24	Canada	817	21.63	793	20.76	818	21.28	818	21.08	818	20.82
25	Ghana	700	22.39	687	21.55	798	24.54	798	24.08	798	23.62
26	Uganda	652	15.17	667	15.01	750	16.34	750	15.85	750	15.41
27	Ivory Coast	655	23.25	694	24.01	739	24.92	739	24.3	739	23.7
28	Taiwan	709	29.94	709	29.95	709	30.09	709	30.27	709	30.4
29	Cambodia	720	43.7	738	44.13	687	40.46	687	39.92	687	39.42
30	Australia	618	24.26	608	23.61	641	24.7	641	24.47	641	24.24
31	Ukraine	601	13.36	611	13.67	636	14.36	636	15.5	636	16.86
32	Morocco	680	18.78	587	16.04	630	17.05	630	16.88	630	16.71
33	Portugal	595	57.5	552	53.26	558	53.7	558	53.57	558	53.49
34	Colombia	463	9.28	473	9.35	539	10.54	539	10.43	539	10.31
35	Angola	451	13.92	370	11.07	527	15.26	527	14.79	527	14.34
36	Sri Lanka	635	28.33	544	24.13	522	23.01	522	22.87	522	22.73
37	Cameroon	516	20.24	522	19.93	514	19.11	514	18.61	514	18.12
38	Hong Kong	494	65.99	493	65.87	514	68.72	514	68.89	514	69.11
39	Türkiye	466	5.46	505	5.86	464	5.35	464	5.33	464	5.32
40	Mozambique	429	14.35	450	14.63	433	13.66	433	13.26	433	12.87
41	Poland	432	11.3	432	11.32	432	11.36	432	11.26	432	11.15
42	Saudi Arabia	411	13.48	454	14.66	430	13.71	430	13.35	430	12.92
43	Tanzania	426	7.2	426	6.99	426	6.78	426	6.58	426	6.4
44	South Africa	376	6.31	318	5.24	353	5.75	353	5.66	353	5.59
45	DR Congo	375	4.03	338	3.52	348	3.51	348	3.4	348	3.29
46	Netherlands	345	19.69	345	19.57	345	19.47	345	19.28	345	19.08
47	Pakistan	334	1.45	334	1.42	334	1.39	334	1.37	334	1.35
48	Argentina	306	6.81	322	7.12	324	7.15	324	7.13	324	7.11
49	Sweden	323	31.43	323	31.21	323	31.02	323	30.81	323	30.62
50	Chile	282	14.71	282	14.58	282	14.51	282	14.44	282	14.36
51	Belgium	280	24.39	280	24.28	280	24.22	280	24.07	280	23.93
52	Norway	271	50.68	271	50.38	271	50.11	271	49.67	271	49.1
53	Zambia	240	12.97	235	12.35	267	13.63	267	13.26	267	12.89
54	Senegal	268	16.37	186	11.07	249	14.44	249	14.08	249	13.75
55	Venezuela	194	6.71	212	7.44	248	8.77	248	8.78	248	8.75
56	United Arab Emirates	246	26.22	246	26.03	246	25.12	246	24.01	246	23.11
57	Burkina Faso	190	9.04	221	10.29	241	10.98	241	10.73	241	10.49
58	Israel	201	23.27	199	22.61	229	25.61	229	25.16	229	24.75
59	Laos	198	27.35	211	28.68	219	29.33	219	28.91	219	28.52
60	Sierra Leone	204	26.34	202	25.59	207	25.55	207	24.99	207	24.45
61	Greece	226	21.07	181	16.87	201	19	201	19.31	201	19.63
62	Dominican Republic	153	14.05	171	15.55	194	17.46	194	17.29	194	17.14
63	Tunisia	199	16.76	183	15.26	194	16.08	194	15.99	194	15.88
64	Uzbekistan	135	4.09	156	4.65	186	5.43	186	5.32	186	5.21
65	Malawi	184	9.69	187	9.57	185	9.24	185	9	185	8.77
66	Finland	176	31.95	176	31.9	176	31.84	176	31.67	176	31.49
67	Romania	156	8.01	158	8.17	166	8.64	166	8.67	166	8.7
68	Kenya	155	3.02	150	2.88	159	2.98	159	2.92	159	2.86
69	Guinea	150	11.51	147	11.02	153	11.19	153	10.92	153	10.65
70	Switzerland	139	16.18	147	17.01	146	16.77	146	16.61	146	16.46
71	Congo	136	24.21	130	22.52	143	24.33	143	23.75	143	23.19
72	Oman	142	30.96	142	31.43	142	31.58	142	30.05	142	28.15
73	Denmark	134	23.07	134	23.01	134	22.91	134	22.73	134	22.56
74	Austria	129	14.49	117	13.1	129	14.38	129	14.23	129	14.12
75	Algeria	167	3.85	133	3.02	127	2.83	127	2.79	127	2.75
76	Nepal	104	3.66	105	3.62	127	4.31	127	4.28	127	4.28
77	New Zealand	127	25.51	127	25.11	127	24.92	127	24.81	127	24.61
78	Ecuador	116	6.69	116	6.61	116	6.56	116	6.51	116	6.45
79	Belarus	114	12.04	114	12.15	114	12.28	114	12.38	114	12.46
80	Madagascar	109	3.85	100	3.47	114	3.85	114	3.76	114	3.67
81	Czech Republic	112	10.61	106	10.05	112	10.64	112	10.5	112	10.37
82	Iraq	112	3.16	108	2.99	102	2.77	102	2.71	102	2.65
83	Ireland	100	20.29	100	20.09	100	19.91	100	19.59	100	19.27
84	Libya	137	19.7	116	16.46	94	13.18	94	13.02	94	12.88
85	Costa Rica	91	18.21	91	18.08	91	17.99	91	17.91	91	17.83
86	Lithuania	81	29.12	81	29.11	81	29.12	81	28.89	81	28.51
87	Kazakhstan	71	3.67	74	3.82	80	4.04	80	3.99	80	3.93
88	Yemen	89	2.52	84	2.33	80	2.15	80	2.09	80	2.02
89	Jamaica	78	27.66	76	26.92	79	27.87	79	27.86	79	27.85
90	Croatia	83	20.82	76	19.23	77	19.75	77	19.84	77	19.89
91	Papua New Guinea	131	13.62	110	11.18	74	7.37	74	7.23	74	7.1
92	Rwanda	59	4.63	71	5.44	72	5.38	72	5.26	72	5.15
93	Guatemala	60	3.48	62	3.58	68	3.88	68	3.83	68	3.77
94	Gabon	73	32.12	73	31.54	67	28.26	67	27.63	67	27.03
95	Panama	66	15.68	66	15.47	66	15.28	66	15.09	66	14.89
96	Qatar	66	23.45	66	23.41	66	23.31	66	22.69	66	22.03
97	Ethiopia	62	0.54	61	0.51	64	0.53	64	0.51	64	0.5
98	Haiti	57	5.12	55	4.88	63	5.55	63	5.48	63	5.42
99	Hungary	61	6.29	63	6.43	63	6.45	63	6.46	63	6.46
100	Kuwait	63	14.12	63	14.26	63	14.39	63	13.67	63	12.97
101	Slovakia	56	10.2	60	10.92	59	10.75	59	10.7	59	10.61
102	Serbia	59	8.41	54	7.87	57	8.37	57	8.43	57	8.45
103	Jordan	53	4.98	62	5.74	55	4.93	55	4.84	55	4.77
104	Gambia	61	24.77	52	20.68	54	21.13	54	20.64	54	20.17
105	Moldova	45	17.26	46	17.79	50	19.81	50	19.69	50	19.48
106	Nicaragua	43	6.58	39	5.93	50	7.53	50	7.44	50	7.34
107	Bulgaria	51	7.26	44	6.35	49	7.09	49	7.15	49	7.18
108	Niger	44	1.93	52	2.18	49	1.99	49	1.93	49	1.87
109	Honduras	47	4.7	47	4.62	47	4.54	47	4.47	47	4.39
110	El Salvador	46	7.32	46	7.3	46	7.28	46	7.25	46	7.22
111	Latvia	46	24.08	46	24.25	46	24.45	46	24.5	46	24.49
112	Macau	46	68.86	41	60.39	44	62.84	44	61.95	44	61.12
113	Zimbabwe	49	3.19	54	3.5	43	2.72	43	2.68	43	2.63
114	Maldives	42	85.99	42	83.53	42	81.26	42	80.02	42	79.74
115	Uruguay	31	9.07	25	7.39	40	11.9	40	11.92	40	11.93
116	Georgia	40	10.48	38	10.11	39	10.39	39	10.37	39	10.33
117	Mauritania	38	8.54	38	8.3	38	8.06	38	7.83	38	7.6
118	Mauritius	37	29.11	37	29.18	37	29.26	37	29.34	37	29.4
119	Paraguay	34	5.28	36	5.47	36	5.46	36	5.4	36	5.33
120	Iceland	32	90.05	32	88.6	32	87.16	32	85.4	32	83.81
121	Bahrain	31	20.88	31	20.92	31	20.66	31	20.23	31	19.76
122	Namibia	29	10.81	29	10.5	29	10.2	29	9.92	29	9.67
123	Lebanon	51	8.75	29	5.03	27	4.79	27	4.77	27	4.74
124	Trinidad and Tobago	28	18.87	29	19.72	27	18.14	27	18.04	27	17.96
125	Bolivia	33	2.82	32	2.67	26	2.18	26	2.15	26	2.12
126	Fiji	28	31.04	27	30.05	26	28.18	26	28.1	26	27.95
127	Liberia	21	4.22	24	4.68	26	4.96	26	4.85	26	4.75
128	Albania	24	8.39	24	8.42	24	8.49	24	8.56	24	8.6
129	Cyprus	31	23.95	24	18.31	24	18.34	24	18.14	24	17.96
130	Slovenia	27	13.18	24	11.39	24	11.23	24	11.22	24	11.21
131	Solomon Islands	24	33.49	24	32.76	24	31.98	24	31.22	24	30.49
132	Azerbaijan	21	2.05	21	2.11	22	2.15	22	2.14	22	2.14
133	Guyana	20	25.34	20	25.34	20	25.09	20	24.9	20	24.76
134	Luxembourg	20	32.63	20	31.88	20	31.46	20	30.83	20	30.29
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	7.24	19	5.64	19	5.75	19	5.82	19	5.86
136	Syria	38	1.88	21	0.98	19	0.87	19	0.84	19	0.8
137	Estonia	17	13.09	17	13.06	17	13.04	17	12.86	17	12.7
138	Malta	16	31.83	15	28.37	17	31.61	17	31.38	17	31.1
139	Turkmenistan	16	2.34	16	2.25	17	2.46	17	2.41	17	2.36
140	Afghanistan	15	0.39	17	0.43	16	0.4	16	0.39	16	0.38
141	North Macedonia	14	7.54	13	7.07	15	7.93	15	7.97	15	8.01
142	Armenia	16	5.49	13	4.49	14	4.99	14	4.97	14	4.86
143	Comoros	14	18.12	15	19.06	14	17.65	14	17.31	14	16.98
144	French Polynesia	14	50.34	14	49.98	14	50.75	14	50.65	14	50.51
145	Barbados	12	42.05	12	42.69	12	43.19	12	43.17	12	43.16
146	Bahamas	11	28.01	11	27.93	11	27.89	11	27.81	11	27.68
147	Kiribati	10	77.3	10	75.96	10	74.62	10	73.42	10	72.28
148	Kyrgyzstan	6	0.91	5	0.73	10	1.51	10	1.48	10	1.46
149	Samoa	10	46.12	10	46.19	10	47.25	10	46.93	10	46.62
150	Suriname	10	17.31	10	17.12	10	16.97	10	16.83	10	16.67
151	Timor-Leste	10	7.63	10	7.45	10	7.14	10	7.04	10	6.97
152	Vanuatu	10	32.97	10	32.21	10	31.47	10	30.75	10	30.04
153	Tajikistan	6	0.65	7	0.72	9	0.95	9	0.93	9	0.91
154	Montenegro	10	15.99	6	9.77	8	12.5	8	12.28	8	11.92
155	Belize	7	18.05	7	17.82	7	17.62	7	17.29	7	16.94
156	New Caledonia	7	24.08	7	25.26	7	22.87	7	22.72	7	22.5
157	Botswana	6	2.6	10	4.06	6	2.29	6	2.26	6	2.22
158	Cape Verde	6	10.84	6	10.83	6	10.79	6	10.73	6	10.67
159	Djibouti	4	3.69	5	4.43	6	5.46	6	5.38	6	5.31
160	Micronesia	5	49.74	5	49.51	6	49.43	6	49.22	6	48.99
161	Sao Tome and Principe	5	24.64	6	26.53	6	27.59	6	27.06	6	26.52
162	Antigua and Barbuda	5	55.69	5	55.4	5	55.09	5	54.8	5	54.52
163	Bhutan	5	6.4	4	5.71	5	6.35	5	6.3	5	6.26
164	Eswatini	5	4.19	5	4.15	5	3.86	5	3.82	5	3.79
165	Guinea-Bissau	4	2.1	4	2.02	5	2.46	5	2.4	5	2.35
166	Seychelles	5	46.66	5	45.64	5	44.64	5	43.74	5	42.91
167	Lesotho	4	1.92	5	2.34	4	1.97	4	1.94	4	1.92
168	Mongolia	4	1.1	4	1.08	4	1.06	4	1.05	4	1.03
169	Saint Lucia	6	33.85	6	31.08	4	25.06	4	25.02	4	24.95
170	Tonga	3	28.29	3	28.28	3	28.34	3	28.46	3	28.58
171	Grenada	3	27.88	3	26.92	2	20.4	2	20.36	2	20.33
172	Marshall Islands	2	41.39	2	41.13	2	41.83	2	43.18	2	44.57
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	36.27	2	36.34	2	36.42	2	36.46	2	36.42
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	19.85	2	19.15	2	19.76	2	19.91	2	20.05
175	Tuvalu	1	50.09	1	51.84	1	53.85	1	54.93	1	55.92
176	Nauru	0	24.62	0	25.64	0	26.43	0	26.23	0	26.06
177	Cuba	68	6.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fish and Seafood Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO Food Balances recorded 154,549 thousand tonnes of listed fish and seafood food supply across 176 reporters with reported values. China had the largest total at 59,292 thousand tonnes, followed by India at 12,554 and Indonesia at 11,365 thousand tonnes. Iceland had the highest per-capita fish and seafood food supply at 83.81 kilograms per person per year. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of fish and seafood actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Fish, Seafood from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities are shown in thousand tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 154,549 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. This article covers the fish and seafood aggregate; individual fish and seafood items are treated in separate articles.