Freshwater Fish Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 25,709 thousand tonnes of listed freshwater fish food supply, 39.8 percent of a 64,638-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. All 176 reporters with reported 2023 quantities have the same listed quantity as in 2022, leaving the total quantity unchanged at 64,638 thousand tonnes. Per-capita food supply values, however, can differ between the two years because they are population-adjusted. The real movement sits in the five-year window, where India added 1,219 thousand tonnes against a net gain of 1,324. Myanmar recorded the highest per-capita figure at 33.45 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China leads at 25,709 thousand tonnes, 2.58 times India at 9,978. Per capita the order belongs to South and Southeast Asia: Myanmar at 33.45 kilograms from 1,811 thousand tonnes, then Cambodia at 29.46 and Laos at 26.92 kilograms. The United States, sixth by total, records 5.15 kilograms per person.

Freshwater Fish Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed freshwater fish food supply in 2023 at 25,709 thousand tonnes.
• India ranked second at 9,978 thousand tonnes, followed by Indonesia at 4,929 thousand tonnes.
• Myanmar had the highest per-capita food supply at 33.45 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 64,638 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed freshwater fish food supply increased by 1,324 thousand tonnes, or 2.1 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 2022-2023 comparison is unusual because all 176 reporters with reported 2023 values show identical figures in both years. The five-year window is where the table shows measurable movement, with India accounting for 92.1 percent of the net increase.

China, the leader by a factor of 2.58, added just 50 thousand tonnes since 2019 (up 0.2 percent). Indonesia fell 369 thousand tonnes and Egypt 166 thousand tonnes as the largest offsets, while Bangladesh added 203 thousand tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of freshwater fish actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	25.71K	18.07
2	India IN	9.98K	6.94
3	Indonesia ID	4.93K	17.53
4	Bangladesh BD	3.89K	22.7
5	Myanmar MM	1.81K	33.45
6	United States US	1.77K	5.15
7	Vietnam VN	1.64K	16.31
8	Egypt EG	1.37K	11.94
9	Brazil BR	949	4.5
10	Russia RU	949	6.52
11	Philippines PH	892	7.76
12	Uganda UG	732	15.05
13	Nigeria NG	639	2.81
14	Thailand TH	635	8.86
15	Mexico MX	557	4.29
16	Cambodia KH	513	29.46
17	Iran IR	499	5.5
18	Germany DE	394	4.65
19	Tanzania TZ	347	5.21
20	France FR	280	4.21
21	Colombia CO	270	5.16
22	DR Congo CD	237	2.24
23	Italy IT	234	3.94
24	Pakistan PK	218	0.88
25	Malaysia MY	217	6.19
26	United Kingdom GB	215	3.12
27	Canada CA	213	5.41
28	Laos LA	206	26.92
29	Malawi MW	181	8.59
30	Ghana GH	178	5.27
31	Uzbekistan UZ	174	4.88
32	Zambia ZM	170	8.2
33	Taiwan TW	162	6.94
34	Kenya KE	132	2.39
35	Türkiye TR	128	1.47
36	Spain ES	127	2.66
37	Ukraine UA	127	3.37
38	Israel IL	126	13.65
39	Nepal NP	124	4.17
40	Australia AU	116	4.37
41	South Korea KR	111	2.15
42	Ivory Coast CI	110	3.53
43	Mozambique MZ	103	3.06
44	Saudi Arabia SA	100	3.01
45	Sri Lanka LK	99	4.29
46	Hong Kong HK	95	12.75
47	Finland FI	91	16.19
48	Sweden SE	86	8.12
49	Belgium BE	83	7.06
50	Peru PE	83	2.45
51	Norway NO	75	13.62
52	Iraq IQ	67	1.74
53	United Arab Emirates AE	66	6.17
54	Ethiopia ET	61	0.48
55	Switzerland CH	52	5.83
56	Niger NE	46	1.74
57	Cameroon CM	44	1.54
58	Romania RO	44	2.29
59	Rwanda RW	44	3.16
60	Congo CG	42	6.79
61	Guinea GN	41	2.83
62	Portugal PT	41	3.89
63	Austria AT	37	4.07
64	Czech Republic CZ	37	3.43
65	Costa Rica CR	36	7.14
66	Poland PL	35	0.91
67	Honduras HN	33	3.13
68	Netherlands NL	33	1.85
69	Burkina Faso BF	32	1.4
70	Paraguay PY	32	4.72
71	Hungary HU	30	3.13
72	Zimbabwe ZW	28	1.71
73	Angola AO	27	0.75
74	Kazakhstan KZ	27	1.34
75	Venezuela VE	27	0.97
76	Senegal SN	25	1.39
77	Guatemala GT	23	1.25
78	Belarus BY	22	2.46
79	Chile CL	21	1.07
80	Dominican Republic DO	21	1.83
81	Argentina AR	19	0.42
82	Morocco MA	17	0.44
83	Slovakia SK	17	3.11
84	South Africa ZA	17	0.26
85	Serbia RS	16	2.4
86	Gabon GA	15	6.22
87	Mauritania MR	15	2.99
88	Moldova MD	15	5.79
89	Qatar QA	15	5.18
90	Turkmenistan TM	15	2.07
91	Bulgaria BG	14	2.07
92	Papua New Guinea PG	14	1.33
93	Afghanistan AF	13	0.32
94	Ireland IE	13	2.51
95	New Zealand NZ	13	2.51
96	Bolivia BO	12	0.94
97	Ecuador EC	12	0.69
98	Greece GR	12	1.15
99	Kuwait KW	11	2.23
100	Armenia AM	10	3.25
101	Bahrain BH	10	6.07
102	Macau MO	10	13.81
103	Madagascar MG	10	0.32
104	Sierra Leone SL	10	1.18
105	Denmark DK	9	1.49
106	Jordan JO	9	0.79
107	Panama PA	9	2.11
108	El Salvador SV	8	1.34
109	Latvia LV	8	4.32
110	Azerbaijan AZ	7	0.67
111	Oman OM	7	1.47
112	Syria SY	7	0.32
113	Croatia HR	6	1.51
114	Georgia GE	5	1.38
115	Kyrgyzstan KG	5	0.65
116	Luxembourg LU	5	7.03
117	North Macedonia MK	5	2.52
118	Slovenia SI	5	2.32
119	Tajikistan TJ	5	0.44
120	Uruguay UY	5	1.33
121	Albania AL	4	1.56
122	Cyprus CY	4	2.93
123	Iceland IS	4	9.64
124	Jamaica JM	4	1.27
125	Lebanon LB	4	0.64
126	Namibia NA	4	1.29
127	Algeria DZ	3	0.07
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	3	0.97
129	Estonia EE	3	1.96
130	Lithuania LT	3	1.12
131	Nicaragua NI	3	0.38
132	Bhutan BT	2	2.66
133	Gambia GM	2	0.6
134	Haiti HT	2	0.2
135	Liberia LR	2	0.39
136	Malta MT	2	2.94
137	Mauritius MU	2	1.5
138	Tunisia TN	2	0.16
139	Yemen YE	2	0.04
140	Bahamas BS	1	1.98
141	Barbados BB	1	2.23
142	French Polynesia PF	1	2.26
143	Lesotho LS	1	0.38
144	Maldives MV	1	1.56
145	Montenegro ME	1	1.78
146	Suriname SR	1	1.42
147	Timor-Leste TL	1	0.58
148	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1	0.7
149	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.15
150	Belize BZ	0	0.13
151	Botswana BW	0	0.13
152	Cape Verde CV	0	0.69
153	Comoros KM	0	0.03
154	Djibouti DJ	0	0.05
155	Eswatini SZ	0	0.21
156	Fiji FJ	0	0.39
157	Grenada GD	0	0.33
158	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.03
159	Guyana GY	0	0.48
160	Kiribati KI	0	0.03
161	Libya LY	0	0.03
162	Marshall Islands MH	0	1.91
163	Micronesia FM	0	0.06
164	Mongolia MN	0	0.05
165	Nauru NR	0	0.04
166	New Caledonia NC	0	1.17
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	2.02
168	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.61
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.09
170	Samoa WS	0	0.29
171	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.01
172	Seychelles SC	0	0.3
173	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.03
174	Tonga TO	0	0.11
175	Tuvalu TV	0	0.11
176	Vanuatu VU	0	0.11

Freshwater Fish Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China at 25,709 thousand tonnes, with India second at 9,978 and Indonesia third at 4,929. Bangladesh and Myanmar complete the top five at 3,893 and 1,811 thousand tonnes, respectively.

China holds 39.8 percent of the 64,638-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 62.8 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 71.7 percent and the top ten 82.0 percent. Because every 2023 value repeats 2022, this ranking describes both years at once.

No Measured Change Between 2022 and 2023: Every Reporter Repeats

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed quantity stands at 64,638 thousand tonnes in both years, a change of zero. The same 176 reporters are present at both endpoints, and every reporter has the same quantity in both years. Per-capita values are not identical, however, because they are calculated on a population basis. The analysis below therefore focuses on the 2019 to 2023 quantity comparison, where values genuinely differ.

India Accounts for Most of the 1,324-Thousand-Tonne Five-Year Increase

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 63,314 thousand tonnes to 64,638 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,324 thousand tonnes (2.1 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 22 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 1,219 thousand tonnes (up 13.9 percent), Bangladesh added 203 thousand tonnes (up 5.5 percent), Uganda added 96 thousand tonnes (up 15.1 percent) and the Philippines added 76 thousand tonnes (up 9.3 percent), while Indonesia fell 369 thousand tonnes (down 7.0 percent), Egypt fell 166 thousand tonnes (down 10.8 percent), Vietnam fell 102 thousand tonnes (down 5.9 percent) and China added just 50 thousand tonnes (up 0.2 percent).

India contributes 92.1 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Bangladesh at 15.3 percent. Indonesia's 369-thousand-tonne fall is the largest single decline in the window. Per capita, Myanmar's 33.45 kilograms from 1,811 thousand tonnes lead Cambodia at 29.46 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 18.07 kilograms.

What Does the Freshwater Fish Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Freshwater Fish recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of freshwater fish people actually ate. Marine fish recorded under separate items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

Freshwater Fish Consumption by Country

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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	25.66K	18.02	25.64K	17.98	25.71K	18.02	25.71K	18.04	25.71K	18.07
2	India	8.76K	6.31	9.29K	6.62	9.98K	7.06	9.98K	7	9.98K	6.94
3	Indonesia	5.3K	19.44	4.7K	17.11	4.93K	17.81	4.93K	17.68	4.93K	17.53
4	Bangladesh	3.69K	22.37	3.79K	22.78	3.89K	23.22	3.89K	22.98	3.89K	22.7
5	Myanmar	1.81K	34.4	1.81K	34.15	1.81K	33.92	1.81K	33.68	1.81K	33.45
6	United States	1.77K	5.24	1.77K	5.21	1.77K	5.2	1.77K	5.18	1.77K	5.15
7	Vietnam	1.74K	17.9	1.72K	17.58	1.64K	16.55	1.64K	16.42	1.64K	16.31
8	Egypt	1.53K	14.25	1.41K	12.87	1.37K	12.32	1.37K	12.14	1.37K	11.94
9	Brazil	910	4.38	933	4.47	949	4.53	949	4.51	949	4.5
10	Russia	916	6.25	840	5.74	949	6.51	949	6.52	949	6.52
11	Philippines	816	7.36	794	7.09	892	7.89	892	7.83	892	7.76
12	Uganda	636	14.8	648	14.57	732	15.95	732	15.48	732	15.05
13	Nigeria	665	3.17	618	2.89	639	2.93	639	2.86	639	2.81
14	Thailand	635	8.88	635	8.87	635	8.85	635	8.85	635	8.86
15	Mexico	557	4.43	557	4.39	557	4.36	557	4.33	557	4.29
16	Cambodia	517	31.39	543	32.46	513	30.24	513	29.84	513	29.46
17	Iran	499	5.73	506	5.77	499	5.64	499	5.57	499	5.5
18	Germany	394	4.71	394	4.71	394	4.7	394	4.68	394	4.65
19	Tanzania	347	5.87	347	5.69	347	5.52	347	5.36	347	5.21
20	France	280	4.26	280	4.24	280	4.23	280	4.22	280	4.21
21	Colombia	235	4.7	232	4.58	270	5.27	270	5.21	270	5.16
22	DR Congo	242	2.6	224	2.33	237	2.39	237	2.32	237	2.24
23	Italy	234	3.9	234	3.91	234	3.92	234	3.93	234	3.94
24	Pakistan	218	0.94	218	0.93	218	0.91	218	0.89	218	0.88
25	Malaysia	206	6.16	193	5.71	217	6.34	217	6.26	217	6.19
26	United Kingdom	215	3.2	215	3.19	215	3.17	215	3.15	215	3.12
27	Canada	198	5.23	198	5.2	213	5.53	213	5.48	213	5.41
28	Laos	188	25.93	200	27.25	206	27.68	206	27.29	206	26.92
29	Malawi	179	9.42	183	9.38	181	9.04	181	8.81	181	8.59
30	Ghana	136	4.36	150	4.69	178	5.48	178	5.37	178	5.27
31	Uzbekistan	124	3.76	146	4.35	174	5.09	174	4.98	174	4.88
32	Zambia	148	7.98	156	8.21	170	8.67	170	8.43	170	8.2
33	Taiwan	162	6.84	162	6.84	162	6.87	162	6.91	162	6.94
34	Kenya	115	2.24	125	2.39	132	2.49	132	2.44	132	2.39
35	Türkiye	110	1.29	123	1.43	128	1.47	128	1.47	128	1.47
36	Spain	140	2.96	135	2.82	127	2.67	127	2.66	127	2.66
37	Ukraine	105	2.33	116	2.6	127	2.87	127	3.1	127	3.37
38	Israel	109	12.56	110	12.5	126	14.13	126	13.88	126	13.65
39	Nepal	98	3.44	102	3.53	124	4.2	124	4.17	124	4.17
40	Australia	106	4.18	101	3.91	116	4.45	116	4.41	116	4.37
41	South Korea	99	1.91	98	1.88	111	2.14	111	2.15	111	2.15
42	Ivory Coast	95	3.37	98	3.4	110	3.71	110	3.62	110	3.53
43	Mozambique	119	4	94	3.07	103	3.25	103	3.15	103	3.06
44	Saudi Arabia	93	3.04	117	3.77	100	3.19	100	3.11	100	3.01
45	Sri Lanka	85	3.79	94	4.19	99	4.34	99	4.32	99	4.29
46	Hong Kong	97	12.9	102	13.56	95	12.68	95	12.71	95	12.75
47	Finland	91	16.43	91	16.4	91	16.37	91	16.29	91	16.19
48	Sweden	86	8.34	86	8.28	86	8.23	86	8.17	86	8.12
49	Belgium	83	7.2	83	7.16	83	7.15	83	7.1	83	7.06
50	Peru	80	2.46	80	2.44	83	2.5	83	2.48	83	2.45
51	Norway	75	14.05	75	13.97	75	13.9	75	13.77	75	13.62
52	Iraq	80	2.26	74	2.06	67	1.83	67	1.78	67	1.74
53	United Arab Emirates	66	7	66	6.95	66	6.71	66	6.41	66	6.17
54	Ethiopia	59	0.51	59	0.5	61	0.5	61	0.49	61	0.48
55	Switzerland	50	5.82	51	5.91	52	5.94	52	5.88	52	5.83
56	Niger	42	1.83	47	2	46	1.86	46	1.8	46	1.74
57	Cameroon	55	2.17	46	1.75	44	1.63	44	1.58	44	1.54
58	Romania	42	2.18	40	2.04	44	2.28	44	2.29	44	2.29
59	Rwanda	28	2.16	40	3.06	44	3.31	44	3.24	44	3.16
60	Congo	40	7.19	41	7.13	42	7.12	42	6.96	42	6.79
61	Guinea	49	3.78	38	2.88	41	2.97	41	2.9	41	2.83
62	Portugal	41	3.96	40	3.82	41	3.91	41	3.9	41	3.89
63	Austria	38	4.32	34	3.83	37	4.14	37	4.1	37	4.07
64	Czech Republic	37	3.46	35	3.3	37	3.53	37	3.48	37	3.43
65	Costa Rica	36	7.29	36	7.24	36	7.2	36	7.17	36	7.14
66	Poland	35	0.92	35	0.92	35	0.93	35	0.92	35	0.91
67	Honduras	33	3.35	33	3.29	33	3.24	33	3.19	33	3.13
68	Netherlands	33	1.9	33	1.89	33	1.88	33	1.87	33	1.85
69	Burkina Faso	29	1.36	31	1.43	32	1.46	32	1.43	32	1.4
70	Paraguay	30	4.64	32	4.77	32	4.84	32	4.78	32	4.72
71	Hungary	29	2.99	31	3.14	30	3.13	30	3.13	30	3.13
72	Zimbabwe	43	2.84	46	2.99	28	1.77	28	1.74	28	1.71
73	Angola	21	0.64	12	0.37	27	0.8	27	0.77	27	0.75
74	Kazakhstan	26	1.37	23	1.2	27	1.38	27	1.36	27	1.34
75	Venezuela	26	0.91	27	0.95	27	0.97	27	0.97	27	0.97
76	Senegal	30	1.84	28	1.68	25	1.46	25	1.43	25	1.39
77	Guatemala	18	1.03	19	1.1	23	1.29	23	1.27	23	1.25
78	Belarus	22	2.38	22	2.4	22	2.43	22	2.45	22	2.46
79	Chile	21	1.09	21	1.08	21	1.08	21	1.07	21	1.07
80	Dominican Republic	26	2.36	19	1.72	21	1.86	21	1.84	21	1.83
81	Argentina	10	0.22	13	0.29	19	0.42	19	0.42	19	0.42
82	Morocco	21	0.57	18	0.48	17	0.45	17	0.45	17	0.44
83	Slovakia	15	2.81	20	3.65	17	3.15	17	3.13	17	3.11
84	South Africa	18	0.3	14	0.22	17	0.27	17	0.26	17	0.26
85	Serbia	18	2.58	15	2.16	16	2.37	16	2.39	16	2.4
86	Gabon	17	7.3	14	5.94	15	6.5	15	6.36	15	6.22
87	Mauritania	15	3.36	15	3.26	15	3.17	15	3.08	15	2.99
88	Moldova	15	5.57	15	5.67	15	5.89	15	5.86	15	5.79
89	Qatar	15	5.52	15	5.51	15	5.48	15	5.34	15	5.18
90	Turkmenistan	15	2.23	15	2.13	15	2.15	15	2.11	15	2.07
91	Bulgaria	15	2.15	14	2	14	2.04	14	2.06	14	2.07
92	Papua New Guinea	14	1.42	14	1.4	14	1.38	14	1.35	14	1.33
93	Afghanistan	11	0.28	12	0.31	13	0.33	13	0.33	13	0.32
94	Ireland	13	2.65	13	2.62	13	2.6	13	2.56	13	2.51
95	New Zealand	13	2.61	13	2.56	13	2.55	13	2.53	13	2.51
96	Bolivia	12	1.02	11	0.96	12	0.97	12	0.95	12	0.94
97	Ecuador	12	0.72	12	0.71	12	0.7	12	0.7	12	0.69
98	Greece	27	2.51	11	1.07	12	1.12	12	1.13	12	1.15
99	Kuwait	11	2.43	11	2.45	11	2.47	11	2.35	11	2.23
100	Armenia	13	4.36	8	2.87	10	3.33	10	3.32	10	3.25
101	Bahrain	10	6.41	10	6.42	10	6.34	10	6.21	10	6.07
102	Macau	10	14.97	10	15.05	10	14.19	10	13.99	10	13.81
103	Madagascar	14	0.51	17	0.6	10	0.34	10	0.33	10	0.32
104	Sierra Leone	10	1.26	9	1.19	10	1.23	10	1.21	10	1.18
105	Denmark	9	1.52	9	1.52	9	1.51	9	1.5	9	1.49
106	Jordan	9	0.8	9	0.82	9	0.82	9	0.8	9	0.79
107	Panama	9	2.22	9	2.19	9	2.16	9	2.14	9	2.11
108	El Salvador	8	1.36	8	1.35	8	1.35	8	1.34	8	1.34
109	Latvia	8	4.25	8	4.28	8	4.31	8	4.32	8	4.32
110	Azerbaijan	8	0.77	7	0.67	7	0.68	7	0.67	7	0.67
111	Oman	7	1.61	7	1.64	7	1.65	7	1.57	7	1.47
112	Syria	6	0.32	7	0.32	7	0.35	7	0.33	7	0.32
113	Croatia	7	1.68	6	1.42	6	1.5	6	1.51	6	1.51
114	Georgia	6	1.7	6	1.52	5	1.39	5	1.38	5	1.38
115	Kyrgyzstan	1	0.13	1	0.19	5	0.68	5	0.67	5	0.65
116	Luxembourg	5	7.39	4	7.13	5	7.3	5	7.16	5	7.03
117	North Macedonia	3	1.76	3	1.48	5	2.49	5	2.51	5	2.52
118	Slovenia	5	2.46	5	2.21	5	2.32	5	2.32	5	2.32
119	Tajikistan	3	0.29	4	0.4	5	0.45	5	0.44	5	0.44
120	Uruguay	6	1.62	4	1.24	5	1.33	5	1.33	5	1.33
121	Albania	4	1.52	4	1.53	4	1.54	4	1.56	4	1.56
122	Cyprus	7	5.07	4	3.31	4	2.99	4	2.96	4	2.93
123	Iceland	4	10.36	4	10.19	4	10.03	4	9.82	4	9.64
124	Jamaica	5	1.73	4	1.36	4	1.27	4	1.27	4	1.27
125	Lebanon	9	1.6	5	0.94	4	0.65	4	0.64	4	0.64
126	Namibia	4	1.45	4	1.41	4	1.36	4	1.33	4	1.29
127	Algeria	8	0.19	6	0.13	3	0.07	3	0.07	3	0.07
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1.13	3	1.05	3	0.95	3	0.96	3	0.97
129	Estonia	3	2.02	3	2.01	3	2.01	3	1.98	3	1.96
130	Lithuania	3	1.15	3	1.15	3	1.15	3	1.14	3	1.12
131	Nicaragua	2	0.27	2	0.37	3	0.39	3	0.38	3	0.38
132	Bhutan	2	2.54	2	2.49	2	2.7	2	2.68	2	2.66
133	Gambia	3	1.08	2	0.71	2	0.62	2	0.61	2	0.6
134	Haiti	2	0.2	2	0.2	2	0.21	2	0.2	2	0.2
135	Liberia	1	0.22	2	0.3	2	0.41	2	0.4	2	0.39
136	Malta	2	3.64	2	2.9	2	2.99	2	2.97	2	2.94
137	Mauritius	2	1.48	2	1.48	2	1.49	2	1.49	2	1.5
138	Tunisia	3	0.28	2	0.16	2	0.16	2	0.16	2	0.16
139	Yemen	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04
140	Bahamas	1	2	1	2	1	1.99	1	1.99	1	1.98
141	Barbados	0	1.26	1	2.08	1	2.24	1	2.23	1	2.23
142	French Polynesia	1	1.94	0	1.67	1	2.27	1	2.27	1	2.26
143	Lesotho	2	0.84	2	0.81	1	0.38	1	0.38	1	0.38
144	Maldives	1	1.68	1	1.64	1	1.59	1	1.57	1	1.56
145	Montenegro	1	2.43	1	1.61	1	1.87	1	1.84	1	1.78
146	Suriname	1	1.47	1	1.45	1	1.44	1	1.43	1	1.42
147	Timor-Leste	0	0.3	1	0.87	1	0.6	1	0.59	1	0.58
148	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1.15	1	0.82	1	0.71	1	0.71	1	0.7
149	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.18	0	1.17	0	1.17	0	1.16	0	1.15
150	Belize	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.13	0	0.13
151	Botswana	0	0.15	0	0.17	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.13
152	Cape Verde	0	0.7	0	0.7	0	0.7	0	0.69	0	0.69
153	Comoros	0	0.12	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
154	Djibouti	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.05
155	Eswatini	0	0.24	0	0.22	0	0.21	0	0.21	0	0.21
156	Fiji	1	0.76	1	0.68	0	0.39	0	0.39	0	0.39
157	Grenada	0	0.65	0	0.49	0	0.33	0	0.33	0	0.33
158	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
159	Guyana	0	0.49	0	0.49	0	0.49	0	0.48	0	0.48
160	Kiribati	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
161	Libya	4	0.65	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
162	Marshall Islands	0	0.92	0	1.35	0	1.8	0	1.85	0	1.91
163	Micronesia	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06
164	Mongolia	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05
165	Nauru	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
166	New Caledonia	0	1.12	0	1.31	0	1.19	0	1.18	0	1.17
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2.01	0	2.01	0	2.02	0	2.02	0	2.02
168	Saint Lucia	0	2.73	0	0.91	0	0.61	0	0.61	0	0.61
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.09
170	Samoa	0	0.52	0	0.22	0	0.29	0	0.29	0	0.29
171	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
172	Seychelles	0	0.33	0	0.32	0	0.31	0	0.31	0	0.3
173	Solomon Islands	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.03
174	Tonga	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.11
175	Tuvalu	0	0.24	0	0.1	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.11
176	Vanuatu	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.11	0	0.11
177	Cuba	22	1.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Freshwater Fish Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed freshwater fish food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 25,709 thousand tonnes. India ranked second at 9,978 thousand tonnes, while Indonesia ranked third at 4,929 thousand tonnes. Myanmar had the highest per-capita freshwater fish food supply at 33.45 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of freshwater fish 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 Freshwater Fish 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, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero. The 2022 and 2023 quantity values are identical for every reporter with reported data in both years.

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 of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 64,638 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.