Pelagic Fish Consumption by Country

In 2023, Indonesia held 3,120 thousand tonnes of listed pelagic fish food supply, 14.4 percent of a 21,626-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. All 176 reporters with reported 2023 quantities show the same listed quantity as in 2022, leaving the total quantity unchanged; per-capita values, however, differ for 150 reporters because they are population-adjusted. The five-year quantity comparison shows where the changes occurred instead, with Indonesia adding 378 thousand tonnes against a net decline of 140. Maldives recorded the highest per-capita figure at 69.34 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

Indonesia leads at 3,120 thousand tonnes, 2.28 times the Philippines at 1,371. Per capita the order belongs to island states: Maldives at 69.34 kilograms from 36 thousand tonnes, then Kiribati at 51.10 and Iceland at 47.96 kilograms. Indonesia records 11.09 kilograms per person.

Pelagic Fish Food Supply at a Glance

• Indonesia had the largest listed pelagic fish food supply in 2023 at 3,120 thousand tonnes.
• The Philippines ranked second at 1,371 thousand tonnes, followed by the United States at 890 thousand tonnes.
• Maldives had the highest per-capita food supply at 69.34 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 21,626 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed pelagic fish food supply decreased by 140 thousand tonnes, or 0.6 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 2022-2023 comparison is unusual because all 176 reporters with reported 2023 quantities show identical quantity figures in both years. The five-year quantity comparison is where the table shows measurable movement: Indonesia added 378 thousand tonnes (up 13.8 percent) while Egypt fell 243 thousand tonnes (down 44.0 percent) and China added 137 thousand tonnes (up 33.6 percent), leaving a net decline of just 140 thousand tonnes.

No reporter reaches even 15 percent of the listed total, showing that the reported food supply is spread across a relatively broad group of reporters. The Philippines, the United States, Thailand and India follow Indonesia within a band from 798 to 1,371 thousand tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of pelagic fish actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	Indonesia ID	3.12K	11.09
2	Philippines PH	1.37K	11.94
3	United States US	890	2.59
4	Thailand TH	810	11.29
5	India IN	798	0.56
6	South Korea KR	751	14.5
7	Russia RU	670	4.61
8	Malaysia MY	600	17.07
9	Ghana GH	557	16.47
10	China CN	545	0.38
11	Mexico MX	541	4.17
12	Morocco MA	486	12.9
13	Nigeria NG	482	2.11
14	Peru PE	482	14.23
15	France FR	471	7.09
16	Ivory Coast CI	464	14.9
17	Spain ES	448	9.34
18	Iran IR	371	4.09
19	Angola AO	342	9.31
20	Sri Lanka LK	339	14.77
21	Vietnam VN	323	3.22
22	Egypt EG	309	2.7
23	Italy IT	306	5.14
24	Ukraine UA	282	7.48
25	Cameroon CM	247	8.71
26	Colombia CO	222	4.25
27	Germany DE	207	2.44
28	Poland PL	197	5.07
29	United Kingdom GB	196	2.85
30	Türkiye TR	190	2.18
31	Brazil BR	163	0.77
32	Burkina Faso BF	153	6.63
33	South Africa ZA	152	2.41
34	Venezuela VE	149	5.27
35	Saudi Arabia SA	137	4.12
36	Chile CL	134	6.8
37	Australia AU	133	5.04
38	Sierra Leone SL	131	15.45
39	Tunisia TN	119	9.73
40	Canada CA	116	2.94
41	Senegal SN	111	6.14
42	Algeria DZ	102	2.21
43	Bangladesh BD	95	0.55
44	Zambia ZM	93	4.5
45	United Arab Emirates AE	89	8.34
46	Pakistan PK	88	0.36
47	DR Congo CD	85	0.81
48	Dominican Republic DO	82	7.23
49	Netherlands NL	80	4.4
50	Guinea GN	75	5.17
51	Mozambique MZ	74	2.19
52	Romania RO	74	3.88
53	Taiwan TW	73	3.14
54	Lithuania LT	67	23.34
55	Libya LY	66	9.09
56	Sweden SE	66	6.23
57	Portugal PT	59	5.7
58	Belarus BY	58	6.4
59	Argentina AR	56	1.23
60	Israel IL	56	6
61	Yemen YE	56	1.41
62	Papua New Guinea PG	55	5.26
63	Finland FI	53	9.48
64	Denmark DK	52	8.81
65	Belgium BE	49	4.19
66	Congo CG	46	7.45
67	Austria AT	40	4.42
68	Greece GR	40	3.91
69	Costa Rica CR	38	7.36
70	Haiti HT	38	3.27
71	Oman OM	38	7.48
72	Maldives MV	36	69.34
73	Gabon GA	35	14.04
74	Panama PA	35	7.95
75	Croatia HR	33	8.49
76	Madagascar MG	33	1.06
77	Jamaica JM	32	11.44
78	Czech Republic CZ	31	2.88
79	Gambia GM	31	11.59
80	Kazakhstan KZ	31	1.52
81	El Salvador SV	30	4.72
82	New Zealand NZ	29	5.56
83	Guatemala GT	27	1.49
84	Ireland IE	27	5.27
85	Ecuador EC	25	1.41
86	Georgia GE	25	6.57
87	Serbia RS	25	3.74
88	Nicaragua NI	23	3.36
89	Norway NO	23	4.08
90	Switzerland CH	23	2.62
91	Jordan JO	22	1.96
92	Solomon Islands SB	22	28.08
93	Kuwait KW	21	4.41
94	Latvia LV	20	10.4
95	Iceland IS	19	47.96
96	Moldova MD	19	7.27
97	Mauritius MU	18	14.3
98	Qatar QA	18	6.17
99	Tanzania TZ	18	0.28
100	Bulgaria BG	17	2.44
101	Hong Kong HK	17	2.32
102	Namibia NA	17	5.74
103	Fiji FJ	16	17.17
104	Slovakia SK	16	2.9
105	Iraq IQ	15	0.38
106	Hungary HU	14	1.45
107	Lebanon LB	13	2.2
108	Zimbabwe ZW	13	0.82
109	Azerbaijan AZ	12	1.12
110	Uruguay UY	12	3.54
111	Comoros KM	11	12.65
112	Liberia LR	11	1.99
113	Myanmar MM	10	0.18
114	Trinidad and Tobago TT	10	6.66
115	Honduras HN	9	0.85
116	Mauritania MR	9	1.7
117	Samoa WS	9	39.75
118	Syria SY	9	0.36
119	Albania AL	8	2.73
120	Barbados BB	8	29.57
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	8	2.56
122	French Polynesia PF	8	27.76
123	Kenya KE	8	0.15
124	Malta MT	8	14.93
125	Uzbekistan UZ	8	0.24
126	Kiribati KI	7	51.1
127	Timor-Leste TL	7	4.91
128	Bahrain BH	6	3.62
129	Cambodia KH	6	0.32
130	Vanuatu VU	6	19.47
131	Djibouti DJ	5	4.72
132	Kyrgyzstan KG	5	0.65
133	North Macedonia MK	5	2.85
134	Slovenia SI	5	2.44
135	Bahamas BS	4	10.92
136	Botswana BW	4	1.49
137	Cyprus CY	4	2.86
138	Guyana GY	4	4.56
139	New Caledonia NC	4	14.2
140	Sao Tome and Principe ST	4	17.46
141	Seychelles SC	4	30.6
142	Suriname SR	4	6.38
143	Armenia AM	3	1
144	Bolivia BO	3	0.26
145	Estonia EE	3	2.21
146	Ethiopia ET	3	0.02
147	Guinea-Bissau GW	3	1.31
148	Luxembourg LU	3	4.21
149	Micronesia FM	3	27.81
150	Mongolia MN	3	0.74
151	Paraguay PY	3	0.47
152	Rwanda RW	3	0.23
153	Afghanistan AF	2	0.05
154	Belize BZ	2	5.94
155	Cape Verde CV	2	3.12
156	Eswatini SZ	2	1.41
157	Lesotho LS	2	1.05
158	Montenegro ME	2	3.5
159	Saint Lucia LC	2	12.3
160	Tonga TO	2	17.9
161	Turkmenistan TM	2	0.27
162	Antigua and Barbuda AG	1	10.87
163	Grenada GD	1	8.07
164	Laos LA	1	0.09
165	Macau MO	1	1.86
166	Malawi MW	1	0.06
167	Marshall Islands MH	1	20.2
168	Niger NE	1	0.05
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	11.96
170	Tajikistan TJ	1	0.07
171	Bhutan BT	0	0.03
172	Nauru NR	0	6.99
173	Nepal NP	0	0.02
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	10.06
175	Tuvalu TV	0	24.17
176	Uganda UG	0	0.01

Pelagic Fish Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by Indonesia at 3,120 thousand tonnes, with the Philippines second at 1,371 and the United States third at 890. Thailand and India complete the top five at 810 and 798 thousand tonnes, respectively.

Indonesia holds 14.4 percent of the 21,626-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 24.9 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 32.3 percent and the top ten 46.8 percent. Because every 2023 quantity repeats 2022, this ranking describes both years at once.

No Measured Quantity Change Between 2022 and 2023: Every Reporter Repeats

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed quantity stands at 21,626 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.

Indonesia Adds 378 Thousand Tonnes Against a Net Decline of 140 Thousand Tonnes Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 21,766 thousand tonnes to 21,626 thousand tonnes, a decline of 140 thousand tonnes (0.6 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 29 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. Indonesia added 378 thousand tonnes (up 13.8 percent), China added 137 thousand tonnes (up 33.6 percent) and the Philippines added 82 thousand tonnes (up 6.4 percent), while Egypt fell 243 thousand tonnes (down 44.0 percent), Russia fell 117 thousand tonnes (down 14.9 percent), Nigeria fell 112 thousand tonnes (down 18.9 percent), Spain fell 99 thousand tonnes (down 18.1 percent) and Sri Lanka fell 84 thousand tonnes (down 19.9 percent).

Indonesia's gain alone exceeds the net change nearly threefold in reverse, offset by combined declines across Egypt, Russia, Nigeria, Spain and Sri Lanka. Per capita, Maldives' 69.34 kilograms from 36 thousand tonnes lead Kiribati at 51.10 kilograms, while Indonesia, first by total, records 11.09 kilograms.

What Does the Pelagic Fish Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Pelagic 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 pelagic fish people actually ate. Freshwater and demersal 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.

Pelagic 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	Indonesia	2.74K	10.06	2.73K	9.92	3.12K	11.27	3.12K	11.19	3.12K	11.09
2	Philippines	1.29K	11.63	1.33K	11.84	1.37K	12.13	1.37K	12.03	1.37K	11.94
3	United States	890	2.63	890	2.62	890	2.61	890	2.6	890	2.59
4	Thailand	810	11.32	810	11.3	810	11.29	810	11.29	810	11.29
5	India	879	0.63	811	0.58	798	0.56	798	0.56	798	0.56
6	South Korea	791	15.27	745	14.38	751	14.48	751	14.49	751	14.5
7	Russia	787	5.37	686	4.68	670	4.6	670	4.61	670	4.61
8	Malaysia	588	17.59	590	17.4	600	17.49	600	17.28	600	17.07
9	Ghana	513	16.4	479	15.02	557	17.12	557	16.79	557	16.47
10	China	408	0.29	358	0.25	545	0.38	545	0.38	545	0.38
11	Mexico	541	4.3	541	4.26	541	4.24	541	4.2	541	4.17
12	Morocco	546	15.08	454	12.42	486	13.16	486	13.03	486	12.9
13	Nigeria	594	2.83	646	3.02	482	2.2	482	2.16	482	2.11
14	Peru	491	15.13	530	16.13	482	14.53	482	14.39	482	14.23
15	France	471	7.17	471	7.15	471	7.13	471	7.11	471	7.09
16	Ivory Coast	432	15.32	456	15.77	464	15.67	464	15.28	464	14.9
17	Spain	547	11.54	429	9	448	9.38	448	9.36	448	9.34
18	Iran	352	4.05	355	4.05	371	4.19	371	4.14	371	4.09
19	Angola	311	9.61	247	7.39	342	9.9	342	9.6	342	9.31
20	Sri Lanka	423	18.85	362	16.02	339	14.94	339	14.86	339	14.77
21	Vietnam	254	2.62	270	2.75	323	3.27	323	3.24	323	3.22
22	Egypt	552	5.13	509	4.65	309	2.79	309	2.75	309	2.7
23	Italy	306	5.09	306	5.11	306	5.12	306	5.13	306	5.14
24	Ukraine	287	6.38	269	6.03	282	6.37	282	6.88	282	7.48
25	Cameroon	233	9.15	240	9.17	247	9.19	247	8.95	247	8.71
26	Colombia	180	3.61	201	3.97	222	4.34	222	4.3	222	4.25
27	Germany	207	2.47	207	2.47	207	2.47	207	2.46	207	2.44
28	Poland	197	5.14	197	5.15	197	5.17	197	5.12	197	5.07
29	United Kingdom	196	2.92	196	2.91	196	2.9	196	2.88	196	2.85
30	Türkiye	200	2.34	225	2.61	190	2.19	190	2.18	190	2.18
31	Brazil	172	0.83	141	0.68	163	0.78	163	0.78	163	0.77
32	Burkina Faso	118	5.63	138	6.43	153	6.94	153	6.78	153	6.63
33	South Africa	174	2.92	132	2.17	152	2.47	152	2.44	152	2.41
34	Venezuela	120	4.16	129	4.54	149	5.28	149	5.29	149	5.27
35	Saudi Arabia	135	4.43	159	5.15	137	4.38	137	4.26	137	4.12
36	Chile	134	6.97	134	6.91	134	6.88	134	6.84	134	6.8
37	Australia	139	5.45	139	5.41	133	5.14	133	5.09	133	5.04
38	Sierra Leone	128	16.6	128	16.23	131	16.15	131	15.79	131	15.45
39	Tunisia	117	9.84	108	9.02	119	9.85	119	9.79	119	9.73
40	Canada	128	3.39	138	3.62	116	3.01	116	2.98	116	2.94
41	Senegal	183	11.16	119	7.09	111	6.44	111	6.29	111	6.14
42	Algeria	127	2.92	106	2.41	102	2.28	102	2.24	102	2.21
43	Bangladesh	87	0.53	81	0.49	95	0.57	95	0.56	95	0.55
44	Zambia	89	4.8	76	3.98	93	4.76	93	4.63	93	4.5
45	United Arab Emirates	89	9.46	89	9.39	89	9.06	89	8.66	89	8.34
46	Pakistan	88	0.38	88	0.38	88	0.37	88	0.36	88	0.36
47	DR Congo	101	1.09	80	0.84	85	0.86	85	0.83	85	0.81
48	Dominican Republic	57	5.26	83	7.51	82	7.37	82	7.3	82	7.23
49	Netherlands	80	4.54	80	4.51	80	4.49	80	4.44	80	4.4
50	Guinea	65	5.02	70	5.21	75	5.44	75	5.3	75	5.17
51	Mozambique	49	1.65	70	2.27	74	2.32	74	2.25	74	2.19
52	Romania	75	3.82	79	4.1	74	3.85	74	3.87	74	3.88
53	Taiwan	73	3.09	73	3.09	73	3.11	73	3.13	73	3.14
54	Lithuania	67	23.83	67	23.83	67	23.84	67	23.65	67	23.34
55	Libya	108	15.49	88	12.45	66	9.3	66	9.19	66	9.09
56	Sweden	66	6.4	66	6.35	66	6.31	66	6.27	66	6.23
57	Portugal	62	6.01	59	5.73	59	5.72	59	5.71	59	5.7
58	Belarus	58	6.18	58	6.24	58	6.31	58	6.36	58	6.4
59	Argentina	47	1.04	59	1.32	56	1.23	56	1.23	56	1.23
60	Israel	52	6.03	50	5.69	56	6.21	56	6.1	56	6
61	Yemen	69	1.96	65	1.79	56	1.5	56	1.46	56	1.41
62	Papua New Guinea	108	11.24	89	9.05	55	5.46	55	5.36	55	5.26
63	Finland	53	9.62	53	9.6	53	9.58	53	9.53	53	9.48
64	Denmark	52	9.01	52	8.98	52	8.94	52	8.87	52	8.81
65	Belgium	49	4.28	49	4.26	49	4.25	49	4.22	49	4.19
66	Congo	46	8.27	45	7.9	46	7.82	46	7.63	46	7.45
67	Austria	33	3.7	32	3.54	40	4.5	40	4.45	40	4.42
68	Greece	53	4.97	44	4.07	40	3.78	40	3.84	40	3.91
69	Costa Rica	38	7.51	38	7.46	38	7.42	38	7.39	38	7.36
70	Haiti	33	2.97	30	2.7	38	3.34	38	3.31	38	3.27
71	Oman	38	8.23	38	8.35	38	8.39	38	7.99	38	7.48
72	Maldives	36	74.78	36	72.64	36	70.66	36	69.59	36	69.34
73	Gabon	33	14.68	40	17.09	35	14.68	35	14.35	35	14.04
74	Panama	35	8.37	35	8.25	35	8.15	35	8.05	35	7.95
75	Croatia	34	8.62	40	10.14	33	8.43	33	8.47	33	8.49
76	Madagascar	31	1.11	20	0.7	33	1.12	33	1.09	33	1.06
77	Jamaica	25	8.9	28	9.95	32	11.45	32	11.44	32	11.44
78	Czech Republic	31	2.97	34	3.22	31	2.96	31	2.92	31	2.88
79	Gambia	38	15.35	32	12.53	31	12.14	31	11.86	31	11.59
80	Kazakhstan	29	1.5	35	1.79	31	1.56	31	1.54	31	1.52
81	El Salvador	30	4.79	30	4.78	30	4.76	30	4.74	30	4.72
82	New Zealand	29	5.76	29	5.67	29	5.63	29	5.6	29	5.56
83	Guatemala	22	1.28	23	1.32	27	1.54	27	1.52	27	1.49
84	Ireland	27	5.55	27	5.49	27	5.44	27	5.36	27	5.27
85	Ecuador	25	1.46	25	1.44	25	1.43	25	1.42	25	1.41
86	Georgia	23	6.06	24	6.3	25	6.61	25	6.59	25	6.57
87	Serbia	25	3.62	25	3.56	25	3.71	25	3.73	25	3.74
88	Nicaragua	22	3.35	23	3.48	23	3.45	23	3.41	23	3.36
89	Norway	23	4.21	23	4.18	23	4.16	23	4.13	23	4.08
90	Switzerland	22	2.53	26	3.01	23	2.67	23	2.64	23	2.62
91	Jordan	26	2.43	36	3.28	22	2.02	22	1.99	22	1.96
92	Solomon Islands	22	30.85	22	30.17	22	29.46	22	28.76	22	28.08
93	Kuwait	21	4.8	21	4.85	21	4.89	21	4.65	21	4.41
94	Latvia	20	10.22	20	10.3	20	10.38	20	10.41	20	10.4
95	Iceland	19	51.53	19	50.7	19	49.88	19	48.87	19	47.96
96	Moldova	17	6.58	17	6.81	19	7.4	19	7.35	19	7.27
97	Mauritius	18	14.16	18	14.2	18	14.24	18	14.28	18	14.3
98	Qatar	18	6.57	18	6.56	18	6.53	18	6.36	18	6.17
99	Tanzania	18	0.31	18	0.3	18	0.29	18	0.29	18	0.28
100	Bulgaria	19	2.75	14	1.97	17	2.41	17	2.43	17	2.44
101	Hong Kong	22	2.95	25	3.29	17	2.31	17	2.31	17	2.32
102	Namibia	17	6.41	17	6.23	17	6.05	17	5.88	17	5.74
103	Fiji	19	21.21	19	20.74	16	17.31	16	17.26	16	17.17
104	Slovakia	16	2.88	17	3.2	16	2.94	16	2.93	16	2.9
105	Iraq	14	0.39	16	0.44	15	0.4	15	0.39	15	0.38
106	Hungary	14	1.38	15	1.5	14	1.45	14	1.45	14	1.45
107	Lebanon	17	3.01	13	2.34	13	2.22	13	2.21	13	2.2
108	Zimbabwe	5	0.32	8	0.49	13	0.85	13	0.83	13	0.82
109	Azerbaijan	10	0.95	11	1.1	12	1.13	12	1.13	12	1.12
110	Uruguay	11	3.19	9	2.58	12	3.53	12	3.54	12	3.54
111	Comoros	10	13.31	12	14.82	11	13.15	11	12.9	11	12.65
112	Liberia	8	1.55	10	2.02	11	2.08	11	2.04	11	1.99
113	Myanmar	10	0.18	10	0.18	10	0.18	10	0.18	10	0.18
114	Trinidad and Tobago	10	6.95	11	7.69	10	6.72	10	6.69	10	6.66
115	Honduras	9	0.91	9	0.89	9	0.88	9	0.87	9	0.85
116	Mauritania	9	1.91	9	1.86	9	1.81	9	1.75	9	1.7
117	Samoa	8	36.2	8	36.35	9	40.29	9	40.01	9	39.75
118	Syria	29	1.44	11	0.53	9	0.39	9	0.38	9	0.36
119	Albania	8	2.66	8	2.67	8	2.69	8	2.71	8	2.73
120	Barbados	7	24.6	8	28.67	8	29.59	8	29.58	8	29.57
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	3.28	8	2.56	8	2.51	8	2.55	8	2.56
122	French Polynesia	8	27.36	8	28.03	8	27.89	8	27.84	8	27.76
123	Kenya	14	0.28	8	0.15	8	0.16	8	0.15	8	0.15
124	Malta	9	17.2	8	15.03	8	15.18	8	15.07	8	14.93
125	Uzbekistan	9	0.28	9	0.26	8	0.25	8	0.24	8	0.24
126	Kiribati	7	54.65	7	53.7	7	52.75	7	51.91	7	51.1
127	Timor-Leste	8	6.14	7	5.41	7	5.03	7	4.96	7	4.91
128	Bahrain	6	3.83	6	3.84	6	3.79	6	3.71	6	3.62
129	Cambodia	7	0.41	8	0.46	6	0.33	6	0.33	6	0.32
130	Vanuatu	6	21.37	6	20.88	6	20.4	6	19.93	6	19.47
131	Djibouti	3	3.13	4	4	5	4.85	5	4.78	5	4.72
132	Kyrgyzstan	3	0.54	2	0.36	5	0.67	5	0.66	5	0.65
133	North Macedonia	6	2.97	5	2.74	5	2.82	5	2.84	5	2.85
134	Slovenia	7	3.58	7	3.45	5	2.45	5	2.44	5	2.44
135	Bahamas	4	11.05	4	11.02	4	11	4	10.97	4	10.92
136	Botswana	5	2.07	8	3.34	4	1.54	4	1.52	4	1.49
137	Cyprus	5	4.01	5	4.07	4	2.92	4	2.89	4	2.86
138	Guyana	4	4.67	4	4.67	4	4.62	4	4.59	4	4.56
139	New Caledonia	4	15.39	4	15.57	4	14.44	4	14.34	4	14.2
140	Sao Tome and Principe	2	10.02	4	17.68	4	18.17	4	17.82	4	17.46
141	Seychelles	4	33.28	4	32.55	4	31.84	4	31.19	4	30.6
142	Suriname	4	6.62	4	6.55	4	6.49	4	6.44	4	6.38
143	Armenia	2	0.6	3	1.14	3	1.02	3	1.02	3	1
144	Bolivia	6	0.49	6	0.47	3	0.26	3	0.26	3	0.26
145	Estonia	3	2.28	3	2.28	3	2.27	3	2.24	3	2.21
146	Ethiopia	3	0.03	2	0.01	3	0.02	3	0.02	3	0.02
147	Guinea-Bissau	2	1.1	2	0.98	3	1.37	3	1.34	3	1.31
148	Luxembourg	3	4.55	3	4.82	3	4.37	3	4.28	3	4.21
149	Micronesia	4	32.08	3	29.43	3	28.06	3	27.94	3	27.81
150	Mongolia	3	0.79	3	0.77	3	0.76	3	0.75	3	0.74
151	Paraguay	3	0.5	4	0.58	3	0.48	3	0.48	3	0.47
152	Rwanda	4	0.35	4	0.34	3	0.24	3	0.23	3	0.23
153	Afghanistan	0	0	3	0.08	2	0.05	2	0.05	2	0.05
154	Belize	2	6.33	2	6.25	2	6.17	2	6.06	2	5.94
155	Cape Verde	2	3.17	2	3.16	2	3.15	2	3.13	2	3.12
156	Eswatini	3	2.28	2	2.08	2	1.44	2	1.42	2	1.41
157	Lesotho	2	0.7	2	1.08	2	1.08	2	1.07	2	1.05
158	Montenegro	4	5.76	2	3.41	2	3.67	2	3.6	2	3.5
159	Saint Lucia	3	15.7	3	15.37	2	12.35	2	12.33	2	12.3
160	Tonga	2	17.72	2	17.72	2	17.75	2	17.83	2	17.9
161	Turkmenistan	1	0.09	1	0.11	2	0.28	2	0.27	2	0.27
162	Antigua and Barbuda	1	11.1	1	11.04	1	10.98	1	10.92	1	10.87
163	Grenada	2	15.88	2	16.53	1	8.1	1	8.09	1	8.07
164	Laos	1	0.19	1	0.1	1	0.09	1	0.09	1	0.09
165	Macau	2	2.27	2	2.33	1	1.92	1	1.89	1	1.86
166	Malawi	1	0.06	1	0.05	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
167	Marshall Islands	1	18.06	1	21.11	1	18.96	1	19.57	1	20.2
168	Niger	0	0	2	0.08	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	10.38	1	10.38	1	11.79	1	11.88	1	11.96
170	Tajikistan	1	0.08	1	0.13	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.07
171	Bhutan	0	0.04	0	0.26	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
172	Nauru	0	5.09	0	6.18	0	7.09	0	7.03	0	6.99
173	Nepal	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	10.02	0	10.04	0	10.06	0	10.07	0	10.06
175	Tuvalu	0	15.38	0	22.06	0	23.28	0	23.75	0	24.17
176	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
177	Cuba	29	2.61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pelagic Fish Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, Indonesia had the largest listed pelagic fish food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 3,120 thousand tonnes. The Philippines ranked second at 1,371 thousand tonnes, while the United States ranked third at 890 thousand tonnes. Maldives had the highest per-capita pelagic fish food supply at 69.34 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of pelagic 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 Pelagic 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 21,626 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.