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Fish and seafood is the most popularly consumed meat in the world, the first choice in more than 56 countries.
But where do our fish come from? Are they caught by massive ocean fishing boats, or farmed in sprawling aquaculture installations?
This map from creator Perrin Remonté points out where fishing activity (marked in white) occurs, using data from automatic identification system equipment aboard more than 70,000 industrial fishing vessels between 2012–2016.
The brightest white hotspots on the map—off the coast of China, western and nordic Europe, and the Pacific Northwest—give an indication of where most of the world’s fish supply is caught.
But who are the biggest producers?
By far the country with the biggest fish production is China, which supplied nearly 86 million metric tons of fish to the world in 2021, about 40% of global supply.
Chinese fishing vessels can be found fishing as far away from home as Argentina—sometimes illegally—to keep up with demand.
Here’s a list of the biggest fish producers, ranked by total output in 2021.
Rank Territory Fish Production (2021, tonnes) 1 China 85,948,134 2 Indonesia 21,813,413 3 India 14,433,205 4 Vietnam 8,289,524 5 Peru 6,726,989 6 Russia 5,487,045 7 U.S. 4,731,048 8 Bangladesh 4,621,228 9 Norway 4,220,624 10 Philippines 4,114,594 11 Japan 4,114,570 12 Chile 3,833,592 13 South Korea 3,742,566 14 Myanmar 2,594,957 15 Thailand 2,402,021 16 Egypt 2,001,959 17 Mexico 1,875,566 18 Ecuador 1,760,054 19 Malaysia 1,754,209 20 Morocco 1,434,205 21 Brazil 1,410,979 22 Iran 1,258,203 23 Iceland 1,109,563 24 Spain 1,088,454 25 Nigeria 1,080,855 26 Canada 945,954 27 Oman 923,786 28 North Korea 888,630 29 UK 864,698 30 Mauritania 860,217 31 Cambodia 856,400 32 Argentina 856,253 33 Türkiye 799,844 34 Uganda 760,545 35 France 708,995 36 Pakistan 660,586 37 Faroe Islands 656,364 38 Tanzania 621,058 39 Angola 531,772 40 Senegal 515,108 41 Denmark 507,097 42 South Africa 501,855 43 Ghana 482,142 44 New Zealand 459,937 45 Sri Lanka 431,255 46 Namibia 411,170 47 Mozambique 376,763 48 Netherlands 340,131 49 Guinea 326,270 50 Colombia 321,390 51 Cameroon 300,130 52 Australia 297,233 53 Italy 296,358 54 Venezuela 276,701 55 Ireland 276,258 56 Greenland 271,027 57 Poland 246,172 58 DRC 233,860 59 Georgia 220,365 60 Germany 220,312 61 Laos 206,008 62 Sierra Leone 205,015 63 Greece 203,558 64 Portugal 199,046 65 Papua
New Guinea 194,786 66 Belize 192,226 67 Kiribati 191,168 68 Panama 183,774 69 Saudi Arabia 181,949 70 Malawi 180,508 71 Sweden 175,222 72 Uzbekistan 171,933 73 Zambia 168,480 74 Micronesia 166,334 75 Kenya 152,728 76 Tunisia 150,321 77 Maldives 144,993 78 Finland 139,370 79 Seychelles 139,174 80 Yemen 131,317 81 Madagascar 130,333 82 Nepal 121,854 83 Nauru 120,410 84 Hong Kong 119,088 85 Mali 115,584 86 Cote d’Ivoire 111,015 87 Chad 103,110 88 Lithuania 101,290 89 Marshall Islands 95,933 90 Croatia 89,253 91 Nicaragua 86,280 92 Algeria 83,979 93 Honduras 79,518 94 Ukraine 79,388 95 Benin 78,765 96 Estonia 73,085 97 El Salvador 71,754 98 Congo 70,330 99 Uruguay 66,403 100 Iraq 66,374 101 UAE 63,852 102 Guinea-Bissau 63,231 103 Latvia 62,560 104 Solomon
Islands 62,314 105 Ethiopia 61,390 106 Vanuatu 55,935 107 Gambia 52,687 108 Niger 47,672 109 Kazakhstan 46,896 110 Costa Rica 46,432 111 Sudan 44,450 112 Guatemala 43,666 113 Rwanda 42,407 114 Cuba 40,718 115 Guyana 34,358 116 Fiji 33,081 117 Mauritius 32,955 118 South Sudan 32,545 119 Suriname 32,170 120 Libya 31,961 121 Paraguay 31,710 122 Tuvalu 31,097 123 Burkina Faso 30,609 124 Somalia 30,000 125 Gabon 29,925 126 Central
African Republic 28,215 127 Zimbabwe 27,792 128 Liberia 25,444 129 Curacao 25,027 130 Czechia 24,305 131 Bulgaria 24,183 132 Hungary 22,447 133 Burundi 21,040 134 Dominican
Republic 20,397 135 Brunei
Darussalam 20,063 136 Armenia 19,700 137 Comoros 19,356 138 Malta 18,936 139 Togo 18,866 140 Albania 18,283 141 Belgium 18,160 142 Romania 18,065 143 Haiti 17,830 144 Israel 16,910 145 Qatar 16,668 146 Bahrain 15,736 147 Turkmenistan 15,202 148 French Polynesia 14,802 149 Trinidad & Tobago 13,102 150 Moldova 12,905 151 Afghanistan 12,607 152 Jamaica 11,840 153 Cabo Verde 11,652 154 Bolivia 11,453 155 Kyrgyz Republic 10,320 156 Serbia 9,662 157 Cyprus 9,264 158 Samoa 9,186 159 Belarus 9,115 160 Bahamas 8,705 161 Syria 6,660 162 Equatorial Guinea 6,322 163 Timor-Leste 6,024 164 Sao Tome
& Principe 6,020 165 Singapore 5,550 166 West Bank
& Gaza 5,348 167 Austria 5,270 168 New Caledonia 4,715 169 Eritrea 4,578 170 Tajikistan 4,389 171 Bosnia &
Herzegovina 4,124 172 Slovak Republic 4,119 173 Kuwait 3,975 174 Switzerland 3,850 175 North Macedonia 3,683 176 Lebanon 3,358 177 Channel Islands 3,333 178 Antigua
& Barbuda 3,225 179 Djibouti 3,089 180 Isle of Man 3,041 181 Jordan 2,810 182 Turks &
Caicos Islands 2,277 183 Azerbaijan 1,971 184 Slovenia 1,955 185 Montenegro 1,666 186 St. Lucia 1,625 187 St. Vincent &
the Grenadines 1,599 188 Puerto Rico 1,598 189 Lesotho 1,556 190 Macao 1,500 191 Tonga 1,265 192 British Virgin Islands 1,134 193 American Samoa 1,079 194 Grenada 1,046 195 Barbados 872 196 Palau 804 197 Virgin Islands 428 198 Bermuda 419 199 St. Kitts
& Nevis 371 200 Dominica 289 201 Sint Maarten 253 202 Northern
Mariana Islands 230 203 Bhutan 208 204 Botswana 201 205 Aruba 167 206 Eswatini 165 207 Guam 141 208 Cayman Islands 135 209 St. Martin 90 210 Gibraltar 1 211 Monaco 1 N/A World 216,872,258
Source: World Bank.
Other Asian countries—Indonesia (21.8 million tonnes), India (14.4 million tonnes), and Vietnam (8.2 million tonnes)—fill out the next few spots. Peru, with an annual production of 6.7 million tonnes rounds out the top five fish suppliers, which together account for nearly 60% of world fish supply.
The second half of the top 10 also has representatives from North America (the U.S.) and Europe (Russia), the latter whose fleets have also been caught fishing illegally off the coast of Africa.
A big footnote on total fish production is that it also includes aquaculture and farmed fish. Breaking down total fish supply between farmed and captured fish reveals some interesting trends. Here we rank the biggest fish suppliers by their farmed fish output.
Rank Territory Aquaculture Supply
(2021, tonnes) Captured Supply
(2021, tonnes) 1 China 72,805,297 13,142,837 2 Indonesia 14,606,534 7,206,879 3 India 9,408,300 5,024,905 4 Vietnam 4,749,274 3,540,250 5 Bangladesh 2,638,745 1,982,483 6 South Korea 2,427,677 1,314,889 7 Philippines 2,272,528 1,842,067 8 Norway 1,665,112 2,555,512 9 Egypt 1,576,189 425,770 10 Chile 1,443,520 2,390,072 11 Thailand 989,898 1,412,123 12 Japan 963,680 3,150,890 13 Myanmar 929,217 1,665,740 14 Ecuador 896,435 863,619 15 North Korea 680,560 208,070 16 Brazil 650,356 760,623 17 Iran 478,737 779,466 18 Türkiye 471,686 328,158 19 U.S. 448,615 4,282,433 20 Malaysia 416,978 1,337,231 21 Cambodia 348,350 508,050 22 Russia 319,342 5,167,703 23 Spain 279,910 808,544 24 Nigeria 275,645 805,210 25 Mexico 246,914 1,628,652 26 UK 230,280 634,419 27 France 198,886 510,110 28 Colombia 192,521 128,869 29 Canada 191,449 754,505 30 Pakistan 164,527 496,059 31 Peru 150,818 6,576,171 32 Italy 145,862 150,496 33 Greece 143,926 59,632 34 Uganda 138,558 621,987 35 Laos 135,008 71,000 36 Australia 126,206 171,026 37 Uzbekistan 118,933 53,000 38 New Zealand 116,839 343,098 39 Faroe Islands 115,760 540,604 40 Saudi Arabia 114,490 67,459 41 Tanzania 106,482 514,575 42 Nepal 100,854 21,000 43 Ghana 89,380 392,762 44 Zambia 63,355 105,125 45 Honduras 63,268 16,250 46 Venezuela 53,601 223,100 47 Iceland 53,136 1,056,427 48 Sri Lanka 50,977 380,278 49 Poland 44,787 201,385 50 Ireland 42,099 234,159 51 Denmark 40,594 466,503 52 Netherlands 40,590 299,541 53 Germany 32,649 187,663 54 Guatemala 32,583 11,082 55 Nicaragua 31,006 55,275 56 Croatia 26,831 62,422 57 Tunisia 26,077 124,243 58 Iraq 22,694 43,680 59 Cuba 22,665 18,053 60 Kenya 21,825 130,903 61 Czechia 20,991 3,314 62 Portugal 19,516 179,530 63 Armenia 18,930 770 64 Hungary 17,847 4,601 65 Costa Rica 17,309 29,123 66 Ukraine 16,882 62,506 67 Malta 16,433 2,503 68 Madagascar 16,396 113,937 69 Sweden 15,253 159,969 70 Bulgaria 15,174 9,009 71 Israel 14,875 2,035 72 Finland 14,399 124,971 73 Paraguay 14,150 17,560 74 Moldova 12,905 0 75 El Salvador 12,749 59,005 76 Solomon Islands 12,461 49,854 77 Romania 11,714 6,351 78 Afghanistan 11,107 1,500 79 South Africa 10,525 491,330 80 Rwanda 10,313 32,094 81 Kyrgyz Republic 10,300 20 82 Malawi 9,948 170,560 83 Sudan 9,900 34,550 84 Cameroon 9,800 290,330 85 Albania 8,641 9,642 86 Belarus 8,504 611 87 Mali 8,484 107,100 88 Cyprus 7,862 1,401 89 Serbia 7,308 2,354 90 Panama 6,704 177,069 91 Papua
New Guinea 6,122 188,664 92 Cote d’Ivoire 5,720 105,295 93 Kazakhstan 5,438 41,457 94 Singapore 5,244 306 95 DRC 5,195 228,665 96 Lithuania 5,138 96,152 97 Zimbabwe 5,058 22,734 98 Austria 4,920 350 99 Algeria 4,779 79,200 100 Brunei
Darussalam 4,768 15,295 101 Benin 4,150 74,615 102 Hong Kong 3,909 115,179 103 Bolivia 3,853 7,600 104 Bosnia & Herzegovina 3,819 305 105 Argentina 3,687 852,566 106 Mozambique 3,200 373,563 107 North Macedonia 3,169 514 108 Angola 2,808 528,964 109 Georgia 2,790 217,575 110 Dominican Republic 2,730 17,667 111 UAE 2,663 61,189 112 Switzerland 2,364 1,486 113 Syria 2,350 4,310 114 Mauritius 2,316 30,640 115 Slovak Republic 2,304 1,815 116 Jordan 2,145 665 117 Tajikistan 2,039 2,350 118 Morocco 2,006 1,432,199 119 Oman 1,703 922,083 120 Slovenia 1,686 269 121 Haiti 1,610 16,220 122 French Polynesia 1,559 13,243 123 Lesotho 1,501 55 124 Burundi 1,490 19,550 125 New Caledonia 1,411 3,305 126 Senegal 1,151 513,957 127 Guinea 1,150 325,120 128 Channel Islands 1,145 2,188 129 Timor-Leste 1,091 4,933 130 Congo 911 69,419 131 Latvia 901 61,658 132 Jamaica 884 10,956 133 Togo 882 17,984 134 Burkina Faso 878 29,731 135 Montenegro 858 808 136 Estonia 849 72,236 137 Lebanon 778 2,580 138 Ethiopia 740 60,650 139 West Bank
& Gaza 687 4,661 140 Belize 605 191,621 141 Azerbaijan 507 1,464 142 Niger 472 47,200 143 Kuwait 450 3,525 144 Namibia 321 410,849 145 Liberia 275 25,169 146 Belgium 223 17,937 147 Central
African Republic 215 28,000 148 St. Lucia 211 1,414 149 Fiji 206 32,874 150 Bhutan 193 15 151 Botswana 163 38 152 Turkmenistan 160 15,042 153 Guyana 142 34,216 154 Sierra Leone 115 204,900 155 Guam 115 26 156 Qatar 114 16,555 157 Chad 110 103,000 158 Uruguay 103 66,300 159 Tonga 100 1,165 160 Eswatini 100 65 161 Gabon 65 29,860 162 South Sudan 45 32,500 163 Northern
Mariana Islands 41 189 164 Suriname 40 32,130 165 Gambia 35 52,652 166 Cabo Verde 28 11,624 167 Barbados 26 847 168 Grenada 23 1,024 169 Antigua
& Barbuda 20 3,205 170 American Samoa 20 1,059 171 Trinidad
& Tobago 18 13,084 172 Palau 18 786 173 Puerto Rico 18 1,580 174 Bahrain 16 15,720 175 Equatorial Guinea 15 6,307 176 St. Vincent
& the Grenadines 13 1,586 177 Yemen 10 131,307 178 Guinea-Bissau 10 63,221 179 Libya 10 31,951 180 Samoa 10 9,176 181 Cayman Islands 10 125 182 Virgin Islands 8 420 183 Eritrea 4 4,574 184 Vanuatu 3 55,932 185 Kiribati 2 191,166 186 St. Kitts
& Nevis 2 369 187 Aruba 2 165 188 Tuvalu 1 31,096 189 British Virgin Islands 1 1,133 190 Dominica 1 288 191 Nauru 1 120,409 192 Marshall Islands 0 95,933 193 Micronesia 0 166,334 194 Seychelles 0 139,174 195 Curacao 0 25,027 196 Bahamas 0 8,705 197 Turks &
Caicos Islands 0 2,277 198 Mauritania 0 860,217 199 Greenland 0 271,027 200 Maldives 0 144,993 201 Somalia 0 30,000 202 Comoros 0 19,356 203 Sao Tome
& Principe 0 6,020 204 Djibouti 0 3,089 205 Isle of Man 0 3,041 206 Macao 0 1,500 207 Bermuda 0 419 208 Sint Maarten 0 253 209 St. Martin 0 90 210 Gibraltar 0 1 211 Monaco 0 1 N/A World 126,035,146 92,177,119
Source: World Bank.
Aquaculture makes up the majority of fish production for all the big Asian producers in the top 10. However the inverse is true for European, North American, and South American countries.
While the history of aquaculture goes back thousands of years, its use began to rise steeply in the 2000s, with production overtaking captured fish in 2014. First seen as a solution to overfishing and to make the industry more sustainable, aquaculture’s problems are now beginning to weigh on the industry.
From the pollution it causes—in the form of feces—to its dependence on wild catch for feeding the stock, makes it far less sustainable than what is assumed. In fact, about 25% of wild catch is turned into fish meal—a mixture of less appetizing fish like anchovies, menhaden and herring—used to feed farmed fish.
Fish and seafood is one of the most accessible sources of meat in the world, accounting for 17% of animal protein consumed. However, almost 90% of the world’s fish stocks are fully depleted while demand only continues to grow.
Unregulated and illegal fishing not only adds a sustainability burden to the planet, but the industry is also rife with human rights abuses, including human trafficking and modern slavery.
Meanwhile, only 3% of the world’s oceans are designated as protected marine reserves and even they lack the safeguards to fully stop exploitative fishing.
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Ranking the top 15 by land area instead of total area produces some interesting results. Read why here.
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This graphic ranks the 15 largest countries in the world, by land area. Data is sourced from the World Bank, last updated January, 2025.
It also includes the share of forest and agricultural land per country. We explain how these metrics are calculated in later sections.
Russia is the largest country by land area (16.4 million km² / 6.2 million sq. miles), nearly double the size of second-ranked China (9.4 million km² / 3.6 million sq. miles ).
Rank Country Land Area (Sq. km) Land Area (Sq. miles) 1 Russia 16.4M sq. km 6.2M sq. miles 2 China 9.4M sq. km 3.6M sq. miles 3 U.S. 9.2M sq. km 3.5M sq. miles 4 Canada 8.8M sq. km 3.4M sq. miles 5 Brazil 8.4M sq. km 3.2M sq. miles 6 Australia 7.7M sq. km 3.0M sq. miles 7 India 3.0M sq. km 1.2M sq. miles 8 Argentina 2.7M sq. km 1.1M sq. miles 9 Kazakhstan 2.7M sq. km 1.0M sq. miles 10 Algeria 2.4M sq. km 920K sq. miles 11 DRC 2.3M sq. km 875K sq. miles 12 Saudi Arabia 2.1M sq. km 830K sq. miles 13 Mexico 1.9M sq. km 751K sq. miles 14 Indonesia 1.9M sq. km 731K sq. miles 15 Sudan 1.9M sq. km 721K sq. miles
Note: Source data converted to square miles.
But hold on, isn’t Canada supposed to be the second-largest country in the world? The answer is: it depends.
As previously mentioned, land area is a very specific term that doesn’t include area under lakes and rivers. As a result, Canada—where 9% of the total area is covered by freshwater—loses some ground to peers.
Per the World Bank, land area is an important estimation of a country’s agricultural ability and is used to track the environmental effects of human activity.
A benefit of measuring land area is seeing how much of a share forests and agricultural land take up.
In Russia, for example, nearly half of its entire area is covered by forests.
Rank Country Forests (Share of
Land Area) Agricultural Land Other Land 1 Russia 50% 13% 37% 2 China 24% 55% 21% 3 U.S. 34% 45% 21% 4 Canada 40% 7% 54% 5 Brazil 59% 27% 14% 6 Australia 17% 47% 35% 7 Artikel ini hanyalah simpanan cache dari url asal penulis yang berkebarangkalian sudah terlalu lama atau sudah dibuang :

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