Global catch statistics (as of 2020)

As of 2020, the total global fish catch was 91,420,562 tons, and Korea ranked 18th with a catch of 1,375,415 tons, accounting for 1.5% of the total, followed by China with 14.7%, ranking first.

The statistics are based on FAO data and include fish, shellfish, seaweed, frogs, turtles, and inedible aquatic products, as well as non-edible aquatic products such as pearls and coral, both for subsistence and leisure use.

ranking	nation	Catch (tons)
1	china	13,445,983
2	Indonesia	6,989,382
3	Peru	5,675,209
4	India	5,522,714
5	russia	5,081,017
6	USA	4,253,236
7	vietnam	3,421,880
8	japan	3,215,130
9	Norway	2,603,574
10	Chile	2,182,768
11	Bangladesh	1,919,505
12	Philippines	1,914,854
13	Myanmar	1,853,564
14	thailand	1,655,380
15	Mexico	1,511,893
16	Morocco	1,397,533
17	malaysia	1,393,004
18	korea	1,375,415
19	Iceland	1,034,714
20	Argentina	837,590
21	Spain	804,396
22	Iran	801,881
23	Oman	793,419
24	Nigeria	783,102
25	Canada	739,680
26	Denmark	732,890
27	brazil	709,391
28	Mauritania	678,425
29	Faroe Islands	646,290
30	Ecuador	635,192
31	uk	626,043
32	taiwan	606,526
33	South Africa	602,703
34	Uganda	566,261
35	Cambodia	532,860
36	Pakistan	492,783
37	Tanzania	469,614
38	france	465,872
39	Senegal	451,748
40	Egypt	418,683
41	Mozambique	399,954
42	Sri Lanka	387,043
43	Angola	377,345
44	New Zealand	364,507
45	Turkiye	364,411
46	Ghana	356,361
47	Namibia	329,615
48	Guinea	309,570
49	Netherlands	305,087
50	Cameroon	281,630
51	Greenland	259,209
52	Venezuela	258,424
53	Georgia	231,150
54	Papua New Guinea	217,797
55	Democratic Republic of the Congo	217,750
56	Kiribati	212,751
57	germany	212,095
58	Ireland	208,502
59	Poland	206,390
60	North Korea	202,000
61	Sierra Leone	200,630
62	Federated States of Micronesia	193,748
63	Panama	187,705
64	Belize	186,899
65	australia	179,837
66	Sweden	179,643
67	Malawi	171,115
68	Portugal	159,948
69	Maldive Islands	148,565
70	Italy	141,772
71	Finland	141,128
72	Seychelles	132,416
73	Yemen	131,307
74	Kenya	122,979
75	Hong Kong	119,428
76	Mali	117,690
77	Madagascar	111,160
78	Chad	107,000
79	Zambia	106,836
80	Latvia	103,484
81	Côte d’Ivoire	103,411
82	Tunisia	103,253
83	Nauru	92,388
84	Lithuania	91,083
85	Marshall Islands	88,203
86	Algeria	81,465
87	Colombia	77,315
88	Estonia	74,142
89	Benin	73,965
90	Croatia	71,625
91	Greece	71,476
92	Republic of the Congo	70,637
93	Laos	70,001
94	Ukraine	68,645
95	United Arab Emirates	66,481
96	Falkland Islands	65,978
97	Uruguay	62,880
98	Guinea-Bissau	62,392
99	Saudi Arabia	61,943
100	Ethiopia	60,002
101	El Salvador	52,989
102	Vanuatu	51,560
103	Gambia	50,990
104	Nicaragua	49,703
105	Uzbekistan	46,100
106	Niger	46,000
107	Kazakhstan	45,815
108	Fiji	42,723
109	Solomon Islands	41,017
110	Guyana	39,987
111	Zanzibar, Tanzania	38,105
112	method	37,660
113	Iraq	34,770
114	Liberia	31,629
115	Libya	31,627
116	Somalia	30,000
116	South Sudan	30,000
118	Rwanda	29,979
119	surname	29,772
120	Burkina Faso	29,104
121	Central Africa	29,000
121	Gabon	29,000
123	Mauritius	25,989
124	Curaçao	23,050
125	Nepal	21,000
126	Comoros	20,755
127	Cuba	20,186
128	Belgium	19,954
129	Burundi	19,589
130	Cape Verde	19,292
131	Zimbabwe	18,738
132	Togo	18,034
133	Costa Rica	17,395
134	Paraguay	16,975
135	Haiti	16,350
136	Honduras	15,819
137	catarrh	15,087
138	Turkmenistan	14,605
139	Bahrain	14,414
140	Brunei	13,091
141	Trinidad and Tobago	12,913
142	Jamaica	12,875
143	French Polynesia	12,736
144	Tuvalu	11,294
145	Guatemala	11,276
146	Samoa	9,956
147	Dominican Republic	9,880
148	East Timor	8,300
149	Romania	7,973
150	Albania	7,627
151	Bolivia	7,500
152	Bahamas	7,433
153	Bulgaria	6,296
154	Equatorial Guinea	6,042
155	Sao Tome and Principe	5,617
156	Eritrea	5,565
157	Hungary	5,406
158	Syria	3,845
159	Czechia	3,729
160	Palestine	3,390
161	New Caledonia	3,327
162	Antigua and Barbuda	3,165
163	Kuwait	3,095
164	Lebanon	2,900
165	Isle of Man	2,743
166	Saint-Pierre Island, Micron Island	2,693
167	Reunion	2,660
168	Cook Islands	2,655
169	Guadeloupe	2,415
170	Djibouti	2,323
171	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,124
172	Malta	2,103
173	Azerbaijan	2,089
174	Channel Islands	2,073
175	Israel	2,016
176	Afghanistan	2,000
177	Tajikistan	1,949
178	Serbia	1,932
179	Grenada	1,813
180	French Guiana	1,757
181	Slovakia	1,736
182	Puerto Rico	1,580
183	Martinique	1,551
184	Barbados	1,517
185	Macau	1,500
186	Swiss	1,486
187	Saint Lucia	1,424
188	Singapore	1,418
189	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,297
190	Cyprus	1,266
191	Mayotte	1,237
192	British Virgin Islands	1,122
193	Tonga	1,096
194	Belarus	939
195	American Samoa	871
196	Dominica	854
197	Anguilla	835
198	Montenegro	816
199	Palau	776
200	Saint Christopher and Nevis	647
201	Jordan	584
202	Armenia	542
203	St. Helena	509
204	North Macedonia	473
205	French Southern Territories	420
206	Bermuda shorts	358
207	Austria	350
208	U.S. Virgin Islands	330
209	Slovenian	312
210	Bosnia and Herzegovina	305
211	Wallis and Futuna Islands	264
212	French island of Saint Martin	253
213	Aruba	155
214	Cayman Islands	125
215	Saint Barthelemy Island	100
216	Northern Mariana Islands	97
217	Saint Martin Island, France	90
218	Tokerau	70
219	eSwatini	60
220	Lesotho	57
221	Moldova	50
222	Guam	44
223	Niue	34
224	Botswana	33
225	Mongolia	25
225	Montserrato	25
227	Kyrgyzstan	20
228	butane	15
229	Pitokean Islands	3
230	Gibraltar	1
230	Monaco	1
Total		91,420,562