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Per Capita Apparent Consumption of Fish and Seafood (Food Supply Quantity)

Name: Per Capita Apparent Consumption of Fish and Seafood (Food Supply Quantity)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – FAOSTAT
Keywords: fish, seafood, diet, nutrition, food balance sheets, per capita consumption, food supply

Annual per-capita fish and seafood supply available for human consumption by country (kg/capita/year), from FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets (2020).

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – FAOSTAT•185 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

18.3kg/capita/year

Median: 14.9kg/capita/year

Countries Covered

185

with available data

Highest

Country 462

123.7kg/capita/year

Lowest

Country 496

0.1kg/capita/year

Top 5 Countries

1Country 462123.7kg/capita/year

2Iceland90.8kg/capita/year

3Country 69079.9kg/capita/year

4Country 29677.0kg/capita/year

5Country 58563.8kg/capita/year

By Region

Asia20.9kg/capita/year(24 countries)

Oceania20.8kg/capita/year(2 countries)

Europe20.6kg/capita/year(32 countries)

Other18.1kg/capita/year(108 countries)

Africa14.3kg/capita/year(8 countries)

Key Findings

•Small island and coastal countries tend to have the highest apparent fish/seafood consumption (e.g., Maldives, Iceland, Seychelles, Kiribati).
•Several large Asian economies show high values consistent with strong fish/seafood availability (e.g., China, Viet Nam, Philippines, Japan).
•Landlocked and low-income countries generally show low values (e.g., Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mongolia).
•European countries vary widely, with very high values in Portugal and Spain compared with some Central/Eastern European countries.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1kg/capita/year)High (123.7kg/capita/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.3kg/capita/year)

Asia (24)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Other (108)

Africa (8)

North America (4)

South America (7)

About This Statistic

Per capita apparent consumption of fish and seafood measures the average annual quantity of fish/seafood available for human consumption per person. It is derived from national Food Balance Sheets that account for domestic production plus imports, minus exports, stock changes, and non-food uses, losses, and waste.

Because it is a supply-side metric at (roughly) the retail level, it may differ from true dietary intake. However, it is the most widely used internationally comparable indicator for tracking fish/seafood consumption patterns across countries.

Methodology

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets compute apparent food consumption as the per-capita 'Food supply quantity' (kg/capita/year) for the item group Fish, Seafood. Values are based on national supply-utilization accounting: production + imports ± stock changes − exports − non-food uses (e.g., feed, industrial uses) − losses/waste, then divided by population.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Maldives	123.7kg/capita/year
2	Iceland	90.8kg/capita/year
3	Seychelles	79.9kg/capita/year
4	Kiribati	77.0kg/capita/year
5	Palau	63.8kg/capita/year
6	Portugal	59.9kg/capita/year
7	South Korea	58.7kg/capita/year
8	Nauru	56.4kg/capita/year
9	Gabon	48.8kg/capita/year
10	Solomon Islands	48.8kg/capita/year
11	Fiji	48.7kg/capita/year
12	Norway	46.9kg/capita/year
13	Malaysia	46.4kg/capita/year
14	Brunei Darussalam	43.2kg/capita/year
15	Suriname	42.1kg/capita/year
16	People's Republic of China	41.4kg/capita/year
17	Tonga	40.5kg/capita/year
18	Tuvalu	39.7kg/capita/year
19	Equatorial Guinea	38.6kg/capita/year
20	Samoa	38.3kg/capita/year
21	Philippines	35.8kg/capita/year
22	Vietnam	35.6kg/capita/year
23	Malta	34.7kg/capita/year
24	Micronesia, Federated States of	33.8kg/capita/year
25	Cook Islands	33.2kg/capita/year
26	Thailand	31.8kg/capita/year
27	Ghana	30.8kg/capita/year
28	Indonesia	30.6kg/capita/year
29	Myanmar	29.8kg/capita/year
30	Cambodia	29.8kg/capita/year
31	Singapore	29.8kg/capita/year
32	Bahamas	29.8kg/capita/year
33	Italy	28.7kg/capita/year
34	France	28.5kg/capita/year
35	Bangladesh	28.5kg/capita/year
36	Oman	27.9kg/capita/year
37	Guinea-Bissau	27.7kg/capita/year
38	Liberia	27.3kg/capita/year
39	New Zealand	26.7kg/capita/year
40	Senegal	26.3kg/capita/year
41	Guyana	25.9kg/capita/year
42	Benin	25.9kg/capita/year
43	Sri Lanka	24.6kg/capita/year
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24.4kg/capita/year
45	Spain	23.5kg/capita/year
46	Papua New Guinea	23.5kg/capita/year
47	Estonia	23.4kg/capita/year
48	Sierra Leone	23.2kg/capita/year
49	United Arab Emirates	23.0kg/capita/year
50	Greece	23.0kg/capita/year
51	Denmark	22.8kg/capita/year
52	Sao Tome and Principe	22.8kg/capita/year
53	Egypt	22.4kg/capita/year
54	Luxembourg	22.2kg/capita/year
55	Belgium	21.9kg/capita/year
56	Bahrain	21.1kg/capita/year
57	Qatar	21.1kg/capita/year
58	Antigua and Barbuda	21.1kg/capita/year
59	Panama	20.4kg/capita/year
60	Israel	20.3kg/capita/year
61	Russian Federation	20.3kg/capita/year
62	United States of America	20.1kg/capita/year
63	Kuwait	19.9kg/capita/year
64	Cameroon	19.8kg/capita/year
65	Guinea	19.7kg/capita/year
66	Ireland	19.6kg/capita/year
67	Canada	19.5kg/capita/year
68	Barbados	19.5kg/capita/year
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19.3kg/capita/year
70	Vanuatu	19.1kg/capita/year
71	Trinidad and Tobago	19.1kg/capita/year
72	Cyprus	19.0kg/capita/year
73	Croatia	18.5kg/capita/year
74	Cote d'Ivoire	18.1kg/capita/year
75	Madagascar	18.1kg/capita/year
76	United Kingdom	18.1kg/capita/year
77	Lithuania	17.5kg/capita/year
78	Angola	17.5kg/capita/year
79	Jamaica	17.4kg/capita/year
80	Belize	17.4kg/capita/year
81	Netherlands	17.2kg/capita/year
82	North Korea	17.1kg/capita/year
83	Saint Lucia	17.1kg/capita/year
84	Cape Verde	16.6kg/capita/year
85	Mali	16.6kg/capita/year
86	Peru	16.6kg/capita/year
87	Togo	15.7kg/capita/year
88	Saudi Arabia	15.7kg/capita/year
89	Albania	15.7kg/capita/year
90	Finland	15.1kg/capita/year
91	Mauritius	15.1kg/capita/year
92	Dominica	14.9kg/capita/year
93	Grenada	14.9kg/capita/year
94	Australia	14.9kg/capita/year
95	Latvia	14.7kg/capita/year
96	Lao People's Democratic Republic	14.5kg/capita/year
97	Algeria	14.3kg/capita/year
98	Chile	14.2kg/capita/year
99	Austria	13.9kg/capita/year
100	Germany	13.6kg/capita/year
101	Sweden	13.3kg/capita/year
102	Mexico	13.1kg/capita/year
103	Republic of The Gambia	12.8kg/capita/year
104	Morocco	12.8kg/capita/year
105	Slovenia	12.6kg/capita/year
106	Poland	12.5kg/capita/year
107	Namibia	12.5kg/capita/year
108	Ecuador	12.4kg/capita/year
109	Tunisia	12.4kg/capita/year
110	Switzerland	12.4kg/capita/year
111	Costa Rica	12.2kg/capita/year
112	Nigeria	11.8kg/capita/year
113	Ukraine	11.5kg/capita/year
114	Comoros	11.2kg/capita/year
115	San Marino	11.1kg/capita/year
116	Mozambique	10.7kg/capita/year
117	Islamic Republic of Iran	10.5kg/capita/year
118	Mauritania	10.5kg/capita/year
119	Zambia	10.4kg/capita/year
120	Brazil	10.4kg/capita/year
121	Libya	10.2kg/capita/year
122	Chad	10.2kg/capita/year
123	Bulgaria	9.9kg/capita/year
124	Belarus	9.4kg/capita/year
125	Lebanon	9.4kg/capita/year
126	Cuba	8.7kg/capita/year
127	Azerbaijan	7.7kg/capita/year
128	Malawi	7.7kg/capita/year
129	Romania	7.4kg/capita/year
130	Republic of the Congo	7.4kg/capita/year
131	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.2kg/capita/year
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.0kg/capita/year
133	Colombia	7.0kg/capita/year
134	United Republic of Tanzania	6.9kg/capita/year
135	El Salvador	6.8kg/capita/year
136	Montenegro	6.8kg/capita/year
137	Dominican Republic	6.6kg/capita/year
138	Burkina Faso	6.3kg/capita/year
139	Czech Republic	6.3kg/capita/year
140	Türkiye	6.3kg/capita/year
141	Botswana	6.3kg/capita/year
142	India	6.1kg/capita/year
143	Uganda	5.9kg/capita/year
144	Uruguay	5.8kg/capita/year
145	Serbia	5.7kg/capita/year
146	Nicaragua	5.0kg/capita/year
147	Honduras	4.9kg/capita/year
148	Timor-Leste	4.5kg/capita/year
149	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.4kg/capita/year
150	Niger	4.2kg/capita/year
151	Kenya	4.2kg/capita/year
152	Slovakia	4.1kg/capita/year
153	Yemen	4.1kg/capita/year
154	Hungary	3.7kg/capita/year
155	Argentina	3.5kg/capita/year
156	Bhutan	3.4kg/capita/year
157	Djibouti	3.4kg/capita/year
158	Kazakhstan	3.1kg/capita/year
159	Bolivia	3.0kg/capita/year
160	Iraq	2.6kg/capita/year
161	Venezuela	2.5kg/capita/year
162	Central African Republic	2.3kg/capita/year
163	Sudan	2.2kg/capita/year
164	Syrian Arab Republic	2.2kg/capita/year
165	Burundi	2.2kg/capita/year
166	Pakistan	2.2kg/capita/year
167	Zimbabwe	2.1kg/capita/year
168	Eswatini	1.8kg/capita/year
169	Georgia	1.8kg/capita/year
170	Armenia	1.6kg/capita/year
171	Guatemala	1.5kg/capita/year
172	Jordan	1.5kg/capita/year
173	Haiti	1.2kg/capita/year
174	Paraguay	1.2kg/capita/year
175	Uzbekistan	1.1kg/capita/year
176	Nepal	1.0kg/capita/year
177	Kyrgyzstan	0.9kg/capita/year
178	Moldova, Republic of	0.7kg/capita/year
179	Turkmenistan	0.4kg/capita/year
180	Tajikistan	0.4kg/capita/year
181	Ethiopia	0.3kg/capita/year
182	Lesotho	0.2kg/capita/year
183	Afghanistan	0.2kg/capita/year
184	Rwanda	0.1kg/capita/year
185	Mongolia	0.1kg/capita/year

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Topics

#fish #seafood #diet #nutrition #food balance sheets #per capita consumption #food supply

Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – FAOSTAT (2020).

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