European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC)

EIFAAC - Data

Total capture fisheries production by EIFAAC Member country in freshwater environments in tonnes life weight (2013 - 2022)
Country/Year2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Albania1569166216451681204724272772284435443388
Austria350350350350350350350350350350
Belgium284284283283283283283283283283
Bosnia and Herzegovina300300300300300300300300300300
Bulgaria1351428652525460688948
Croatia423407444416373516562415384363
Czechia3761381238413507355736503721372933143381
Denmark1411274845473512912411210
Estonia2909293326563109303632433014371527942715
Finland23483294692946928045287092342824653304663026330263
France1222118111701074111411041116111511551148
Germany16102157742134920673187731799717170169461670817416
Greece940940940940940940940940940940
Hungary6472746359265091563652494836548346014597
Iceland189211201176137124119130116111
Ireland110767873648185859393
Israel00270000000
Israel347517503331932926926906925940
Italy3800380038003800380038003800380038003800
Latvia313272226243226302298229214194
Lithuania14611219143712101091926127913419841075
Luxembourg0000000000
Netherlands1900190819041915125613211325131513681398
North Macedonia33428235012287140400473514447
Norway334321408393424309330354226289
Poland18707186891837618393180861820118162183891878519114
Portugal1312131100
Republic of Moldova505050505050505000
Romania3600405044645888544534343779351032243080
Serbia5040359331502067220920822547193223532379
Slovakia1986194419711866187019371853173618151895
Slovenia154149141145142129146155161158
Spain7321103310341326259261155302302
Sweden121639682901774936904666862008520809810153
Switzerland2007198320231851193215531382148614861486
Türkiye35075361343417633856321453013931596331193314033256
United Kingdom2268698747656581115711501066724452
Total148662151528151867146437142925133117135595145530143165145824
FAO. 2024. FishStat: Global capture production 1950-2022. [Accessed on 29 March 2024]. In:FishStatJ. Available at www.fao.org/fishery/en/statistics/software/fishstatj. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
Total aquaculture production by EIFAAC Member country in freshwater environments in tonnes life weight (2013 - 2022)
Country/Year2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Albania50050050060060018501759161218611316
Austria3237339035033483386239914250452748754696
Belgium21221482447511186209223243
Bosnia and Herzegovina2765317742774390358434653782365536833810
Bulgaria103258652101641188612277133831356812903125828069
Croatia3235380848324034327228993100273241264192
Czechia19357201352020020952216852175120986204012099119259
Denmark21223216542167722362217232189924144360162228018786
Estonia733870799868870944857966581506
Finland2133196225062399222024092760323029723301
France40516398553387444588440423876941194410863845937354
Germany20151206521895419457190431825218615186931829417833
Greece2371207322352157244026462438240126262407
Hungary14918153261733716248182581785217283183731784718948
Iceland114604729213846282952994909511131
Ireland808886848720647557608604537398
Israel18878170931738016532149401432512570114301068010413
Italy39070348573486940549407003672841501365184428533362
Latvia643686863788808830609717901870
Lithuania4211383644504393374937444215447751354859
Netherlands 6330550051455115476550155310486048204770
North Macedonia13401214991986150813591956163416611814
Norway3843613454114384177186349031030
Poland35208401103697138293388004336144719477004478746110
Portugal775752890676655697665914867870
Republic of Moldova9080110801124612091121631261012680126001290512910
Romania10130106431098712529127981229812848122001171411211
Serbia5936716873876878507073396807601073085776
Slovakia1106123113092169264622242688229625142614
Slovenia8479019591162100412541230116911751022
Spain19299185311961820820203521392820492192922150819896
Sweden854286608576110059923823980848690113038981
Switzerland1593159315931733173317432169216921742310
Türkiye123019108239101455101601104010105167116426128236136042146083
United Kingdom 114541189311135109611066595069826914894729497
Total440441428105418684445017445953431859461240478594483044466646
 
FAO. 2024. FishStat: Global aquaculture production 1950-2022. [Accessed on 29 March 2024]. In: FishStatJ. Available at www.fao.org/fishery/en/statistics/software/fishstatj. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
Country/areaPer capita fish and seafood consumption (kg/year)Annual growth (%)
19992019
World15.720.51.3
EU2720.623.40.7
EIFAAC18.620.30.4
EIFAAC member countries, ranked by fish and seafood consumption in 2019
1. Iceland91.890-0.1
2. Portugal60.459.4-0.1
3. Norway48.650.70.2
4. Spain43.840.4-0.4
5. France32.233.70.2
6. Luxembourg32.6n.a.
7. Finland29.431.90.4
8. Sweden28.131.50.6
9. Italy22.529.31.3
10. Lithuania27.328.60.2
11. Cyprus19.3251.3
12. Belgium 24.3n.a.
13. Latvia17.124.11.7
14. Israel20.823.30.6
15. Denmark22.923.10.1
16. Greece22.821.4-0.3
17. Ireland21.520.4-0.2
18. Netherlands22.819.9-0.7
19. Croatia4.119.88.2
20. United Kingdom19.918.2-0.4
21. Switzerland15.616.10.2
22. Austria10.814.51.5
23. Republic of Moldova2.914.48.3
24. Germany13.313.20
25. Estonia16.113.1-1
26. Slovenia6.9133.2
27. Poland9.211.21
28. Czechia9.410.60.6
29. Slovakia6.810.22
30. Albania2.78.45.8
31. Romania2.486.3
32. Serbia 7.9n.a.
33. Bosnia and Herzegovina1.67.27.9
34. Bulgaria4.272.6
35. North Macedonia4.66.81.9
36. Hungary3.86.32.6
37. Türkiye7.75.6-1.6
Data source: Data on total consumption from FAO. 2024. Food balance sheets of fish and fishery products 1961-2019 (FishStatJ). www.fao.org/fishery/en/statistics/software/fishstatj
Data on population from the United Nations World Population Prospects (2022 revision) https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Download/Standard/Population
Per capita consumption = Total consumption ũ population
Country/area Total country area (excluding coastal waters; 2020)1Surface area of inland waterbodies (2020)2Coastline length (2019)3Total renewable water resources (2020)1
km2Share of world total (%)km2Share of world total (%)kmShare of world total (%)Billion m3/yearShare of world total (%)
World133 780 3901003 494 969100805 94210054 737100
EU274 136 6973.09117 7753.3761 1507.592 0183.69
EIFAAC5 943 0424.44166 9934.78111 35513.823 2435.93
Top 20 aquaculture countries, ranked by aquaculture production in 2022
1. Norway384 4850.2922 6930.6525 1483.123930.72
2. Türkiye785 3500.5914 2730.417 2000.892120.39
3. Spain505 9700.384 4090.134 9640.621120.2
4. United Kingdom243 6100.184 6200.1312 4291.541470.27
5. France549 0870.414 3570.134 8530.62110.39
6. Greece131 9600.13 6520.1113 6761.7680.13
7. Italy302 0670.234 1490.127 6000.941910.35
8. Iceland103 0000.083 3300.14 9700.621700.31
9. Poland312 7100.234 5570.134400.06610.11
10. Ireland70 2800.052 0150.061 4480.18520.1
11. Netherlands37 3900.031 2190.044510.06910.17
12. Denmark42 9200.032 7220.087 3140.9160.01
13. Croatia56 5900.048990.035 8350.721060.19
14. Germany357 2500.274 5230.132 3890.31540.28
15. Portugal92 2260.079850.031 7930.22770.14
16. Czechia78 8710.065920.020-130.02
17. Hungary93 0300.071 3590.040-1040.19
18. Finland338 4700.2533 3100.951 2500.161100.2
19. Israel22 0700.024750.012730.0320
20. Republic of Moldova33 8500.033240.010-120.02
Data source:
1. FAO AQUASTAT main country database (November 2020; http://fao.org/aquastat/statistics/query/index.html?lang=en).
2. FAOSTAT Land Cover database (CCI_LC; 13 July, 2023; www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/LC).
3. The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States of America. Web accessed on 20 May 2019 (www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/coastline/). Coastline length of world equal to the sum of coastline length of 265 countries and territories listed in the data source.
Notes: EIFAAC = European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission. EU27 = European Union (including 27 member countries).