World fish market at a glance
GLOBEFISH is a key point of reference for analysis on market supply and demand trends for fisheries and aquaculture products, and is responsible for the biannual analysis on the sector presented in FAO’s flagship Food Outlook.
The below table presents summarized figures for production, trade, utilization and prices across the global market. For in-depth analysis, readers can explore the Global Fish Economy section of GLOBEFISH Highlights, published quarterly.
| World Fish Market at a glance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 estim. | 2022 f'cast | Change: 2022 over 2021 | ||||||
| million tonnes (live Weight) | % | ||||||||
| World balance1 | |||||||||
| Production | 177.8 | 182.0 | 184.1 | 1.2 | |||||
| Capture fisheries | 90.3 | 92.3 | 92.1 | -0.2 | |||||
| Aquaculture | 87.5 | 89.7 | 92.0 | 2.6 | |||||
| Trade value (exports USD billion) | 150.9 | 174.8 | 193.5 | 10.7 | |||||
| Trade volume (live weight) | 64.3 | 68.3 | 68.9 | 0.8 | |||||
| Total utilization | 177.8 | 182.0 | 184.1 | 1.2 | |||||
| Food | 157.4 | 161.1 | 163.7 | 1.6 | |||||
| Feed | 16.4 | 16.9 | 16.4 | -2.8 | |||||
| Other uses | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | |||||
| Supply and demand indicators | |||||||||
| Per caput food compsumption: | |||||||||
| Food fish (kg/yr) | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 0.8 | |||||
| From capture fisheries (kg/year) | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -0.5 | |||||
| From aquaculture (kg/year) | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 1.8 | |||||
| FAO FISH PRICE INDEX 2 (2014-2016=100) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 Jan-Sep. | % Change Sep 2022 over Sep 2021 | |||||
| 94.9 | 101.7 | 124.0 | 22.8 | ||||||
Source: FAO Food Outlook November 2022
1 Data do not include aquatic mamals, crocodiles, alligators, caimans and algae.
2 Source of the raw data for the FAO Fish Price Index: EUMOFA, INFOFISH, INFOPESCA, INFOYOU, Statistics Norway.