Brazil's total fisheries production (metric tons) was 1.6 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 19.4% from 1.34 million in 2014 (1.79% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.6 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1.16 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.34 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 1.6 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | 251,813 | 1960 |
| Average since 2015 | 1.27 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 251,813 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Brazil's total fisheries production (metric tons) rose 6.1% on 2023 (from 1.51 million to 1.6 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.9% and a typical year strayed about 6.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 37.6% in 1962 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.8% in 1990. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 37,267 a year. A straight line explains 43% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Brazil had the 21st highest value of the 215 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1.6 million | 2024 |
| World | 235.81 million | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 18.7 million | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 154.7 million | 2024 |
Closest to Brazil in the 2024 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 17th of 215: 2.03 million
- Ecuador — 18th of 215: 2.02 million
- Malaysia — 19th of 215: 1.92 million
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 21st of 215: 1.5 million
- Morocco — 22nd of 215: 1.43 million
- Nigeria — 23rd of 215: 1.11 million
What this measures
Total fisheries production measures the volume of aquatic species caught by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 65 values
| Year | Total fisheries production (metric tons) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,603,339 |
| 2023 | 1,511,256 |
| 2022 | 1,326,957 |
| 2021 | 1,185,726 |
| 2020 | 1,120,064 |
| 2019 | 1,155,585 |
| 2018 | 1,155,572 |
| 2017 | 1,110,481 |
| 2016 | 1,176,356 |
| 2015 | 1,306,966 |
| 2014 |
Total fisheries production (metric tons) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 3,305 (2024)
- Argentina — 918,105 (2024)
- Aruba — 176.5 (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 8,881 (2024)
- Barbados — 728.5 (2024)
- Belize — 209,190 (2024)
- Bolivia — 29,805 (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 1,129 (2024)
- Cayman Islands — 215 (2024)
- Chile — 3.95 million (2024)
More environment data for Brazil
- Population in largest city — 22.99 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 12.25% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 94.31 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 44.32% (2025)
- Rural population — 25.16 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 11.82% (2025)
- Urban population — 187.65 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 88.18% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 882,935 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brazil's total fisheries production (metric tons)?
- 1.6 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 536.72% from 251,813 in 1960 (2.93% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.6 million in 2024 and the lowest 251,813 in 1960.
- How does Brazil rank?
- 21st highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total fisheries production (metric tons) unusual for Brazil?
- In 2024, Brazil's total fisheries production (metric tons) rose 6.1% on 2023 (from 1.51 million to 1.6 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.9% and a typical year strayed about 6.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ER.FSH.PROD.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Food and Agriculture Organization., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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