Seafood Supply per Person

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Historical data · 2023

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data ↗
Reference period: 2023Dataset updated Oct 18, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: Fish and seafood available for food per person in a year. This is supply before household waste, not a dietary survey.
Unit: kg per person per year
Coverage & value range: Worldwide · 176 listed countries and territoriesValues: 0.4 kg to 83.8 kg
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: Fish and seafood available for food. Consumer waste is not deducted.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

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Oceania · 15

Europe · 40

Americas · 33

Asia · 45

Africa · 43

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Every dot is one country, placed by its value (kg per person per year, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇮🇸Iceland

83.8 kg

🇲🇻Maldives

79.7 kg

🇰🇮Kiribati

72.3 kg

🇭🇰Hong Kong

69.1 kg

🇲🇴Macau

61.1 kg

🇹🇻Tuvalu

55.8 kg

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

54.5 kg

🇵🇹Portugal

53.5 kg

🇰🇷South Korea

52.8 kg

🇲🇾Malaysia

51.0 kg

🇵🇫French Polynesia

50.5 kg

🇳🇴Norway

49.1 kg

🇫🇲Micronesia

49.0 kg

🇼🇸Samoa

46.6 kg

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

44.5 kg

🇧🇧Barbados

43.2 kg

🇸🇨Seychelles

42.9 kg

🇨🇳China

41.7 kg

🇮🇩Indonesia

40.4 kg

🇲🇲Myanmar

40.4 kg

🇻🇳Vietnam

40.1 kg

🇰🇭Cambodia

39.4 kg

🇪🇸Spain

36.8 kg

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis

36.4 kg

🇫🇷France

32.6 kg

🇫🇮Finland

31.5 kg

🇲🇹Malta

31.1 kg

🇸🇪Sweden

30.6 kg

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

30.5 kg

🇹🇼Taiwan

30.4 kg

🇱🇺Luxembourg

30.3 kg

🇻🇺Vanuatu

30.0 kg

🇲🇺Mauritius

29.4 kg

🇮🇹Italy

29.4 kg

🇹🇭Thailand

28.6 kg

🇹🇴Tonga

28.6 kg

🇱🇦Laos

28.5 kg

🇱🇹Lithuania

28.5 kg

🇴🇲Oman

28.2 kg

🇫🇯Fiji

28.0 kg

🇯🇲Jamaica

27.9 kg

🇧🇸Bahamas

27.7 kg

🇬🇦Gabon

27.0 kg

🇧🇩Bangladesh

27.0 kg

🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe

26.5 kg

🇵🇭Philippines

26.3 kg

🇳🇷Nauru

26.0 kg

🇵🇪Peru

25.9 kg

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

24.9 kg

🇬🇾Guyana

24.8 kg

Highlights

As of 2023, Iceland ranks first with 83.8 kg, followed by Maldives (79.7 kg) and Kiribati (72.3 kg).

Across 176 countries and territories, values run from 83.8 kg (Iceland) to 0.4 kg (Afghanistan), with a median of 16.4 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 2 from Europe, 2 from Oceania and 1 from the Americas.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data, 2023. Unit: kg per person per year.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 18, 2026 — Fish and seafood available for food. Consumer waste is not deducted.

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Highlights

As of 2023, Iceland ranks first with 83.8 kg, followed by Maldives (79.7 kg) and Kiribati (72.3 kg).

Across 176 countries and territories, values run from 83.8 kg (Iceland) to 0.4 kg (Afghanistan), with a median of 16.4 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 2 from Europe, 2 from Oceania and 1 from the Americas.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data, 2023. Unit: kg per person per year.