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Who's the Major Marine Fish Eater?

Marine Fish Consumption Per Capita (kg), 2013 or latest
Food & Drink | February 22, 2018
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Based on a comparison of 157 countries in 2013, Maldives ranked the highest in marine fish consumption per capita with 166 kg followed by Iceland and Hong Kong. On the other end of the scale was Ethiopia with -0.010 kg, Afghanistan with 0.030 kg and Uganda with 0.070 kg.

Average marine fish consumption per capita reached 12.1 kg in 2013 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0 % the same as in the previous year and 2.48 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average marine fish consumption per capita reached an all time high of 12.1 kg in 2013 and an all time low of 7.50 kg in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.924 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Marine Fish Consumption Per Capita indicator page.

Marine Fish Consumption Per Capita Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Fiji kg 35.4 34.9 32.5 34.7 34.5
France kg 29.4 30.0 30.0 30.4 30.2
Guyana kg 22.6 18.6 23.4 30.7 30.5
Hong Kong kg 58.7 59.4 63.5 63.9 65.3
Iceland kg 90.5 86.2 85.1 90.2 89.1
Japan kg 50.3 50.7 48.5 48.5 48.5
Lithuania kg 39.7 37.3 36.7 38.7 39.1
Macao kg 55.9 53.2 48.2 50.9 51.7
Malaysia kg 54.3 53.4 53.2 52.3 51.4
Maldives kg 143 137 156 169 166
Norway kg 46.9 48.7 48.7 49.6 49.0
Portugal kg 58.7 54.3 54.6 54.0 54.0
Sierra Leone kg 22.9 32.6 31.5 30.5 29.9
South Korea kg 56.2 55.4 57.7 57.3 57.0
Spain kg 39.4 37.3 36.8 37.5 37.2