Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2021, Iceland ranked the highest in fish consumption per capita with 87.7 kg followed by Maldives and Portugal. On the other end of the scale was Afghanistan with 0.350 kg, Ethiopia with 0.520 kg and Tajikistan with 0.640 kg.
Average fish consumption per capita reached 20.2 kg in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.843 % less than in the previous year and 7.74 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average fish consumption per capita reached an all time high of 20.5 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 9.00 kg in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.35 % since 1961.
Data for more countries are available at Fish Consumption Per Capita indicator page.
| Fish Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | kg | 41.9 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 44.1 | 44.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 38.4 | 39.0 | 39.3 | 39.5 | 40.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 34.0 | 34.5 | 35.3 | 35.2 | 33.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 92.5 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 91.5 | 90.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kg | 38.7 | 39.7 | 42.5 | 43.3 | 45.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 47.8 | 45.6 | 46.1 | 44.7 | 44.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kg | 56.6 | 56.7 | 56.3 | 54.9 | 54.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kg | 143 | 134 | 95.1 | 93.4 | 83.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | kg | 47.4 | 47.9 | 46.9 | 44.5 | 41.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kg | 50.1 | 51.6 | 51.5 | 51.1 | 50.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kg | 52.7 | 57.3 | 57.0 | 59.5 | 59.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Seychelles | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.5 | 57.4 | 57.1 | 55.7 | 52.6 | |||||||
| South Korea | kg | 57.0 | 56.0 | 57.7 | 57.8 | 55.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 43.9 | 42.6 | 42.4 | 40.9 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 35.2 | 35.7 | 38.3 | 39.2 | 40.2 |
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