Nigeria vs Spain: Capture fisheries production

Nigeria

855,310 metric tons

in 2024

Spain

764,462 metric tons

in 2024

Nigeria rank

21st

Spain rank

24th

Capture fisheries production over time

Nigeria
Spain

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 855,310 metric tons against 764,462 metric tons in Spain, a difference of 90,848 metric tons.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 21st and Spain ranks 24th of 216 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Unit: metric tons
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,967 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Capture fisheries production measures the volume of fish catches landed by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes.