Tanzania led East African aquaculture output in 2024

Farmed and captured output follow different rankings

Tanzania led aquaculture in 2024 and had the largest combined fisheries output at about 669,539 tonnes. Uganda had the largest capture figure at 538,160 tonnes, slightly ahead of Tanzania’s 530,933. Farmed production made the difference in their combined rankings. Source 2 Source 3 Source 1

Several countries had a similar farmed share at different scales

Aquaculture represented 20.70% of Tanzania’s recorded total, 19.88% in Kenya and 19.49% in Rwanda. Those shares corresponded to about 138,607, 34,690 and 8,392 farmed tonnes respectively. Each percentage uses its own national fisheries total. Source 2 Source 1

Tanzania overtook Uganda between the two latest observations

Uganda recorded 129,980 aquaculture tonnes and Tanzania about 122,096 in 2023. One year later, Uganda’s reported output was lower while Tanzania’s was higher. The series records quantities. It does not attribute either movement to a cause. Source 2

The source counts production by method

Aquaculture covers the harvest of farmed aquatic organisms, while capture covers landed catches from commercial and other fishing. The map shows national output at reference cities. It does not locate the lakes, coastal waters or farms where production took place. Source 4 Source 5 Source 6

Sources

• FAO, total fisheries production via World Bank indicators
• FAO, aquaculture production via World Bank indicators
• FAO, capture fisheries production via World Bank indicators
• World Bank and FAO, aquaculture definition and methodology
• World Bank and FAO, capture fisheries definition and methodology
• Natural Earth, populated places