PER CAPITA 



129 



WORLD CONSUMPTION 



ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF FISH AND SHELLFISH FOR HUMAN FOOD, 

 BY REGION AND COUNTRY, 1991-93 AVERAGE 



Region 

 and 



Country 



Estimated live weight 

 equivalent 



Kilograms 



Pounds 



Region 



and 

 Country 



Estimated live weight 

 equivalent 



Kilograms 



Pounds 



Far East: 



Bangladesh . 



Brunei 



Burma 



Cambodia . . . 



China 



Hong Kong. . 



India 



Indonesia . . 



Japan 



Laos 



Macao 



Maldives . . . 

 Malaysia . . . 

 Mongolia . . . 



Nepal 



North Korea 

 Pakistan . . . 

 Philippines 

 Singapore . . 

 South Korea 

 Sri Lanka . . 



Taiwan 



Thailand. . . 

 Vietnam. . . . 



Africa: 



Algeria 



Angola 



Benin 



Botswana 



Burkina 



Burundi 



Cameroon 



Cape Verde 



Central African Rep 



Chad 



Comoros 



Congo 



Djibouti 



Equatorial Guinea.. 



Eritrea 



Ethiopia 



Gabon 



Gambia 



Ghana 



Guinea 



Guinea-Bissau 



Ivory Coast 



Kenya 



Lesotho 



Liberia 



8.2 

 21.8 

 15.6 

 12.0 

 12.4 

 58.8 



4 .0 

 15.6 

 67.0 



6.7 



39.4 



125.8 



29.5 



0.8 



0.8 

 43.2 



2.1 

 36.1 

 36.8 

 47.7 

 16.2 

 37.0 

 25.4 

 13.4 



3.4 

 11.8 

 10.8 

 8.0 

 1.4 

 3.8 



18 

 4 

 5 



14 



32 

 1 



2 2 



0.1 



0.1 



30.3 



20.2 



24.7 



7.7 



4 .7 



13.7 



5.9 



0.1 



4.9 



18.1 

 48.1 

 34.4 

 26.5 

 27.3 



129.6 



8.8 



34 .4 



147.7 

 14.8 

 86.9 



277.3 



60.6 



1.8 



1.8 



95.2 



4.6 



79.6 



81.1 



105.2 

 35.7 

 81.6 

 56.0 

 29.5 



7.5 

 26.0 

 23.8 

 17.6 



3.1 



8.4 



19.4 



39.9 



10.1 

 12.8 

 32.4 



71 

 3 



5 

 

 



.5 

 .5 

 .2 

 .2 

 66.8 



44, 

 54 



17.0 



10 

 50, 



13.0 



0.2 



10.8 



Africa - Continued: 



Madagascar . . 



Malawi 



Mali 



Mauritania . . 

 Mauritius . . . 



Morocco 



Mozambique . . 



Namibia 



Niger 



Nigeria 



Reunion 



Rwanda 



Sao Tome .... 



Senegal 



Seychelles . . 

 Sierra Leone 



Somalia 



South Africa 

 St. Helena. . 

 Swaziland. . . 

 Tanzania 



Togo 



Tunisia 



Uganda 



Zaire 



Zambia 



Zimbabwe . . . . 



Ocaanla : 



Australia 



Fiji 



French Polynesia. 



Kiribati 



Marshall 



Micronesia 



Nauru 



Niue 



New Caledonia. . . . 



New Zealand 



Palau 



Papua New Guinea. 

 Solomon Islands.. 



Tokelau 



Tonga 



Tuvalu 



Vanuatu 



Wallis & Futuna . . 

 Western Samoa. . .  



World 



7.3 



6.4 



7.0 



17.4 



26.0 



7.9 



2.3 



10.8 







2 4 







20 



27.0 



71.4 



14.7 



1.3 



4.9 



55.3 



0.1 



12.2 



11.0 



8.8 



11.8 



5.8 



7.9 



2.2 



18.7 

 36.5 



3 4 



4 

 18 



3 3 

 6] 

 20 

 17 

 93.4 

 21.9 

 32.2 

 103.7 

 24.0 

 55.8 

 29.0 

 8.6 

 40.9 



13.0 



28.7 



Note: — Data for most countries are tentative. Aquatic plants are included where applicable. 



Source: — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Yearbook of Fishery 

 Statistics, 1994, vol. 78, Rome. 



