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How much fish is consumed on average per person?",[98],"uk 0.74",[100],"uk 0.52","People eat around 10kg of fish on average each year.","More people with higher incomes and healthier diets has increased the amount of fish people eat. ","They haven’t realized fish is more common than red meat!","Source: FAO\u002FOECD","The data comes from the FAO and is the most comprehensive available. It isn’t perfect as this isn’t a simple thing to measure. It relies on data provided by the countries themselves and the quality of data collection obviously varies between countries. The data in the literature uses the live weight of the fish, which  includes the parts that aren’t eaten such as the head and bones. The amount that can actually be eaten is around half that weight, which is why our correct answer is 10kg instead of the 20.5kg in the literature. The beef and veal weight is the retail weight, which is the weight of the meat that is sold for consumption. \n\n[1]  [FAO – The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002F3\u002Fcc0461en\u002Fonline\u002Fsofia\u002F2022\u002Fworld-fisheries-aquaculture.html)\n\n[2]  [Source for beef and veal consumption: OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020.](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.oecd.org\u002Fagroutput\u002Fmeat-consumption.htm)\n\n[3]  [OWiD - Fish and seafood consumption per capita](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fgrapher\u002Ffish-and-seafood-consumption-per-capita?tab=table)\n","The number of people in the world has increased, but the amount of fish eaten has increased even faster. Back in 1961, people ate an average of around 5kg of fish per year. By 2018, it was around 10kg. Many people are now richer and aware that fish contributes to a very healthy diet. At the same time, electricity and refrigerators have become cheaper, which means we can store frozen fish for longer periods and transport it across the world, and less fish is being wasted. \n\nIt can be hard to imagine that fish consumption has increased so much when we hear so much about overfishing and declining fish numbers, but fish farming has enabled much more fish production than before. If the current trends continue the amount of fish farming will just increase, which means even more efforts are needed to make sure the fish farming is environmentally friendly.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThe media’s focus on red meat production is important, but the increasing fish farming industry is not getting the attention it deserves. It will probably keep increasing and if it is not properly regulated it may harm lots of local ecosystems.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nRed meat is getting lots of media attention, as it uses large land areas and emits lots of greenhouse gases. When fish production is discussed in the media, we usually hear about overfishing, and that probably gives an impression that the amount of fish being eaten must be decreasing.\n\n### What are the differences between countries, regions and income levels?\n\nThere are wide variations between countries, with some consuming less than 1kg fish per person and others consuming almost 50kg per person each year. Despite the improvements in transportation and storage, landlocked  countries far from the oceans such as Mongolia and Tajikistan still consume less than 1kg per person each year. Others with a long history of fishing and a culture where fish is a staple, such as Iceland, Kiribati and the Maldives, consume many times more.\n\nThere has been an increase in fish consumption in most regions over the years, across low-, middle- and high-income countries.\n\nYou can see a detailed breakdown of all this data in the [FAO’s State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002F3\u002Fca9229en\u002Fca9229en.pdf)\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes. The data comes from the FAO and is the most comprehensive available. It isn’t perfect as this isn’t a simple thing to measure. It relies on data provided by the countries themselves and the quality of data collection obviously varies between countries. When it comes to the amount of fish consumed versus beef and veal, there are some differences.\nThe data in the literature mostly uses the live weight of the fish, which  includes the parts that aren’t eaten such as the head and bones. The amount that can actually be eaten is around half that weight, which is why our correct answer is 10kg instead of the 20.5kg you may find in many articles. The number for beef and veal consumption is the retail weight, which is the weight of the meat that is sold for consumption.\n","More fish than red meat"]