The Fisheries issue category measures the health and sustainability of the world’s fisheries. It is made up of three indicators: fish stock status, marine trophic index, and fish caught by trawling and dredging.
Fisheries
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 100.00 | 38.30 |
| Comoros | 3 | 78.40 | -21.60 |
| Bangladesh | 20 | 35.10 | -10.00 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 31 | 29.30 | 6.80 |
| Germany | 34 | 26.90 | 8.20 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 26.20 | 4.30 |
| Angola | 43 | 24.30 | -2.30 |
| Bulgaria | 46 | 23.80 | 0.50 |
| Chile | 50 | 23.30 | 3.90 |
| Brazil | 53 | 22.30 | 2.20 |
| Belize | 60 | 20.70 | -7.90 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 64 | 19.70 | 1.30 |
| Barbados | 68 | 19.30 | 3.30 |
| China | 77 | 17.70 | -3.00 |
| Costa Rica | 78 | 17.50 | -1.60 |
| Albania | 79 | 17.30 | -0.20 |
| Belgium | 85 | 16.40 | 2.10 |
| Bahamas | 88 | 16.30 | -0.20 |
| Republic of Congo | 97 | 14.90 | 3.80 |
| Australia | 99 | 14.60 | 0.60 |
| Cuba | 105 | 13.90 | NA |
| Bahrain | 110 | 12.90 | NA |
| Canada | 112 | 12.80 | 0.30 |
| Benin | 119 | 11.30 | NA |
| Cameroon | 124 | 10.40 | 0.80 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 126 | 8.40 | NA |
| Colombia | 130 | 6.60 | -4.20 |
| Cyprus | 132 | 6.20 | -7.60 |
| Argentina | 133 | 5.80 | -7.70 |
| Armenia | NA | NA | NA |
| Austria | NA | NA | NA |
| Azerbaijan | NA | NA | NA |
| Burundi | NA | NA | NA |
| Burkina Faso | NA | NA | NA |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA | NA | NA |
| Belarus | NA | NA | NA |
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA |
| Bhutan | NA | NA | NA |
| Botswana | NA | NA | NA |
| Central African Republic | NA | NA | NA |
| Switzerland | NA | NA | NA |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | NA | NA | NA |
| Czech Republic | NA | NA | NA |
| Dominican Republic | 9 | 51.40 | 2.30 |
| Finland | 13 | 42.40 | -4.30 |
| Estonia | 15 | 40.80 | -1.70 |
| Haiti | 23 | 33.50 | -15.90 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 26 | 33.00 | 9.30 |
| Fiji | 27 | 32.30 | 7.10 |
| Israel | 33 | 27.60 | 0.30 |
| Honduras | 35 | 26.80 | 9.40 |
| Croatia | 39 | 26.00 | 5.70 |
| Guatemala | 40 | 25.50 | 8.70 |
| India | 42 | 24.50 | -10.40 |
| Iran | 49 | 23.40 | 8.90 |
| Eritrea | 52 | 22.70 | 12.20 |
| Guinea | 55 | 22.00 | -3.50 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 56 | 21.90 | 1.80 |
| Kiribati | 57 | 21.50 | -8.50 |
| France | 66 | 19.50 | 3.70 |
| Ecuador | 69 | 19.20 | -4.20 |
| Iceland | 69 | 19.20 | 6.70 |
| Algeria | 73 | 18.50 | -17.70 |
| Ireland | 75 | 18.20 | 3.90 |
| United Kingdom | 81 | 17.00 | 5.70 |
| Jamaica | 82 | 16.90 | 4.40 |
| Italy | 83 | 16.80 | 1.50 |
| Spain | 85 | 16.40 | 2.30 |
| Kenya | 85 | 16.40 | 2.40 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 16.30 | 0.50 |
| Greece | 91 | 15.60 | -6.70 |
| Japan | 91 | 15.60 | -3.60 |
| Guyana | 99 | 14.60 | -13.50 |
| Grenada | 99 | 14.60 | NA |
| Georgia | 108 | 13.20 | 0.90 |
| South Korea | 112 | 12.80 | -7.00 |
| Ghana | 112 | 12.80 | -1.10 |
| Gambia | 116 | 12.50 | -0.60 |
| Dominica | 117 | 12.40 | 3.00 |
| Denmark | 122 | 10.90 | 3.80 |
| Egypt | 123 | 10.60 | -1.70 |
| Gabon | 129 | 7.00 | -9.00 |
| Djibouti | 131 | 6.50 | NA |
| Micronesia | 136 | NA | -52.70 |
| Ethiopia | NA | NA | NA |
| Hungary | NA | NA | NA |
| Iraq | NA | NA | NA |
| Jordan | NA | NA | NA |
| Kazakhstan | NA | NA | NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | NA | NA | NA |
| Mozambique | 6 | 57.10 | 38.50 |
| Maldives | 7 | 56.70 | -14.20 |
| Malta | 10 | 47.80 | 5.70 |
| Peru | 11 | 45.20 | 11.70 |
| Marshall Islands | 12 | 44.20 | 15.60 |
| Norway | 16 | 39.70 | -0.90 |
| Latvia | 17 | 38.40 | -2.00 |
| Oman | 18 | 35.60 | -8.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 35.50 | 2.60 |
| Philippines | 21 | 34.80 | -0.80 |
| Panama | 25 | 33.20 | 22.10 |
| Sri Lanka | 28 | 31.80 | 3.20 |
| Madagascar | 29 | 30.20 | -7.90 |
| Namibia | 36 | 26.50 | 20.80 |
| Saint Lucia | 37 | 26.20 | NA |
| Pakistan | 48 | 23.60 | 2.30 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 23.30 | 1.90 |
| Morocco | 58 | 21.20 | -1.70 |
| Liberia | 60 | 20.70 | -2.60 |
| Mexico | 63 | 19.80 | 1.40 |
| Kuwait | 72 | 18.60 | NA |
| Mauritius | 73 | 18.50 | -1.40 |
| Mauritania | 75 | 18.20 | -3.10 |
| Lebanon | 94 | 15.40 | NA |
| Cambodia | 119 | 11.30 | -6.90 |
| Laos | NA | NA | NA |
| Myanmar | 96 | 15.10 | -3.80 |
| Portugal | 98 | 14.70 | 0.10 |
| Nicaragua | 102 | 14.40 | -2.50 |
| Montenegro | 102 | 14.40 | 0.50 |
| Malaysia | 104 | 14.30 | -2.10 |
| Lithuania | 107 | 13.40 | -12.10 |
| Netherlands | 109 | 13.00 | 0.30 |
| Poland | 121 | 11.00 | 2.10 |
| New Zealand | 127 | 7.40 | -1.40 |
| Lesotho | NA | NA | NA |
| Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA |
| Moldova | NA | NA | NA |
| North Macedonia | NA | NA | NA |
| Mali | NA | NA | NA |
| Mongolia | NA | NA | NA |
| Malawi | NA | NA | NA |
| Niger | NA | NA | NA |
| Nepal | NA | NA | NA |
| Paraguay | NA | NA | NA |
| Singapore | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 72.50 | 5.50 |
| Romania | 5 | 66.30 | -4.10 |
| Tonga | 8 | 54.80 | 4.60 |
| Suriname | 14 | 40.90 | 16.20 |
| Sierra Leone | 22 | 34.00 | -4.00 |
| Timor-Leste | 24 | 33.30 | -0.60 |
| South Africa | 30 | 29.90 | 4.00 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 27.70 | 12.80 |
| Taiwan | 41 | 25.30 | 7.30 |
| Viet Nam | 44 | 24.20 | -14.30 |
| Senegal | 45 | 23.90 | 11.60 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 23.70 | 8.40 |
| Tunisia | 54 | 22.10 | -1.30 |
| Vanuatu | 59 | 21.00 | -30.20 |
| Seychelles | 62 | 20.30 | -0.70 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 64 | 19.70 | -2.90 |
| Saudi Arabia | 66 | 19.50 | -0.40 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 19.10 | 1.50 |
| United States of America | 80 | 17.20 | 3.40 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 84 | 16.50 | -3.50 |
| Sudan | 90 | 16.00 | -0.30 |
| Samoa | 93 | 15.50 | -17.00 |
| Sweden | 95 | 15.30 | -8.90 |
| Russia | 106 | 13.70 | -0.80 |
| Thailand | 110 | 12.90 | -0.60 |
| Solomon Islands | 115 | 12.70 | -45.80 |
| El Salvador | 118 | 12.00 | 2.60 |
| Turkey | 125 | 9.50 | -5.60 |
| Togo | 128 | 7.10 | -0.10 |
| Qatar | 134 | 5.70 | NA |
| Uruguay | 134 | 5.70 | -4.60 |
| Rwanda | NA | NA | NA |
| Serbia | NA | NA | NA |
| Slovakia | NA | NA | NA |
| Slovenia | NA | NA | NA |
| Eswatini | NA | NA | NA |
| Chad | NA | NA | NA |
| Tajikistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkmenistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Uganda | NA | NA | NA |
| Uzbekistan | NA | NA | NA |
| Zambia | NA | NA | NA |
| Zimbabwe | NA | NA | NA |