Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries (level of implementation: 1 lowest to 5 highest) by country
Countries reporting
38
Highest
5
Poland
Lowest
3
Peru
Median
5
Years covered
9
2018–2026
Data points
335
What the numbers show
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries (level of implementation: 1 lowest to 5 highest) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 5 in Poland; the lowest is 3 in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 5, and the mean is 4.87.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 40.0%).
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Suriname | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Slovakia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Türkiye | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Belize | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Chile | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | France | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Morocco | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Honduras | 5 | 2026 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 2026 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Guyana | 4 | 2026 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 2026 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Peru | 3 | 2026 | down 40.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5
- Europe 5
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 5
- Eastern Europe 5
- Western Europe 5
- Caribbean 5
- Eastern Africa 5
- Western Africa 5
- Northern Europe 5
- Southern Europe 5
- South-Eastern Asia 5
- Europe and Northern America 5
- Asia 4
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 3
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 4
- Southern Asia 4
- Africa 4
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4
- Western Asia 4
- Central and Southern Asia 4
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 4
- Central America 4
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4
- Americas 4
- South America 4
- Oceania 4
- World 4
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4
- Eastern Asia 3