World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI) is an endeavor initiated by the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department to develop user-friendly tools for compiling, generating and providing easy access to quantitative information on aquaculture sector performance at the national, regional and global levels. Information and knowledge products developed under WAPI include data analysis tools and associated technical papers and policy briefs.

Data analysis tools

• WAPI Aquaculture Production Module (WAPI-AQPRN v.2018.1; released in May 2018)
• WAPI Fish Consumption Module (WAPI-FISHCSP v.2018.1; released in May 2018)
• Advanced WAPI Aquaculture Production Module (draft; available for test use upon request)
• WAPI Prototype (draft; available for test use upon request)

Technical papers

• Social and economic performance of tilapia farming in Brazil (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular 1181; July 2019)
• Understanding and measuring the contribution of aquaculture and fisheries to GDP (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 606)
• Short-term Projection of Global Fish Demand and Supply Gaps (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 607)
• Species Diversification in Global Aquaculture (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Global Tilapia Market Observer: Methods and Results (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Assessment of comparative advantage in aquaculture: framework and application on selected species in developing countries (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 528)
• Commercial aquaculture and economic growth, poverty alleviation and food security: assessment framework (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 512)
• Social and economic dimensions of carrageenan seaweed farming (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 580)
• Social and economic performance of tilapia farming in Africa (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular 1130)
• Improving the performance of tilapia farming under climate variation (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 608)

Policy briefs

• Top 10 species groups in global aquaculture 2018 (WAPI factsheet; June 2020; see also the supplementary materials)
• Tilapia (India) – WAPI species factsheet on production and trade (May 2020) 
• Africa – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Asia – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Europe – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Developed Regions – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Albania – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Argentina – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Chile – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020) 
• Egypt – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020)
• Kazakhstan – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020)
• Philippines – WAPI factsheet on aquaculture growth potential (March 2020)
• Export market potential of shrimp aquaculture in Pakistan (WAPI factsheet; January 2020)
• Export market potential of tilapia aquaculture in Pakistan (WAPI factsheet; January 2020)
• Export market potential of trout aquaculture in Pakistan (WAPI factsheet; January 2020)
• Aquaculture growth potential in Honduras (WAPI factsheet; December 2019)
• Aquaculture growth potential in Mexico (WAPI factsheet; November 2019)
• Aquaculture growth potential in Pakistan (WAPI factsheet; July 2019)
• Top 10 species groups in global aquaculture 2017 (WAPI factsheet; June 2019; see also the supplementary materials)
• Contribution of aquaculture to total fishery production: the 50-percent mark (WAPI factsheet; published in FAO Aquaculture Newsletter No. 60, pp. 43–45; June 2019)
• Kenya: high aquaculture growth needed to improve food security and nutrition (WAPI policy brief; May 2019)
• Aquaculture growth potential in Azerbaijan (Policy brief prepared for TCP/AZE/3702/C2)
• Fish as a Poor People's Food (FAN 58, pp. 50-52)
• Nigeria: Faster Aquaculture Growth Needed to Bridge Fish Demand-Supply Gap (FAN 57, September 2017, pp. 36-37)
• Aquaculture Growth Potential: Perspective from Short-Term Projection of Fish Demand (FAN 57, September 2017, p. 48)
• Global Fish Demand and Supply Outlook (with a Focus on China) (PowerPoint Presentation)

Background documents

• World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI) (banner/poster)
• World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI) – Information, Knowledge and Capacity for Blue Growth (brochure)
• The Potential of World Aquaculture Performance Indicators as a Research and Educational Tool (FAN 56, April 2017, p. 44)
• World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI): A User-friendly Tool (FAN 51, June 2013, pp. 34–36)
• Report of FAO Expert Workshop on Assessment and Monitoring of Aquaculture Sector Performance, Gaeta. Italy, 5−7 November 2012 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report 1063)
• Assessing and Monitoring the Aquaculture Sector Performance: Importance, Issue and Challenges (COFI Sub-committee on aquaculture, 6th Session, Cape Town, South Africa, 26–30 March 2012)
• Report of expert consultation on the assessment of socio-economic impacts of aquaculture (FAO Fisheries Report No. 861)