Tilapia prices: questions and answers
Tilapia: median wholesale price 4.53 EUR/kg across 35 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 6 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of tilapia today?
The median wholesale price of tilapia was 4.53 EUR/kg across 43 current quotes on 35 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 6 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 3.54 and 5.10 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
What is the price of tilapia in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 28 | 4.53 EUR/kg | 16,000 COP/kg |
| Uganda | 3 | 3.36 EUR/kg | 16,000 UGX/kg |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0.80 EUR/kg | 1,200 NGN/kg |
| China | 1 | 2.41 EUR/kg | 17.9 CNY/kg |
| Spain | 1 | 4.75 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting tilapia; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of tilapia going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 7 of 45 quotes for tilapia rose, 14 fell and 24 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish tilapia prices?
35 markets in 6 countries have current tilapia quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Obour Wholesale Market Egypt · 4 quotes
- Barranquilla Barranquillita Wholesale Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Bogotá DC Corabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Bogotá Paloquemao Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Bogotá Plaza Las Flores Colombia · 2 quotes
- Cali Galería Alameda Colombia · 2 quotes
- Cali Santa Elena Wholesale Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 2 quotes
Why are there so many different tilapia prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 11 different tilapia quote names, for example: Tilapia - size 1; Red tilapia, whole, frozen; Red tilapia, whole, frozen; Red tilapia, whole, fresh; Red tilapia, whole, fresh; Red tilapia, whole, frozen.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these tilapia prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are tilapia prices updated?
The latest tilapia quote is from 6 November 2026; 28 of 35 markets published tilapia prices in the seven days to 12 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download tilapia prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for tilapia prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.