Fish Catch Discarded

The proportion of a country’s total catch in the global ocean that is discarded, instead of landed and used. This indicator serves as a proxy of bycatch and thus of untargeted and wasteful fishing practices. A score of 100 indicates that none a country's fish catch is discarded, and a score of 0 indicates worst performance. Data come from the Sea Around Us.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Bahamas 1 100.0 0.0
Benin 1 100.0 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 1 100.0 0.0
Djibouti 1 100.0 0.0
Dominican Republic 1 100.0 0.0
Eritrea 1 100.0 0.0
Gambia 1 100.0 1.6
Guinea-Bissau 1 100.0 0.0
Jordan 1 100.0 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 1 100.0 0.0
Sudan 1 100.0 0.0
Tonga 1 100.0 0.0
Maldives 13 99.5 9.2
Cuba 14 99.1 0.1
Sierra Leone 15 96.4 1.3
Liberia 16 96.2 -2.3
Finland 17 95.8 1.1
Equatorial Guinea 18 95.7 -1.2
Nigeria 19 95.6 4.4
Lebanon 20 94.0 0.4
Norway 21 91.9 -0.9
Pakistan 22 91.1 2.9
Cameroon 23 90.1 4.5
United Arab Emirates 24 89.4 -0.6
Chile 25 88.8 -3.0
Jamaica 26 88.5 -1.7
Gabon 27 88.1 1.2
Romania 27 88.1 -9.7
Malaysia 29 87.8 0.2
Togo 30 87.7 1.3
Cambodia 31 86.7 13.7
Philippines 32 86.2 0.9
Venezuela 33 85.9 4.4
Oman 34 83.6 0.4
Kiribati 35 82.2 1.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 36 81.0 -0.7
Saint Lucia 37 80.5 -2.1
Thailand 38 79.2 0.5
Iceland 39 78.5 7.5
Poland 39 78.5 18.2
Barbados 41 77.4 -0.9
Papua New Guinea 42 75.6 1.8
Lithuania 43 74.4 -1.6
Ecuador 44 74.0 9.1
Denmark 45 72.7 9.8
Kenya 46 70.9 0.7
Mauritius 46 70.9 -6.9
Marshall Islands 48 70.6 -10.2
Croatia 49 68.5 17.6
China 50 68.3 8.2
Iraq 51 68.2 -5.3
Micronesia 52 64.8 4.2
Iran 53 62.6 0.7
Sri Lanka 53 62.6 6.0
Peru 55 62.3 2.4
Qatar 56 62.0 0.1
Cote d'Ivoire 57 61.8 -3.4
Tanzania 58 60.7 -13.4
South Africa 59 60.1 6.3
Republic of Congo 60 59.7 13.9
India 61 58.9 2.1
Namibia 62 58.6 -2.4
Bangladesh 63 58.4 1.3
United Kingdom 63 58.4 0.4
Indonesia 65 58.3 -1.4
Senegal 66 57.5 -5.7
Canada 67 57.3 -2.2
Estonia 68 56.6 1.7
Seychelles 68 56.6 14.9
Turkiye 70 56.2 2.5
Bulgaria 71 55.5 -1.5
Myanmar 72 55.3 -11.4
Latvia 73 54.9 0.1
Madagascar 73 54.9 -5.1
Belize 75 54.4 12.2
Mauritania 75 54.4 0.3
Uruguay 77 53.7 -0.9
Saudi Arabia 78 53.6 0.5
Slovenia 79 51.9 -1.4
Argentina 80 50.8 -2.2
Grenada 80 50.8 -21.4
Mozambique 82 50.3 12.7
Panama 83 50.0 -1.2
Sweden 84 48.9 -8.4
Italy 85 48.8 -15.4
Solomon Islands 85 48.8 21.0
Germany 87 48.6 9.7
Morocco 88 48.4 0.9
Australia 89 47.7 0.2
Montenegro 90 46.4 -14.5
Greece 91 46.2 2.5
Taiwan 92 45.9 -4.5
Angola 93 45.4 1.0
United States of America 94 45.1 5.1
Suriname 95 44.9 -5.2
Tunisia 96 44.8 0.2
Japan 97 44.2 2.4
Ireland 98 43.6 -9.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 43.4 -22.9
Nicaragua 100 43.3 -3.0
Colombia 101 42.9 -7.0
Samoa 102 42.5 -48.3
Spain 103 41.3 -10.2
Fiji 104 40.6 0.7
South Korea 105 40.0 4.6
France 106 39.9 5.0
New Zealand 107 38.8 -0.8
Cabo Verde 108 38.6 10.3
Georgia 109 38.1 -12.2
Algeria 110 37.7 -2.2
Honduras 111 37.4 -3.3
Vanuatu 112 36.3 2.8
Brunei Darussalam 113 35.6 -6.9
Guatemala 114 35.2 -6.2
Egypt 115 34.5 4.0
Malta 116 33.2 0.8
Dominica 117 33.0 12.5
Viet Nam 118 31.8 -1.9
Mexico 119 31.7 -6.9
Bahrain 120 30.6 0.2
Netherlands 121 29.8 -0.3
Guyana 122 29.6 3.1
Guinea 123 28.6 -2.9
Ukraine 124 27.7 -8.1
Trinidad and Tobago 125 26.5 -0.6
Cyprus 126 26.4 7.2
Israel 127 25.4 3.2
Russia 128 24.5 -1.9
Albania 129 24.0 -1.5
El Salvador 130 22.6 -26.9
Ghana 131 22.2 -0.1
Portugal 132 21.7 -0.3
Brazil 133 16.5 0.1
Belgium 134 15.7 -3.0
Comoros 135 5.9 -11.0
Costa Rica 136 3.8 -1.7
Kuwait 137 0.0 0.0
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Czech Republic
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Haiti
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Malawi
Mali
Moldova
Mongolia
Nepal
Niger
North Macedonia
Paraguay
Rwanda
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe